If you have permission to write a forum post, you will see a Write New Post link when you open a forum or if you want to create a new Forum You can click on Create New Forum.

Procedure

1. Click Write a New Post. The Post a Message page displays.It can be a Question and Answer or Discussion thread

2. Specify the forum post settings on each tab.

Compose

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  • Subject – Specifies the post subject.
  • Tags – Specifies tags used for the post. You can click Select Tags to find tags that have already been used with forum posts.
  • Email me replies to this post – Specifies whether you will receive notification when a user replies to the post.

Options

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  • Add/Update – Allows you to upload a file to the post.
  • Do not allow replies – Specifies whether users can reply to the post.
  • Stickiness – Specifies whether a post is sticky, and if so, for how long. A sticky post displays first in the forum post list. You can specify how long you want a post to be sticky. After the expiration date, the post resets to Not sticky.

Poll

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  • Include a Poll in this Post – Specifies whether you want to include a poll question with your post. When you click the checkbox, additional fields display on the page.

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  • Question – Specifies the poll question.
  • Description – Describes the poll question.
  • Answers – Provides the user with options for answering the poll question.
  • Add Answer – Allows you to add a poll answer.
  • Expires – Specifies the number of days the poll question will display with the post.

Preview

Shows you what the post will look like before you publish the post.

3. Click Post.