This tutorial will show you how to manage your Forum. You will see how to add and manage categories, category permissions and moderators.
- Click Settings and choose Forums to access the forum management area.
Managing Forum Categories
- Click Manage to open the categories management.
- On the right will be a list of your current forum categories.
Arranging the Categories
Drag them up or down and click Update Order.
Editing the Categories
Click the Category name and select Edit Forum. You can then edit the Name, Type (Category or not), Open or Close it, and Description.
Adding a Child Forum
To quickly add a Child Forum to this category, click the category name and select Add Child Forum. You then would enter all of the fields for the forum, making sure to fill in all languages as empty values will make problems on your forum. Description is optional but if you fill it in for one language, you must fill it in for all of them.
Managing Moderators
To add or manage the moderators for this forum category, click the name of the category and choose Manage Moderators. You would then enter the moderator name you want to add or click to manage the ones you already added. You'll also see a list of various permissions to give each moderator.
Managing Permissions
To add or manage the moderators for this forum category, click the name of the category and choose Manage Permissions. Note that you need to set the permissions for every user group once you choose to set permissions.
- Deleting Categories
To delete forum categories, click the name of the category and choose Delete Forum.
