Creating a Discussion

As a registered user of your community, you can launch a forum discussion in any group that has open membership.

Procedure

1. Open the group for which you want to create a discussion.
2. Click Discussions in the right sidebar. 

   

   The Discussions page opens with the list of open discussions displaying.

3. Click on Write a New Post.  

   

   The Post a message page displays.

   

4. Compose your message and specify the post properties. 

   Compose Tab

   • Subject – specify the post title.
   • Enter the post content in the text space.
   • Tags – enter the tags you want to use with the post.

   Options Tab

   

   • Do not allow replies – Specifies whether you want to allow other users the option of replying to your post.
   • Email me replies to this post – Specifies whether you want to be notified when a user replies to the post.
   • Post Icon – Select an icon to display next to your post title; or None if you do not want an icon to display.

   Related Tab

   

   • Displays a list of discussions launched in the group.

   Preview Tab  

   • Previews what the post will look like before you publish it.
5. Click Post.