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Telligent Enterprise provides you with three easy options for creating a new thread:

  • The Quick Post widget, available on the site Home Page, group Home Page, or a forum Home Page.
  • The New Post button, available on the group Home Page, forum Home Page, or on a forum post page.
  • The Start a new thread link, available on the Options panel.

You need to have the Forum - Create New Thread permission to create a forum post.

Create a thread with Quick Post

  1. On the Quick Post widget, click the Start a discussion tab.



  2. If you have the ability to publish to multiple forums, select the desired one from the Publish to forum drop-down list.
  3. Enter a title for the thread in the Title field.
  4. Enter text in the Your post field. If both discussion and Q&A threads are allowed in the forum, the thread will appear in the selected forum as a discussion (that is, it does not have a suggested answer check box on the reply). If the forum allows only discussion threads, the thread will appear in the forum as a topic for discussion. If the forum only allows Q&A, the thread will be a question and will allow replies as suggested answers.
  5. If you want this thread to be a poll, click Use rich formatting and click the Poll tab. See Create a readers' poll for instructions.
  6. Click Post.

Create a thread with New Post

  1. On a group Home Page, forum Home Page, or forum post page, click New post.
  2. If you have the ability to publish to multiple forums, select the desired one in the drop-down list that appears under the widget. The Create/edit post window appears.



  3. Enter a subject for the thread in the Subject field.
  4. Enter information expanding upon the statement or question in the Description field.
  5. If desired, enter or select tags for the post.
  6. If you want this thread to be a poll, click the Poll tab. See Create a readers' poll for instructions.
  7. Click Post. The thread appears in the forum.

Create a thread with Start a new thread

  1. On a forum Home Page or forum post page, click Start a new thread in the Options panel. The Create/edit post window appears.
  2. Enter a subject for the thread in the Subject field.
  3. Enter information expanding upon the statement or question in the Description field.
  4. If desired, enter or select tags for the post.
  5. If you want this thread to be a poll, click the Poll tab. See Create a readers' poll for instructions.
  6. Click Post. The thread appears in the forum.

When you try to send an email where you don't have access, you're notified of the failure by email.

If you create a new post at the site root (http://<yoursite>/f/default.aspx), the New Post button drop-down list will be scoped to up to the first 20 alphabetical names of any forum in the entire site where you have permission to post.