Add topics to a community forum
Start a discussion with members of the community by adding a topic to one of the community forums. Anyone who can access the forums can view the new topic.
The Forums application must be available in the community for you to be able to add a discussion topic. When we see a Forums area on the community's Overview page, this means the application is enabled for the community. You must be a community member to post topics to a community's forums.
To add a topic to a community forum.
- On the community's Overview page, click Start a Topic in the Forums area of the page. If we are the first member to add a forum topic, the link displays as Start the First Topic.
- Required: Enter the title of the discussion topic in the Title field.
- To mark the topic as a question, select Mark this topic as a question.
- Enter one or more tags in the Tags field.
- Enter the content of the topic in the rich-text field provided. Be as descriptive as possible. Remember to start a discussion, so include relevant information to interest other community members and get them involved.
- Required: Select the community forum to add the topic from the Forum list.
- To attach a file to the topic, click Attach a File and browse for a file.
- Click Save.
Results
If forum topics are moderated in the deployment, the topic does not display immediately. The forum moderator must approve the topic content first. If content moderation is not enabled, the topic is published immediately.
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Work with community forums
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