You create forums to enable discussion on topics related to the community's interests. Only community administrators and SysAdmins can add forums.
To create a forum
1. Log on as Community Administrator and open Communities.
2. From the Community List, select the name of the community to open it.
3. Under the Forums header, click Add a Forum.
If you do not see the Add a Forum link, verify that you are an administrator on the community.
4. Define the forum.
5. Click OK.
Edit Forum window
This window defines the properties of the forum list, such as the title and an image that represents the forum.
Select community link > Add a Forum or click the edit link under a forum
■ Name - Specifies the name of the forum.
■ Description - Specifies a description for the forum which is listed on the Community home page.
■ Graphic - Specifies the graphic that displays in the upper left hand corner when the forum is displayed.
■ Graphic Alt Text - Specifies the alternative text that appears when the graphic cannot be displayed or when you hover your mouse over the graphic.
■ Allow HTML in posts - Select this checkbox to enable the HTML editor so that forum posts can have HTML in each. If this checkbox is cleared, you enter plain text when creating posts. When you enter a URL, iMIS automatically creates a link within the post, even if this selection is cleared.
■ Allow attachments to posts - Select this checkbox to enable a poster to attach files separately to a forum topic, such as a PDF document or an image.