Creating a new forum

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The "pre-defined" forums need to be created before you publish them on the web site. Each forum must be created within some particular forum group. A forum group usually contains forums related to the same topic. For example:

 

Computers (forum group)

 - Announcements (forum)

 - Technical questions (forum)

 - FAQ's (forum)

Web design (forum group)

 - CSS (forum)

           - XHTML (forum)

 

Creating a new forum group

 

Go to CMS Desk -> Tools -> Forums and click New forum group. Enter for example:

 

Group display name: the forum group name displayed on your web site
Group code name: the forum group name used in your code
Description: description of the forum group displayed on your web site
Forum group base URL: URL displayed when the user accesses the forum; eg. ~/MyForums.aspx
Forum group unsubscription URL: URL of a page where users can unsubscribe from the given forum group

 

Click OK to save.

 

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Creating a new forum

 

Go to CMS Desk -> Tools -> Forums and click Edit for some forum group. Go to the Forums tab and click Add forum. Enter for example:

 

Forum display name: the name of the forum displayed on your web site
Forum code name: the name of the forum used in your code
Description: the description displayed on your web site
Forum base URL: URL displayed when the user accesses the forum; e.g. ~/MyForums.aspx
Forum unsubscription URL: URL of a page where users can unsubscribe from the given forum

 

Require e-mail address: indicates if e-mail address should be required from the post author
Display e-mail addresses: indicates if e-mail address of the post author should be displayed to other site visitors
Enable WYSIWYG editor: indicates if the visitors can use the WYSIWYG editor for entering text
Use security code (CAPTCHA): indicates if the user needs to retype the security code displayed as an image - this feature helps you avoid spam in the forums

 

Forum is open: indicates if the forum is visible and can be accessed
Forum is locked: if checked, new posts can't be added to the forum, while the forum is still accessible for viewing
Forum is moderated: indicates if the posts need to be approved by forum moderator

 

Click OK to save.

 

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