=== Forum - wpForo === Contributors: gVectors Team Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Y4YBFBNBV3R2E Tags: forum, community, discussion, bulletin board, question and answers, qa, support Requires at least: 4.4 Tested up to: 4.5 Stable tag: beta-2 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html WordPress forum plugin. Everything you need to run an efficient and professional community. Powerful and beautiful bulletin board with unique features == Description == New Generation of WordPress forum plugins. Everything you need to run an efficient and professional community. Powerful and beautiful bulletin board with unique features.
It's on the Beta stage and we're working hard to reach the Gold 1.0.0 version as soon as possible. If you found some issue or bug please open a support topic in plugin page or in our support forum: http://wpforo.com/community/.

1. **Extended Layout:** Classic forum layout with an unique feature to show one level deeper information. You can see latest topics of each forum on Forum List and latest posts of each topic on Topic List. 2. **Simplified Layout:** Light, modern and beautiful forum layout with topic and post author avatars on forum and topic lists. 3. **Question and Answer Layout:** Complete Question & Answers discussion board for professional support and for communities similar to Stack Overflow. Perfect platform for users to ask and answer questions, and, through membership and active participation, to vote up or down. = wpForo Key Features =
1 | DESIGNED FOR ALL - You can use wpForo for small and extremely large communities. We keep improving plugin performance.
2 | FORUM LAYOUTS - The "Extended", "Simplified" and "Question & Answer" layouts fit almost all type of discussions needs.
3 | MOBILE FRIENDLY - wpForo is super responsive on all kind of devices. Adapted on all screen sizes. You get perfectly scaled layouts on desktop, tabs and smartphones.
4 | SEO FRIENDLY - Built-in SEO functions. SEO effective Permalinks, Titles, Meta Data, Open Graph tags, Smart heading, Crawling friendly content.
5 | THEME API - You can create and install new themes, copy the customized forum theme and keep it in active WordPress theme folder.
6 | EXTENDABLE - We also develop free (built-in) and paid addons. The first addons "Advanced File Attachments", "Polls", "Private Messages" and "Ad Manager" will be available very soon.
7 | MEMBER PROFILE SYSTEM - Beautiful, modern and informative profile system, with member statistic, bio, settings, activity and subscriptions pages.
8 | MEMBER RATING AND BADGES - User rating system based on number of posts. Nice Badges and Member Rating Titles per reputation level. Fully customizable.
9 | SUBSCRIPTION AND RSS FEED - Built-in forum/topic subscription with double opt-in subscription confirmation function. Separate forum/topic RSS2 feeds.
10| EASY FORUM HIERARCHY - Drag and Drop forum management system. Easy to set Parent-Child relationship and forum list order.
11| EASY FORUM MODERATION - All necessary moderation tools on each topic and post to make easy forum moderation. Fast and AJAX powered action will make it pleasure.
12| STYLES AND CUSTOMIZATION - Styles with different colors, dozens of settings, options, switches to manage and integrate forum with your theme look and feel. Almost everything has its option to make it different.
13| USERGROUPS AND PERMISSIONS - Built-in, powerful Usergroup system. Allows to create a new, manage and delete. All Usergroups have according permissions, with separate managing options.
14| FORUM ACCESS ROLES - This is a set of access roles named e.g.: "Read Only", "Standard Access", "Moderation Access", "Full Access", etc.. to manage Usergroup accesses for each forum.
15| LANGUAGE API & TRANSLATION - wpForo has its own Phrase System, which allows you to translate all phrases through Dashboard.


= EASY TO MIGRATE = You can download [Go2wpForo](http://wpforo.com/community/migrate-to-wpforo-from-other-forum-plugins/migrate-to-wpforo-go2wpforo-tool/) free migration tool from our [support forum](http://wpforo.com/community/migrate-to-wpforo-from-other-forum-plugins/migrate-to-wpforo-go2wpforo-tool/). This tool allows you migrate from different WordPress forum plugins to wpForo. = Currently we're working on = * Dark Style... * RTL Support... * Complete set of front-end phrases... * Support of .MO/.PO translation files... * Social Network Sharing Buttons... * wpForo Anti-Spam... * Go2wpForo Migration Tool... * wpForo Documentation... == Installation == 1. Install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly or upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/wpforo` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress = Getting Started = 1. **Forum Page:** wpForo creates a page with `/community/` slug. If this slug is used you'll have `/community-2/` or `/community-3/` slug. You can find the correct one in Forums > Settings > General Tab. Make sure you use WordPress permalinks. wpForo doesn't work with default `?p=1` URL structure. 2. **Change Forum Page:** If you need to change forum page you should put `[wpforo-index]` shortcode in new page content and insert the new page URL in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > General Tab > "Forum Base URL" option field. 3. **Forum Menu:** In Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page wpForo creates new navigation menu called "wpForo Navigation (wpForo Menu)" and attaches this menu to wpForo Menu location, it's the main, top forum menu. You can customize forum menu items through Appearance > Menu settings. 4. **Forum Sidebar and Widgets:** In Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets wpForo creates forum specific widgets and wpForo Sidebar. if you use wpForo sidebar you should make sure the forum page has not other sidebars, the page Template should be set "Full Width" or "One Column" or "Two Column with Right Sidebar". wpForo Sidebar is a left sidebar. 5. **Forum Management:** In Dashboard > Forums > Forums admin page you can manage forums, add/edit/delete/order, set parent-child relationship, manage Forum Access Roles for each Usergroup. 6. **Forum Style & Colors:** In Dashboard > Settings > Styles admin page you can set forum Style/Colors. You can choose either "Default (Blue)", "Red", "Green", "Orange", "Grey". 7. **Login and Registration** In Dashboard > Settings > Features you can manage Login and Registration URL. You can force those to wpForo page or keep default WordPress pages. == Frequently Asked Questions == Please make sure you've read the "Getting Started" section in "Installation" Tab. wpForo Support Forum: == Screenshots == 1. Forum list - "Extended" layout (layout #1) | Screenshot #1 2. Forum list - "Simplified" layout (layout #2) | Screenshot #2 3. Forum list - "Question & Answer" layout (layout #3) | Screenshot #3 4. Topic list - "Extended" layout | Screenshot #4 5. Topic list - "Simplified" layout | Screenshot #5 6. Topic list - "Question & Answer" layout | Screenshot #6 7. Post list - "Extended" layout | Screenshot #7 8. Post list - "Simplified" layout | Screenshot #8 9. Post list - "Question & Answer" | Screenshot #9 10. Forum Profile Page - integrated with Shop and Profile plugins | Screenshot #10 11. Forum Member List | Screenshot #11 12. Dashboard - Drag and Drop forum management system. Easy to set Parent-Child relationship and forum order. | Screenshot #12 13. Dashboard - General Settings | Screenshot #13 14. Dashboard - Members Settings | Screenshot #14 15. Dashboard - Forum Styles, Colors | Screenshot #15 16. Dashboard - Forum Accesses / Can's | Screenshot #16 == Changelog == = Beta-2 | 28.06.2016 = * Added: Option to set custom login URL * Added: Option to set custom register URL * Added: Option to set custom lost password URL * Fixed Bug: CSS conflicts with different themes * Fixed Bug: Question & Answer Layout issues * Fixed Bug: Enabled "Can Creat Topic" for "Standard Access" by default * Fixed Bug: .right .left . label class conflicts * Fixed Bug: Dashboard and Front-end member pagination * Fixed Bug: Member and Post search issues NOTE! Make sure you've deleted all caches after updating this plugin = Beta-1 | 26.06.2016 = * Initial version. It's on the Beta stage and we're working hard to reach the Gold 1.0.0 version as soon as possible. If you found some issue or bug please open a support topic in plugin page or in our support forum.