Not all users have administrative permissions to write a forum post. Your community administrator can restrict users from writing post to all forums or to specific forums.

If you have administrative permission to write a forum post, you will see a Write New Post link when you open a forum.

 

Procedure

  1.  From the forums main page, Click Write a New Post. A drop-down list displays so you can select the forum for which you want to create the post.

 

  2.  Select a forum from the drop-down list. The Post a Message page displays.

 

  3.  Specify the forum post settings on each tab.

Compose 

  • Specify whether you want the post threads workflow to be in a discussion or question format.
  • Subject - Specifies the post subject.
  • Tags - Specifies tags used for the post. You can click Select Tags to find tags that have already been used with forum posts.
  • Email me replies to this post - Specifies whether you will receive notification when a user replies to the post.

Options

Allows you to assign stickiness and icons, and add files to your post.

 

  • Add/Update - Allows you to upload a file to the post. Click here for more information.
  • Locked: Do not allow replies - Specifies whether users can reply to the post.
  • Stickiness - Specifies whether a post is sticky, and if so, for how long. A sticky post displays first in the forum post list. You can specify how long you want a post to be sticky. After the expiration date, the post resets to Not sticky.

Poll

Allows you to include a reader's poll with your post so readers can rate its value.

 

  • Include a Poll in this Post - Specifies whether you want to include a poll question with your post. When you click the checkbox, additional fields display on the page.

 

  • Question - Specifies the poll question.
  • Description - Describes the poll question.
  • Answers - Provides the user with options for answering the poll question. As you add answers in the Add Answer text box, they will display underneath the Answers heading.
  • Add Answer - Allows you to add a poll answer.
  • Expires - Specifies the number of days the poll question will display with the post.

Preview

Shows you what the post will look like before you publish the post. Click here for more information.

  4.  Click Post.