Forums
You manage forums using the Forums module.
The module is organized in the following way:
- Forums page
To open the Forums page, in the main menu in the upper part of the screen, click Content » Forums.
The Forums page appears, displaying an expandable list of all created forums, grouped in forum groups, with the number of threads and posts in each forum, together with actions you can perform on them. - Forum threads page
When you click a forum, you can view a list of all threads in this forum and the number of posts in each thread, together with actions you can perform on each thread. - Forum posts page
When you click a thread, the Posts page opens, where you can view a list of all posts in this thread, together with actions you can perform on each post.
Permissions for forums
You can set permission for all forums and you can set individual permissions for each forum.
To change the permissions for all forums, on Forums page, click Permissions link in the right side of the page.
The Permissions for all forums page appears.
For more information about changing permissions, see Administration: Global and section permissions » Step 2 to Step 4.
To change the permissions of a particular forum, click its Actions link and from the dropdown box, click Permissions.
For more information about setting individual permissions, see Administration: Permissions of individual items.
Displaying forums on your website
To display forums on your website, you must use the Forums widget and you must configure it.
For more information, see Forums widget.
For more information about adding widgets on your page, see Add widgets on pages and templates.
You can then choose the way forums, threads, and posts are displayed by changing the templates which the Forums widget uses.
For more information, see Create and edit widget templates.