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Creating Discussion Forum Category Topics

Topic is created to discuss issues and ideas. If the certain subject is already being discussed, you can submit your information, views, or opinions on the same topic as a post; however, if the subject is not being discussed, you can create a new topic under an appropriate category to discuss the subject.

To create a topic for any category:

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. On the Forum page, click the category subject.
    The list of all topics in the category is displayed.

  2. Click Start a New Topic.
    The Start a New Conversation Topic page is displayed.

  3. Complete the fields on the Start a New Conversation Topic page.

    Field

    Description

    Subject

    Topic title.

    Body

    Information about a topic. This is an editable field. To quickly view the markdown reference, click the enhanced Markdown link.

    Tags

    Meta tags that are used by search engines to index the page.

    Lock topic

    Locks a topic to prevent users from adding a comment. This option is only available to an administrator.

    Sticky topic

    The topic always appears at the top of the list. If you mark sticky for multiple topics, the topic last marked sticky appears at the top. This option is only available to administrators.

    Note: Before saving, you can preview the newly created topic by clicking Preview.
  4. Click Save.