Using WordPress as Forum Software

WordPress as a Forum
I was looking around the web and noticed most forum software does not index well with the search engines.  Then I started thinking that WordPress does SEO (search engine optimization) great and will ping many different services.  This makes WordPress great for spiders.

So I started searching the web for people who had built WordPress into a forum.  And sure enough I came across this posting.  The Dead One has do all the work and shared his results.  Thanks Dead One!

Check out the demo or the forums to see it in action!

It was exactly what I was looking for.  WordPress hacked into a forum with a custom theme.

I’m installing it today on a couple of sites to test out and modify.  Has anyone else built something like this?  Post us your thoughts.

TDO Forum Wordpress Theme (v3) [thedeadone.net]

Downloads: TDO Forum Wordpress Theme (v3)

This theme turns your Wordpress blog into a Forum!

Download it now!

This graphically simple theme turns your Wordpress Blog into a Forum. Categories are treated as individual Forums and a Post (with it’s comments) is treated as a Topic (aka thread). It has a number of powerful features built in such as listing posts on the front page, not by latest date, but by last commented on date. See the full list of features after the cut (or just below).

Version 3 is tested for compatibility with Wordpress 2.5 and the display of individual topics is tweaked to be more forum like

Check out the demo or the forums to see it in action!
Features

* Simple layout easy to modify and customize
* Lists posts by date of last comment (instead of published date) (included as a page template)
* Unread topics are highlighted and can be used to filter posts list (included as a page template)
* A hierarchical Forum list (included as a page template)
* AJAX Comment Preview (can be turned off)
* Comment QuickTags (can be turned off)
* Gravatars for posters and commenter’s (can be turned off)
* Forum-looking Layout
* Pages and Categories can be used as Tabs (configurable)
* RSS 2.0 Feed of forum posts (can optionally be included in the theme or replace the main post RSS feed link)
* Posts can be made “sticky”
* Can set different URLs to create posts for different categories
* Hide categories from the forum list
* Theme Options page within Wordpress Admin UI
* Custom Posting Template
* And all for free!

Technorati Tags: wordpress, forum, theme

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Free Workbook & Spreadsheet Giveaway for the Holidays - Mining Amazon for Information Product Ideas!

Updated News - Free Giveaway for the Holidays - Mining Amazon for Information Product Ideas

Happy Holidays to everyone! This is the season to start thinking about those new Information Products you can create next year! To help out with this we are offering more free copies of Mining Amazon for Information Product Ideas. To make this even better we are adding in the Updated Book/Ebook Creation Costs Calculator! This is our way for wishing all of you a happy holidays and a productive year in 2009!

This is the season of giving so I will be giving away another batch of copies of “Mining Amazon for Information Product Ideas”

This version includes the workbook and the excel spreadsheet for calculation demand and cost for creating Information Products.

The only thing I ask for you to post a comment with a review of the product. No charges, no credit cards required. Just a simple review of what you think about the product.

Happy Holidays!

Watch for the updated post of subscribe to our Chimp-Simple RSS feed to automatically get updates on all the news, posts, free products, and more.

Thanks,
Steve
Chimp-Simple Publishing

Mining Amazon for Information Product Ideas
We at Chimp-Simple are just putting the final touches on a new ebook and workbook called “Mining Amazon For Information Product Ideas: Making New Ebooks Based on Bestsellers for Huge Profits”.

Step-by-step guide on how to find ebook ideas, identify niche markets, research new information products, and develop derivative products based on bestselling books. Included is an Ebook and a Workbook.

The Ebook will be under 50 pages of boiled down information so you can read it and start using our system for discovering niche markets the same day.

We have written this for people who what to become Infopreneurs, Information Marketers, or people who would like to make money on digital products but don’t know how to get started. For you professionals there are some new secrets you will learn as well.

Don’t try guessing which products will sell on the Internet, apply our system and know you will make money on every product you make!

Read it and use the Workbooks and Calculators to start making new products that will make money. Analyze a new opportunity in less than an hour and know what your customers will want immediately!

The Ebook includes the 6 Steps for Analyzing a New Information Product:

1. Finding the Bestselling Products in Your Niche
2. Estimating Amazon Book Sales
3. Finding What Customer Want on Amazon
4. Pricing Your New Product
5. Creating a new Ebook
6. Selling Your Ebook on the Internet

Included in the Excel Workbook are Calculators and Worksheets for:

1. Book/Ebook Creation Costs Calculator
2. Yearly Revenue Summary based on Amazon Sale Rank
3. Print-on-Demand Book Cost Calculator
4. Business Case for Book/Ebook Production, Advertising, and Sales.

For the initial launch before it goes on sale we will be giving away 20 copies in a drawing.

Signup now via our Contact Form for your chance to win, we won’t be running this giveaway for long! Select “Mining Amazon Workbook” in the Select a Contact Reason field.

Good Luck,
Steve

P.S. These copies will go fast so sign up now! Don’t worry if you don’t get a copy we will offer a discount to our loyal readers.

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Niche Content Site Ideas- WikiRage (What’s Hot Now on Wikipedia)

Generating Niche Content Ideas

If you can’t come up with new ideas from your niche sites, take a look at
WikiRage. Here is a description of what they do:

This site lists the pages in Wikipedia which are receiving the most edits per unique editor over various periods of time. Popular people in the news, the latest fads, and the hottest video games can be quickly identified by monitoring this social phenomenon. Mouse over items for edit statistics.

It is a great spot to see the most updated topics. I’m going hunting for new site ideas tonight. Maybe you should too!

wikirage: What’s hot now on wikipedia

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