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@r-a-y
hey! thanks

I get it. I can just use messages_new_message()

i want to use the messages as a place holder for some more info related to user. I want that the user can access his previous info from his inbox.. (just the contents is what i want to store) its hard to explain but pretty simple. can you just help me on what value should [...]

your thoughts on the subject?

@RogerCoathup Agree with you on the fact that APIs need to be called for forum activity to show up in stream. Other than that everything else is simple and I would consider that myself. An easy solution is to create a general group for site wide forums or use a (paid) plugin in beta by [...]

I guess I need to create an instance of a class, fill up the data and call send member function. right?
what should I store in thread id? I mean are there any special values for it or using a plain 0 or any negative number will do?

Why not just use a standalone installation of bbPress with a matching theme? bbPress is also coming up as a plugin for WordPress but not anytime soon. So I would suggest you to use bbPress 0.9 and theme it to match with your site By bbPress 0.9 you get better performance, more plugins working [...]