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SourceForge Support — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:43:20 -0000

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 The **Posting Policy** determines how moderated posts are handled

-  * **Approve Once Moderated**: 
-  * **Approve All**:     
+  * **Approve Once Moderated**: This means if a user's message gets moderated, and manually approved once,  future messages will be auto-approved
+  * **Approve All**:   This means all posts that get moderated will need to be approved.

 ## Using Forums:

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Dave Brondsema — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:51:00 -0000

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 ## Configuring Discussion

-You may install or remove a Discussion via Admin -> Tools.
+You may install with the "Add New..." link in the project menu bar.

 Once installed, for each Discussion instance, there are a number of configuration options available. In addition to the common tool options of [permissions](/p/forge/community-docs/Project Permissions/), Label and Delete, there are also these options specific to the Discussion tool:

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 Discussion Overview

 Discussion forums are a way to collaborate with other developers on the project, or with end users. You can create as many different forums as needed by clicking on "Create a Forum" on the left sidebar.
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 ### Moderation menu

-With appropriate permissions, forum moderators have the following options available using the **Pencil** icon in the upper right.
+With appropriate permissions, forum moderators have the following options available using the **Pencil** icon in the upper right when in the thread view of a particular forum thread.

 #### Moving Threads

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 Check the appropriate values to set a thread as an Announcement or a Sticky thread.

-* **Announcement** gets a dedicated section at the top of the forum
+* **Announcement** gets a dedicated section at the top, this is displayed on *all* forums, not just the one that contains that thread.
 * **Sticky** stays at the top of the particular forum, and is marked **Sticky**, but it is still grouped with the other threads.

 A thread may be both an **Announcement** and **Sticky**

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-#Discussion Forums
+Discussion Overview

-Forums are a way for you to collaborate with other developers on your project, or with your end users. You can create as many different forums as needed by clicking on the "Create a Forum" link from the Discussion Icon.
+Discussion forums are a way to collaborate with other developers on the project, or with end users. You can create as many different forums as needed by clicking on "Create a Forum" on the left sidebar.

 Example forums for end users include "Troubleshooting" or "Project Announcements."

-#Enabling Discussion Forums
-If you do not see the "Discussion" Icon in the navigation bar, it means that this feature has not been enabled for your project. 
+[TOC]

-To enable the Discussion Forums:
+## Configuring Discussion

-1. Make sure you are logged in, then click on the Admin icon in the navigation bar.
-2. Click on "Tools"
-3. Click on "Discussion" to install.
+You may install or remove a Discussion via Admin -> Tools.

-#Configuring Discussion Forums:
-Here, you can also configure your Discussion Forums as needed. For example, you can choose to moderate all new forum posts manually, or you can choose to allow anyone to post.
+Once installed, for each Discussion instance, there are a number of configuration options available. In addition to the common tool options of [permissions](/p/forge/community-docs/Project Permissions/), Label and Delete, there are also these options specific to the Discussion tool:
+
+### Forums
+
+At the bottom of this page, there's an **Add Forum** link. The following fields are requested upon forum creation:
+
+* **Name**: The long display name for the forum
+* **Short Name**: The short name that forms the URL this forum uses
+* **Parent Forum**: Select a parent if the forum is to be a subforum of another one
+* **Description**: A short description for this forum section, to help users determine the correct forum to use
+* **Monitoring Email**: Enter an email address that notifications should be sent to. Often used with a developer mailing list.
+* **Icon**: Select an Icon for the discussion
+* **Developer Only**: This option can be used to set a forum to be viewable by developers only, even if most forums are publicly available
+* **Anonymous Post**: You can use this option to allow anonymous posts to a specific forum even if they aren't generally allowed for the discussion tool.
+
+These values may be edited after forum creation as well.
+
+### Option
+
+The **Posting Policy** determines how moderated posts are handled
+
+  * **Approve Once Moderated**: 
+  * **Approve All**:     
+
+## Using Forums:
+
+### Creating and posting to threads
+
+To create a new thread, use the **Create Thread** link in the left sidebar. Enter an appropriate **Subject**, **Forum**, and then enter a **Description** and post.
+
+To reply to an existing thread, when viewing the thread, either select "reply" next to a comment to reply to that specific comment, or use the dialogue box at the bottom of the discussion to add to the end.
+
+### Moderation menu
+
+With appropriate permissions, forum moderators have the following options available using the **Pencil** icon in the upper right.
+
+#### Moving Threads
+
+To move a thread, simply select a new forum from the moderate menu and save.
+
+#### Sticky/Announcement
+
+Check the appropriate values to set a thread as an Announcement or a Sticky thread.
+
+* **Announcement** gets a dedicated section at the top of the forum
+* **Sticky** stays at the top of the particular forum, and is marked **Sticky**, but it is still grouped with the other threads.
+
+A thread may be both an **Announcement** and **Sticky**

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 #Discussion Forums
 
 Forums are a way for you to collaborate with other developers on your project, or with your end users. You can create as many different forums as needed by clicking on the "Create a Forum" link from the Discussion Icon.

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