Moderating Forums
Sometimes, you may need to moderate a forum. This may involve removing off topic or inappropriate posts, or moving posts from one forum to another.
- Log out as the admin, and log back in as the user you created earlier (and assigned to the Forum Admins group).
 | Tip: Instead of logging out, you can use the Login module to quickly switch to another user. |
- Select List forums from the Forum menu in the Menu module.
- Select the forum you created.
- The Moderator actions area, contains special features for forum moderators.
| Figure: Select a topic, then click a moderator action. |
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Using this toolbar, you can select topics in the forum and:
- Move (
) a topic from one forum to another.
 | Note: This button appears only if you have more than one forum. |
- Lock (
) (or unlock,
) a topic
- Delete (
) a topic.
- Merge (
) two (or more) topics into a single topic.
Moderating Topics and Threads
As a forum moderator, you can also control specific posts and threads.
- Click the topic title. Tiki displays the topic and its reply.
| Figure: You can moderate specific posts and replies. |
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- You can use the Moderator actions toolbar to delete a specific post or move it to a different forum.
- As the forum administrator, you can also edit (or delete) any topic or reply.