[SOLVED] How to make a page like "leave a message to me"?
 

Dear all,

Could you tell me how to make a "leave a message to me" page in Atahualpa 3.4.9? This page could let the visitors leave a message to me, just like reply a post.:confused:

You could visit my blog at http://www.xufuxiang.com/wp02/?page_id=510. Sorry, I couldn't find the related material in the forum. And I couldn't find any single.php in the folder.

Thank you in advance,
Simon

Why not just use a contact form plugin such as Contact 7?

Larry,

I tried contacts form 7 plug-in in my blog. It works well in my blog.

But it's a little different with my expect. I wish the leaving message form looks like a simple forum. The visitors could communicate with me in this form like the following.
Topic1: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx guest001
yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy admin
Topic2: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx guest002
yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy guest003
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz admin
Topic3: ......

I googled "wordpress forum plugin". I find Tal.ki Embeddable Forums or Simple:Press plugin. Could you give me some advice which plugin I could use? I just need a simple one.

Thank you million,
Simon:)

you will need to try them and see which works for you. Simple for one person may be complex for someone else. The best way to learn about a plugin is to test it out.

I suggest you create a 'sandbox' (a test install of wordpress) that you can play and experiment in. I have several and you don't even need a nother domain name. You could put a copy of wordpress in a subfolder. Say your domain name was 'mydomain.com' and pointed to the folder 'wordpress' you could create a folder inside the 'wordpress' folder called 'playground' and then load all the wordpress files there. You will need to create a new database and edit wp-config.php to point there, but then you could use 'mydomain.com' to get to teh real site and 'mydomain.com/playground' to get to the testing site.

What JD just said is what I just did. I had never heard of the tal.ki plugin and wanted to try it out so I installed in on my test site. My first impressions are positive. I installed without a problem and created a forum page. I went to the forum page and there was my forum.

At test/sandbox site is a great tool and removes a lot of anxiety.

JD & Larry,

Many thanks for your quick support. I'll try the forum plunin in my site later. In fact, I have tried some plugins in my site but not find the one I preferred.

I am trying to donate some $ to you, but I need some help from my friends. As we just use Zhifubao & Yinlian in China. Atahualpa is a great theme I ever see.

Cheers,
Simon

JD & Larry,

I make a "Leave a message" page with Simple:Press plugin. You are wellcome to leave a message to me in my site: http://xufuxiang.com. It's quite simple and you needn't register a user.:(

Cheers,