Add a Forum to Your Blog

If a blog does not provide enough commentary to satisfy you, you can add a forum. Doing so allows visitors to start topics and respond to other people’s topics, even if the visitors are not regular contributors. Among solutions at self-hosted blogs is Mingle Forum.

Start by installing the Mingle Forum plugin following the Chapter 7 installation instructions.

Add a Forum to Your Blog

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001 Click Add New under the Pages menu in the left menu bar.

The Add New/Edit Page panel opens.

Type Forum in the title box, or type a different ...

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