Adding a New Forum

Only users within the [Admin – Applications] (App Admins) security role (App Admins) can create a new forum. To create a new Forum:

1. Click on the Administration Gear ( ) at the top right of the page.
2. In the left menu, hover over Content & Pages and select Components.
3. You will see a list of “components”. Click on the pencil icon () next to Forum.
4. You will be brought to the Manage Forum Categories page. From here click on the New icon () labeled Add New Forum.
5. You will be brought to the Configure Forum Category page. Here you will need to determine the Forum Title.
6. Make sure that the Active checkbox is checked
7. If you want some to approve posts before they are published to the end users, check the Require Approval checkbox.
8. Now you are ready to determine the roles that will have different permissions in the forum:
   • Post Roles – Choose the security roles that will be able to create new post and reply to others. Choose [Anonymous] and [Authenticated] if you want everyone to be able to post to the forum.
   • View Roles – Choose the security roles that will be able to read the posts and replies. Choose [Anonymous] and [Authenticated] if you want everyone to be able to post to the forum.
   • Moderator Roles – This would be the security role that would be responsible for approving posts before they are published to the groups listed as View Roles.
   • Forum Subscribers – These are individual users that will get an email notification whenever someone posts to the forum.
9. Click Apply & Close at the bottom of the page to save your changes.