Free bbPress Forums with Slug Based Permalinks
bbPress is free forum software from the makers of WordPress. A new version was released that promises some new features and fixes that make the plain and simple forum software more powerful.
bbPress 0.8.2 was recently launched closely followed by bbpress 0.8.2.1 security release within 24 hours. A major new feature is Hierarchical Forums i.e. forums can now be grouped hierarchically (forums can have “children”). Another cool feature which SEO experts will like is the option to create “Slug” based permalinks.
So a previous url which looked like
http://example.com/topic/14/
with slug based permalinks will look like
http://example.com/topic/bbpress-rules/
And when you change the permalink structure, all your old links will still work! (check the upgrade instructions). That is a big SEO plus.
Plugins can now be activated and deactivated with a click from the bbPress’ admin panels, though all plugins now require a “plugin header” that includes at least the plugin’s name. Plugins whose file name begins with an underscore do not need to be activated!
Some small features are Moderators and Admins are considered “trusted” and will never have their posts marked as spam, Admins can change other user’s passwords and there is more faster database and many more.
WordPress bloggers looking to integrate a basic forum (vbulletin and phpBB are much more advanced), might like its integration with wordpress blogs. Installation, plugins and themes feels so much like WordPress…
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i’m eric. joining a couple boards and looking
forward to participating. hehe unless i get
too distracted!
eric
To get high rankings in Yahoo and MSN is all about links? I can get ranked easier in Google with links,
but the other two I have no clue.
This is for very active blogs with dozens of comments everyday. This is basically a simple tweak of the existing comments manager inside your WP admin panel. It added a reply link directly form the list of recent comments and also a filter to view all comments based on posts. Very useful when managing new comments particularly on archived posts.
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ann
Buenas noches to all of you, I’m new on that forum. It’s awesome for being a part of such outstanding community. Cya. :)
How can I get my forum URLs as follows? Please help.
mysite.com/forum/[category_slug]/[forum_slug]