PDF The forums functionality allows each blog to have their very own forums – embedded in any page or post.
Please note:
- Only logged in users can post in forums
- Here’s how you add users to your blog so they can post in your forum
Creating your new forum
1. Go to your Forum menu item in your dashboard.
2. Click on New to create a new forum.
3. Add the name of your forum, description and if you desire select the main and secondary colors used, header and border color and border width then click Save.
4. Copy the forum shortcode.
5. Create a new Page (or Post) add any text/media and then add the forum shortcode.
- You CAN’T use the page title Forums otherwise your page will redirect to the Edublogs Forums.
- The page title Forum will work fine.
6. Disable comments and trackbacks on your page by deselecting the checkbox next to ‘All comments’ and ‘Allow trackbacks’.
If you can’t see the Discussion module to deselect the checkbox next to ‘Allow comments.’ go to Screen Options at the top of the page and select the checkbox next to ‘Discussions’.
7. Click on Publish.
8. View your Page (or Post) with the embedded forum and click on the link to create your first forum topic.
9. Just add a title and contents to the post then click Send Post.
10. Click on New to create your next forum topic.
11. Create your next new forum topic.
12. Continue creating new forum topics until you’ve created your main forum topic threads.
13. Once finished you’ll have a forums overview page where you can see the forum topic titles, number of response and a forum search.
Posting in your forum
Only logged in users can post in forums. Here’s how you add users to your blog so they can post in your forum.
Subscribers, contributors, authors and editors can only edit their own posts. They can’t manage any other aspects of a forum. Administrators can manage all features of forums.
To post in a topic thread or to create a new topic thread you need to be logged into your Edublogs account:
1. Go to the Edublogs homepage (http://edublogs.org/)
2. Enter your username and password in the blue admin bar at the top of the Edublogs homepage and then click Login
3. Once your login details have been entered you’ll see your username with links to Your Dashboard, Your Profile and a link to Log Out in the admin bar.
4. Now when you go to the forum page you’ll be able to post in the forum.
Once logged in all you need to do is:
1. Click on the title of the topic thread to post in that forum thread.
2. Add the information you want to post and then click Send Post.
3. Alternatively click on New to create your own topic thread.
Managing your Forum
As an admin user you, and all other administrators, can:
- Edit anyone’s forum posts.
- Delete anyone’s forum post.
- Delete any forum topic – permanently deletes that forum topic and all replies.
- Close any forum topic – stops everyone from being able to post in that forum thread but they are still able to view posts.
- Open any closed forum topic – used to open up a forum thread if you want to re-enable ability to post under that forum thread.
