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Hi there,

I’ve known about BP for years, but never got around to using it for my sites.

I understand that with BP, users can create their own posts right?
When they create posts is it just like a normal WP post? ie. they will see the same screen as an admin does for creating a post.

Well I’m looking for a simpler way for them to post things.
And maybe ‘short posts’ BUT still have the ability to add tags.

Is there a plugin that makes it easier for them to ‘post’ things?
All they need is:
– heading
– body of the message
– tags

BUT these tags need to be searchable in the site,
(can you search multiple tags at once)

eg.
If a user posts
Heading: Computer
Body: Selling my pc, etc. etc.
Tags: computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse

and a user is able to search multiple tags – eg.
keyboard, mouse

I want this post to come up in the search

Is this possible and fairly easy to do with BP?

edit; i found some plugins that MAY do this: answer/questions

The Top 6 Question and Answer WordPress Plugins

However, if I used these plugins, how easy do they integrate with buddypress?
Can I customize to show these pages, and for users to have a default link to ‘create a question’ ?

I mean, if they have ‘create post’ like a normal wordpress blog, then buying/using a question/answer plugin is kinda useless as most wont be able to find the link to it – and will automatically create a post instead.
Also, how would i know if it looks good or this plugin will integrate with BP?

For example, would it show up as a sidebar saying recent questions like recent posts etc?

Otherwise if it doesn’t integrate with BP then there’s no point using BP if it has a question and answer section that acts normally as wordpress anyway.

If so, what are teh benefits of using BP AND a question/answer plugin?
one eg i think of is, users can private message eachotehr when someone posts a question

Thanks