Participating in social discussions is a very important part of being online today. It is practically mandatory. With that in mind, if you For real desea fomentar la discusión sobre su industria o marca, ¿por qué no incluir un forum de discusión dentro de su sitio? Gracias al complemento CM Answers de CM Plugins, puede hacer precisamente eso.
Este complemento de WordPress posibilita a los visitantes publicar preguntas y respuestas en un Stack overflow estilo e inicie sesión con sus cuentas de redes sociales (Facebook, Google+ o LinkedIn) para una experiencia perfecta.
What does the CM Answers plugin do?
This WordPress plugin offers a lightweight way to add a discussion forum to your site. Unlike a traditional comment system, CM Answers genuinely encourages the creation of communities around any topic of your choice. You can ask specific questions to solicit feedback from your visitors, or you can allow visitors to ask their own questions and start their own discussions. It's up to you.
Un foro de discusión puede servir para una amplia variedad de propósitos, desde discusiones tradicionales, preguntas y respuestas, hasta soporte al Username o al client. Es realmente versátil y no atascará su sitio a diferencia de otros complementos de discusión.
There is a free and a Pro version of this plugin available. Let's take some time now to review the features available in each one.
Free
the Free version de este complemento le posibilita agregar un foro de discusión básico. Puede moderar preguntas y respuestas y recibir notificaciones por correo electrónico cuando se publiquen nuevas. Los usuarios al mismo tiempo pueden decantarse por recibir notificaciones (y no recibirlas). Al mismo tiempo puede ver un recuento de vistas y un recuento de respuestas. Al mismo tiempo hay bastantes opciones de personalización para modificar la plantilla para satisfacer las necesidades de su usuario. Las preguntas al mismo tiempo se pueden votar para cambiar su clasificación en el listado. Se puede ingresar al complemento en el menú del dashboard:
It is easy to moderate. Add questions and answers and / or moderate those added by users. Note: The following image shows the Pro version.
Pro
The Pro licensed version of CM Answers is the version I had time to practice with, so that's what I'll talk more about today. The Pro version costs $ 29 and includes everything available in the free version, as well as many additional features. First, there's a new access control feature that enables administrators to set who can ask and answer questions. Options include All the world, Registered usersand By role:
At the same time it includes a short code function that enables you to insert a list of questions with the short code. questions-cma. You can even add parameters to it so that the list shows a certain set of questions from a particular author, which are the most popular, etc.
La versión Pro posibilita la incorporación de redes sociales con varios sitios populares, incluidos Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn y Microsoft Live. Cada visitante al mismo tiempo tiene acceso a un panel individual que enumera «Mis preguntas» y «Mis respuestas». Estos se pueden agregar a las páginas de perfil de usuario a través códigos cortos.
The incorporation of widgets le posibilita mostrar solo las preguntas y respuestas que desea en cualquier área dentro del tema seleccionado que admita widgets, como la barra lateral. Hay configuraciones para la barra lateral accesibles en el menú del complemento:
Al mismo tiempo puede establecer configuraciones específicas de moderación en la versión Pro. Esta configuración le posibilita especificar una lista de persons que pueden publicar preguntas y / o respuestas sin necesidad de pasar por el proceso de moderación. Esto puede acelerar considerablemente la discusión en su sitio. De todos modos, asegúrese de proporcionar estas exenciones solo a aquellos que hayan demostrado ser dignos de confianza y capaces:
Here are some more specs about the Pro license that you should know:
- Multi-site support
- The ability to show or hide views for specific questions.
- Cada usuario obtiene una página de perfil público generada de forma automática con la capacidad de agregar un link a un perfil de redes sociales.
- Onboarding Gravatar
- Enable attachments
- The ability to change the order in which responses are presented.
- Support Ajax
- Label holder
- The ability to add "sticky" questions that appear at the top of all questions and / or answers and are highlighted with a background color that you specify.
- Support for code snippets.
- Personalización de enlace permanente
- The ability to make CM Answers the home page of your site.
- Social sharing widget for question pages.
- The gratitude message from CM Answers is removed from the footer.
- The ability to edit questions and answers after they have been posted to the site.
At the same time you can add a disclaimer that new users of your site will see. Each user can be asked to accept the terms and conditions of their site:
Set up a discussion dashboard
After getting familiar with the features of CM Answers, the setup process was remarkably simple. Dashboard configuration is intuitive and easy to follow. Just click on each tab to proceed to the next screen of customization options:
You can easily adjust the appearance of the questions and answers for the end user. Just click on the "Appearance" tab:
You will be presented with many options, from modifying the way questions are identified, to the number of questions that appear on each page, displaying the view count, and more.
If users choose to receive notifications when new questions or answers are posted on your site, you can ensure that the notification email correctly reflects your brand:
What I found works best is to click on each of the tabs and see what options are available. The hands-on approach will allow you to get a better idea of what you can achieve with this plugin and how you can customize it to meet the specific needs of your site.
En términos de agregar contents, no podría ser más simple. El enlace Preguntas para el complemento que se puede ver en el lado izquierdo del panel de WordPress lo lleva a la siguiente pantalla:
From here, all you need to do is click on "Add question" and you can enter your question, categorize it, and add tags. The end result will look like this. Note the different background color in the "sticky" question at the top:
The Answers menu offers a similar interface. The answer page will look similar to this for end users, where they will be asked to contribute:
Back in Settings, in the "Topic" tab, you can modify how the questions and answers are displayed:
As you can see, you can enable or disable attachments, set maximum file size, enable ratings, etc.
Customizing how your question and answer session, discussion forum, or support forum appears and works is straightforward and simple with this plugin.
Although there are several discussion plugins out there, the CM Answers plugin integrates well with WordPress and gives admins and users an easy way to interact. Administrators will find that customizing the forum is a simple process that can be modified at will. Users will find the end experience pleasing to the eye and easy to contribute to. Since an important part of engaging online today is encouraging your visitors to engage, this plugin seems like a convenient way to encourage discussion, even when you're not around to moderate directly.
This plugin pairs well with the CM Tooltips Glossary plugin that we talked about a while ago. Both are easy to use and make WordPress sites more functional without adding bloat.
Have you tried CM Answers? That you thought? Let us know how it's working for you in the comments.
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