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Hello, I am trying to start a new forum website for collaboration between research partners, and I am having a hard time finding any templates/themes that are specifically for a forum setup. Is there anything that I am missing? I have seen the blog setups and that is not really what I am going for. I want to have a site where multiple users can access and comment, that allows total moderation for each and every comment or post made before it is published, and only allows users who have been verified by the site owner and administrator (me) to comment. Any help is appreciated.
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I am having a hard time finding any templates/themes that are specifically for a forum setup.
See here first: https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/p2-breathe/ and be aware that the only themes that we can use on wordpress.COM hosted sites are found here https://wordpress.com/themes/ and in your dashboard >Appearance > Themes
At present there is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/For your WordPress.COM blog you have three free workaround forum options http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/wordpress-com-forum-options/
One approach is to register a forum on the internet and then create a custom menu in your blog and include a custom link to the forum in it.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-linksWe also have a chatbox widget. The Tlk.io widget allows you to embed a web chat in your WordPress.COM hosted blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/tlk-io-widget/ There are no other chat options I know of that work on WordPress.COM blogs at this time.
If those do not suit you see: Moving to self hosted WordPress http://move.wordpress.com
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and only allows users who have been verified by the site owner and administrator (me) to comment.
You cannot password protect a whole site hosted by wordpress.COM. That can be done only on a wordpress.ORG software install on paid hosting. On a wordpress.com hosted site you can only password protect posts and pages in the site.
You cannot issue username accounts and passwords on any site hosted by wordpress.COM. That can be done only on a wordpress.ORG software install on paid hosting. See: Moving to self hosted WordPress http://move.wordpress.com
re: adding users to a wordpress.COM site
Read: Administrator https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator
What I post below applies only to sites hosted by wordpress.COM.
You can have either a public or a private WordPress.COM hosted blog and there is no limitation on the total number of contributors to any blog. If you’d like to invite others to publish posts or help approve comments on your blog, you can invite them to be a Contributor, Editor, or Author. Contributors cannot upload images. If you want users to receive updates each time you publish new content you can invite them to be a follower/viewer.
Provided you are logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the site, to change blog visibility to Private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3. See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings
Then see:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#adding-users-to-your-site
https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#adding-viewers-to-a-private-siteUsername accounts are required but registering blogs under them is not required. The invitees will have to register a WordPress.COM username account which requires an email address only, but they do not need to register a blog. That requirement is because the software has to be able to differentiate between hackers and official users and allow access only to those with username accounts and official roles on the blog.
If the person being invited to contribute to your blog does not already have one, he or she will have to register a WordPress.COM username account. He or she does not need to register a blog. There is a just a username please option. The invitees who lack username accounts select the “username only” option here: https://signup.wordpress.com/signup/?user=1
NOTE that as you have an account you would have to log out and clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies to witness the process as the invitees without accounts would experience it.
Upon receipt of the invitation, the invitee will need to click the “Accept Invitation” button in the invitation email. If the invitee is logged into their WordPress.com username account, he or she will be taken directly to your blog. If not, he or she will be taken to the log-in screen, where he or she can either log in, or can register a new WordPress.COM user account.
The invitees need to be logged into their WordPress.com account prior to clicking the “Accept Invitation” link.
Note that invitees who do create a new WordPress.com account at that point will still need to return to the invitation email and click the “Accept Invitation” button after doing so.
See here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/ and here http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#changing-user-rolesNote:
The number 10 is the number of outstanding invitations you can have at any point in time. That limitation is a spammer prevention measure. Wait until the invitees have registered and send out 10 more.
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