<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; ">We use bbPress here at UNC. It is a bit strange to get going, but works great. We just configured a theme and folks create a forum site and use that rather than embed it on a site. <div><br></div><div>Drawbacks are that you can not easily embed a forum on any page. It has it's own hierarchy because of the way it is built. But very nice and lots of goodies to go along with it. </div><div><br></div><div>~Jeff</div></div>
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 2:08 PM Thursday, April11, Ronnie Burt wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><div dir="ltr">Hey there,<div><br></div><div>This plugin is really simple to use and works perfectly on large multisite networks. No configuration or headaches :)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/forums/">http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/forums/</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>It is well overdue for some new features and updates - though it may meet your needs. There should be quite a few new features and improvements in the next month or so. These new features are a direct result of feedback from the hundreds of universities and schools we work with.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Ronnie Burt</div><div>Director of Operations</div><div>Edublogs | Incsub | WPMU DEV</div><div><br></div><div>Timezone: Austin, TX (UTC/GMT -6 hours)</div>
<div>Twitter: @ronnieburt</div></div></div><div><br><br><div>On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Joseph Ugoretz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joseph.ugoretz@mhc.cuny.edu" target="_blank">joseph.ugoretz@mhc.cuny.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto"><div>We have had fantastic success with Simple:Press. It is extremely feature-rich, so initial configuration can be challenging, but for the end-user or even for the site admin once it is set up it is completely friendly and effective. </div>
<div><br></div><div>It is absolutely the best discussion board platform I have ever seen, far better than even dedicated forum software packages like phpBB, vBulletin or XenForo. </div><div><br></div><div>Highly recommended. The plugin is free although support requires a paid membership (well worth it, the developers are responsive and helpful) </div>
<div><br></div><div> <span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://simple-press.com/" target="_blank">http://simple-press.com/</a></span></div><div>
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</span></font><br><div><div>Joe</div><div><br></div><div>Joseph Ugoretz, PhD</div><div>Associate Dean</div><div>Teaching, Learning and Technology</div><div>Macaulay Honors College</div><div>City University of New York</div>
<div><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu" target="_blank">macaulay.cuny.edu</a></div></div></div><div><div><div><br>On Apr 11, 2013, at 1:56 PM, "Grogan, David" <<a href="mailto:David.Grogan@tufts.edu" target="_blank">David.Grogan@tufts.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hello,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Can anyone make a recommendation on a discussion board plugin to use in a WP site? This is a multi-site instance and I'd like individual site admins to be able to place the discussion board on any page within their site.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>Thanks,</span><br><span></span><br><span>David</span><br><span></span><br><span>--------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><span>David Grogan</span><br><span>Senior Solutions Specialist</span><br>
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