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Creating a Forum Thread

A "thread" is a group of forum messages about a topic — a post and its replies.
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#In the Forum menu, select List Forums.
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Forums menu
Select List Forums to display a list of all the forums on the site.


+Right now there is only one forum — the one you just created.

  1. On the List forum page, click the forum name.
    List forums page
    The list forums page shows the forum you just created.


  2. The Forum page lists all the topics (and their threads) in the forum. Since this is a new forum, Tiki tells you that there are no topics to display.
    Forum page
    The Forum page lists all topics in the forum and allows you to create new topics.



    NoteNote:
    The Moderator Actions toolbar appears because you are logged in as the Admin. Regular users will not see this area.


  3. Click New Topic to create a new topic.
    Forum post
    Use the form to create a new forum post.


  4. Enter the following information in each field on the page:
    • Title: Enter a title for the post.
    • Comment: Enter the body of the post here. Remember, you enabled the Use wiki syntax option earlier. You can use the regular wiki syntax, including Quicktags, when writing a forum topic.
    • Watch for replies: By default, the Send me an e-mail when someone replies to my topic option is selected. This allows you to monitor the thread. Tiki will send you an email each time another user responds to your post.

    NoteNote:
    You will learn about thread types later.

  5. Click Post. Tiki saves the posts and displays the Forum post page.
    Forum page
    Your post is shown on the forum page.

The post contains the following icons/options:
  • Edit Edit the post.
  • Delete Delete the post.
  • Report Report the post to the moderator.
  • Stop monitoring Stop watching (monitoring) the post. If you did not select the Watch for replies option, you would be able to select the Monitoring (Monitor) icon to begin monitoring the post.





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Page last modified on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 09:05:04 am EST by Rick Sapir.
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