The Forums portlet

The Forums portlet

The IBM Connections Forums portlet brings the collaborative power of an IBM Connections forum to IBM WebSphere Portal.

Use the Forums portlet

Use the Forums portlet to interact with Connections Forums content without leaving the IBM WebSphere Portal environment. We can read topics, create new topics, or comment on topics.

Edit the shared settings for the Forums portlet

You must have at least editor access for the page and for the portlet to be able to edit shared settings for Connections features. For more information about access levels, see the WebSphere Portal product wiki. Settings entered on this page can be overridden by settings on the Personalize page for a portlet. Choose Edit Shared Settings from the portlet menu and choose which view to display in the portlet. We can choose to display:

All forum topics for this community (default)

The most recent forum topic for this community

The currently selected forum topic for this community

Configure the Forums portlet

You must have administrative access to the portlet to be able to configure it. Choose Configure from the portlet menu and configure these options:

Option Description
Display icon to open IBM Connections in a browser window Display an icon so users can open Connections in a browser window to access the full application.
Display page controls only in bottom bar Hides the page controls in the header of the window. Clear the check box to display paging controls in the header as well as the footer of the page.

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Use the Connections Portlets for WebSphere Portal

Option	Description
Display icon to open IBM Connections in a browser window	Display an icon so users can open Connections in a browser window to access the full application.
Display page controls only in bottom bar	Hides the page controls in the header of the window. Clear the check box to display paging controls in the header as well as the footer of the page.