You can edit message board properties at CMS Desk -> Tools -> Message boards, on the Boards tab. If you click the Edit () icon next to some message board, its editing interface will be displayed.

 

The administration interface reflects the Message board web part properties. When you add the web part to a page, you can set its properties in the web part properties dialog. When the first message is added to the board, the message board is created in this section of the administration interface. At this point, changes made to the web part properties have no effect and you have to make all changes only in this section!

 

The administration interface for editing message boards is divided into five tabs:

 

Messages tab

 

This tab displays a list of all messages on the message board. Using the New message link, you can add new messages to the board directly from the administration interface. Below is a filter, letting you display only messages matching specified criteria. The following filtering parameters are available:

 

•User name - only messages posted by the user specified here will be displayed; you can also enter only a part of the user name

•Text - only messages containing the entered text will be displayed

•Is approved - you can choose whether to display only approved or disapproved messages

•Is SPAM - you can choose whether to display only messages marked or not marked as SPAM

 

Messages can be Edited (), Deleted (), Approved () or Rejected (). You can also select more messages using the check-boxes and perform one of these actions for all of them using the Selected items drop-down list and clicking the OK button.

 

 

General tab

 

On the general tab, you can specify the following properties of the message board:

 

•Display name - display name of the message board

•Code name - code name of the message board

•Description - text describing the message board

•Enable - if unchecked, the message board will be hidden; if checked, the message board works normally

•Open - if checked, adding messages is enabled; if unchecked, messages are displayed but cannot be added

•Open from / to - using these fields, you can define the time interval during that new messages can be added to the board

•Enable subscriptions - if checked, users can subscribe to receiving notifications about new messages on the board

•Base URL - URL used as the URL base of links to message boards in notification e-mails; if empty, value from Site Manager -> Settings -> Community -> Message boards -> Board base URL will be used; if that property is empty too, message boards cannot be placed on pages with wildcard URLs

•Unsubscription URL - URL of the page containing the Message board unsubscription web part; the web part handles notification unsubscription requests; if not set, value in Site Manager -> Settings -> Community -> Message boards -> Board unsubscription URL will be used

•Require e-mail addresses - if checked, users are required to enter their e-mail address when posting board messages

 

 

Subscriptions tab

 

On this tab, you can see a list of subscriptions to receiving notifications about new board messages. You can create new subscriptions using the New subscription link. Displayed subscriptions can be filtered by E-mail address and User name. You can also Edit () or Delete () subscriptions in the list.

 

 

Moderators tab

 

On this tab, you can make the message board moderated by checking the Message board is moderated check-box. In such case, new messages will be displayed only after approval by some of the moderators listed in the Moderators list-box below. Moderators can be Added or Removed using the corresponding buttons.

 

Security tab

 

On this tab, you can set security-related properties of the message board.

 

If the Use security code (CAPTCHA) check-box is checked, users will have to retype the CAPTCHA security code before adding a new message.

 

The Allow comments to section can be used to define which users can add new messages to the board. The following options are available:

 

•All users - everyone can add messages to the board

•Only authenticated users - only signed-in users can add messages to the board

•Only authorized roles - only members of the roles in the list-box below can add messages to the board

 

The following two options can be set only for group message boards:

 

•Only group members - only members of the group can add messages to the board

•Only group admin - only administrators of the group can add messages to the board