# Forum app
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [May 23, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620 "2020-05-23T01:23:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Secura\_4x4](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Secura_4x4)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/1 "2020-05-23T01:23:44Z")
Anyone with template or thoughts on how to emulate a Forum App with Glide? Could be something like this forum or even more basic.
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### Author:  [@Tim\_Sullivan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tim_Sullivan)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/2 "2020-05-23T01:47:55Z")
That’s a great idea!
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### Author:  [@Dr\_Renee\_Volny\_Darko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dr_Renee_Volny_Darko)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/3 "2020-06-01T01:32:15Z")
@Jeff_Hager any thoughts on this?
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### Author:  [@Dr\_Renee\_Volny\_Darko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dr_Renee_Volny_Darko)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/4 "2020-06-01T02:38:07Z")
Hi! How about setting it up like Instagram posts except without the pictures. You could create a “Topics” choice field so that users can categorize their posts and then use the Comments component so that people can reply to the original post. I think I’m going to add this function to my app.
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/5 "2020-06-01T04:15:11Z")
I’d probably suggest the same thing. You could probably step it up a bit more and assign a unique id to the original post, then use a form button to replay and create a new list item, but with the original post id passed through the form. Lots of ways to do this, but a comments component would be the simplest.
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### Author:  [@Secura\_4x4](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Secura_4x4)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/6 "2020-06-01T17:32:45Z")
Thought about doing this way, but then would be a little to limited by only comments in text not being able to post answers with video or photos. Check what i’ve done so far: [https://bhdzc.glideapp.io/](https://bhdzc.glideapp.io/)
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### Author:  [@Secura\_4x4](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Secura_4x4)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/7 "2020-06-01T17:38:51Z")
Tks for answering! Do you mean something a little like this [https://bhdzc.glideapp.io/](https://bhdzc.glideapp.io/) ? It’s still a sketch but I believe could work. I did two different but similar ways there. Would be nice to not have to use an image with the Tiles or Cards layouts but I guess it’s possible to use something like what I did. Appreciate any tips or advices!
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### Author:  [@Dr\_Renee\_Volny\_Darko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dr_Renee_Volny_Darko)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/8 "2020-06-01T19:26:54Z")
So, I just did mine this morning. Here are the screenshots.
  
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### Author:  [@Secura\_4x4](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Secura_4x4)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/9 "2020-06-01T23:09:19Z")
Nicely done!
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### Author:  [@Dr\_Renee\_Volny\_Darko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dr_Renee_Volny_Darko)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/10 "2020-06-02T23:22:31Z")
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@mauricelogic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mauricelogic)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/11 "2020-07-05T07:57:40Z")
Hi! I like the implementation. Question: How do you get the profile pic of the poster to show as a small thumbnail like that? It looks like an action text component but I did’t know it had an option for an image. Thanks for your help!
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2020, 8:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/12 "2020-07-05T08:03:33Z")
Looks like a list layout on an inline list.
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### Author:  [@mauricelogic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mauricelogic)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/13 "2020-07-07T17:23:54Z")
Hmmm. Got it. That makes sense. I do that in Adalo but wasn’t aware that nested lists were possible in Glide. I’ll look into it. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/14 "2020-07-07T19:35:21Z")
Check out my forum template to see if it meets your needs:
> **[Glide • Our Forum by Robert Petitto](https://www.glideapps.com/templates/P22UeUZ93KLwzHUTuYyX-template)**
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> A customizable Forum, FAQ or Discussion Board app complete with ranking, clapping and favoriting!
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### Author:  [@mauricelogic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mauricelogic)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/15 "2020-07-07T21:17:40Z")
Thanks Robert! I like it. I may purchase-there are a few things you’re doing in the template that I want to apply. Appreciate it!
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### Author:  [@AyS\_0908](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AyS_0908)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/16 "2020-08-24T22:17:53Z")
Hi Robert, it’s great!
I want to get it, since my (work in progress) app needs one forum.
Before purchasing it, I am wondering how to “move” your template to my existing app? I suppose that I need to re-do everything, but is there a lot of work to do in the DataEditor?
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/17 "2020-08-24T22:57:05Z")
Ya…there’s a bit you’d have to do to get it to work identically. Not too complicated though. Want a peek behind the scenes first?
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### Author:  [@AyS\_0908](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AyS_0908)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forum-app/9620/18 "2020-08-25T06:35:10Z")
I’ve purchased it, and if I’m lost, I’ll shout out for help…
By the way, I just had a very quick look, and in case you make a v2, some fuel for thoughts:
- the use of Cloudinary (and with your account) may be an issue for relatively newbies
- an arrayformula is #REF (sheet ‘Posts’), while seems to display results; I’ll have a look later
Thanks