Add a new forum

Add a new forum to a specific category

1. Go into the category to which you want to add a new forum.

2. Click on Forum Administration bar;

Or, click on the Action bar and select Add Forum.

3. Enter the forum title which is required. Its length must be less than 50 characters, including spaces.

Optionally, you can:

Enter the order for your forum that must be in the positive integer format.
Select the forum state.
Select the forum status.
Give brief description for your forum.

4. Click Save to finish.

The administrators and moderators of a forum may want to get updated of what is new in forums under their management. This can be done when creating a new forum.

Configure the moderation settings

When creating a forum, you can set moderation-related options.

1. Select the Moderation Options tab in the Forum form.

2. Do actions in the relevant fields.

Details:

Field	Description
Moderators	The username of the moderators.
Auto-fill the moderator's email	Check this option if you want the moderator's email is auto-filled. The email address will be taken from in moderator profile.
Email addresses to notify when there is a new post	Enter the list of email addresses which will get the notification if any new post is created. This field will be filled automatically if the Auto-fill the moderator's email is checked.
Email addresses to notify when there is a new topic	Enter the list of email addresses which will get the notification if any new topic is created.This field will be filled automatically if the Auto-fill the moderator's email is checked .
Moderate Topics	By default, new topics must be always approved and visible to everyone. If this option is selected, new topics will be pending for approval before being viewable.