This module allows you to integrate full-featured forums into your website. The forums are highly configurable and allow you to:
| • | Perform index-based full-text searches of forum content |
| • | Manage all forum posts and threads of a particular forum |
| • | Create moderated forums (posts needs to be approved before they are displayed on-line) |
| • | Choose to require and/or display e-mails of the forum users |
| • | Subscribe to receive notifications about all posts added to a forum or thread by e-mail |
| • | Enable a forum only for authenticated users |
| • | Specify user roles that are allowed to use various forum functions via Security settings |
There are two basic types of forums:
| • | Ad-hoc forums (article comments) - created for a single document when a visitor posts the first comment to the given document. |
The Message boards module provides another option that allows users to post comments on your website. Please refer to Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Message boards to learn more about it.
The Forums module can be managed in CMS Desk -> Tools -> Forums. Further settings can be found at Site Manager -> Settings -> Forums and are described in more detail in the Settings chapter.
