Hello.
I'm looking for a way (without code modificiations) to have some kind of message with link in every Wordpress blog post, to "invite" the reader to discuss the post in the forums. Automatically.
I have found ways to do it but they involve to do something when posting in the blog.
Any ideas are welcome,
thanks
Hey @anonymous20 I do exactly the same on my site and use the wpForo Cross Posting plugin.
Thanks.
I'm looking for a simpler approach. I don't want to mirror anything or create topics same with the articles. I just want to somehow invite the reader to register and comment.
But there is a logic of what you suggest. The visitor comment what exactly if no blog post is not mirrored ?
I will have to think about it...
Thanks again.
Hmm. That could well be custom code. Although it would only be a look to the register page - is this what you are thinking of ?
Well maybe a simple notice and link after each post with some plugin ? Or maybe i could find a plugin that puts some kind of "signature" inside the posts at the end of it ?
I will try to use my Ads plugin, it has an option to display whatever i want IN a post in various places.
I will have to test more,
thanks !!!
Hi @Anonymous20 . There are some "author box" plugins available at WP that has "description space", so you can use it like a "signature, with a link to your forum" on each blog post.
But your Ads plugin, that's an interesting twist. You can create your own Banner Ads, or Custom Links Ad, that directs to your own Forum. 🙂
@anonymous20 I'm interested to know how far you got with this. I think you'd be able to hook into the comments field easily with a function and insert the text or link you'd like.
I will update here with my findings, as i always do (to maybe ... help someone reading this in the future).
Hi @anonymous20,
I suggest you use the following two hooks and display the message that invites the users to join to forum:
- comment_form_before
- comment_form_top
More info here:
http://wpengineer.com/2205/comment-form-hooks-visualized/
I hope this will be helpful to you.
I'd also suggest you check out the wpForo – Blog Cross Posting addon: https://gvectors.com/product/wpforo-cross-posting/
I have found that my ads plugin ( https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-inserter/) can inject anything and anywhere easily. And works fine with what i want. I haven't thought of that until now.
It also has a huge ammount of filters, so i can actually have a different link for each Category blog posts to point to the specific forum. I can use Categories, taxonomy, tags, urls and other options. Incredible.
I think i'm covered with it, maybe not 100%, still using one plugin for several things is good for me, since my resources are rather limited. I also use the above ads plugin for STICKY widgets in my pages.
