After you create a new forum, the Evolution user interface creates additional tabs on which you can specify additional forum properties.
Procedure
1. Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Forum Administration > Forums. The list of existing forums displays in the workspace.
2. Click Edit to open the forum. The Basic page displays.
3. Modify the forum settings.
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Click here for descriptions of the properties on the Basic page.
- Click here for descriptions of the properties on the User Permissions and Admin Permissions pages.
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Click here for descriptions of the properties on the Mailing List page.
Advanced
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URL - When a URL is provided (requires http://) the forum becomes a link and when clicked on redirects the user to the specified URL.
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Index Posts - Determines whether or not content in this forum should be indexed for searching.
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Moderate Posts - Determines if posts made to this forum require moderator approval. Unmoderated users will not have their posts moderated.
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Enable Moderate Notifications - When enabled will send forum moderators an email alerting them of posts requiring moderation.
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Enable Post Statistics – Specifies whether this forum participates in site level statistics as well as answered and unanswered forum status.
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Enable Post Points - Tracks and assigns points to posts made in this forum.
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Enable Post Autodelete - Forums will auto-delete posts older than the date range specified in the Auto-Delete Time Window.
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Auto-Delete Time Windows - Posts older than the time specified here will be deleted.
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Enable Anonymous Posting - Users do not have to be signed in to post.
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Enable Thread Status Tracking - Site members can state whether or not their post has been answered.
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Default Thread Status - Controls the beginning state of a new post (answered or unanswered).
Embed
Embeddable forum threads allow you to embed a Community Server Evolution-hosted discussion within an external Web site.
Click here for descriptions of the embed settings.
4. Click Save.