diff --git a/core/templates/dev/head/pages/forum/Forum.js b/core/templates/dev/head/pages/forum/Forum.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72042b2d7e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/templates/dev/head/pages/forum/Forum.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Oppia Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Data and controllers for the Oppia 'forum' page.
+ */
+
+oppia.controller('Forum', [
+  '$scope', function($scope) {
+    $scope.DEV_MODE = GLOBALS.DEV_MODE;
+  }
+]);
diff --git a/core/templates/dev/head/pages/forum/forum.html b/core/templates/dev/head/pages/forum/forum.html
index 8c5bc69ae801..639fc7261a60 100644
--- a/core/templates/dev/head/pages/forum/forum.html
+++ b/core/templates/dev/head/pages/forum/forum.html
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@
   </style>
 
   <div class="container">
-    <div class="oppia-forum">
-      {% if on_localhost %}
-        <div class="oppia-warning">
-          <strong>Warning:</strong> This page may not display correctly on localhost. To view it, change 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1' in the URL bar.
-        </div>
-      {% endif %}
+    <div class="oppia-forum" ng-controller="Forum">
+      <div ng-if="DEV_MODE" class="oppia-warning">
+        <strong>Warning:</strong> This page may not display correctly on localhost. To view it, change 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1' in the URL bar.
+      </div>
 
       <iframe src="{{full_google_group_url}}" frameborder="0" height="1300" style="width: 100%;">
       </iframe>
@@ -37,3 +35,8 @@
 {% block footer%}
   {% include 'pages/footer.html' %}
 {% endblock %}
+
+{% block footer_js %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  <script src="{{TEMPLATE_DIR_PREFIX}}/pages/forum/Forum.js"></script>
+{% endblock footer_js %}