User Guide

Configuring the Forums widget

Use this widget to display a forums, forum threads, and forum posts.

After you have dragged the Forums widget on your page you must configure it to display forums, threads, and posts.

  1. To do this, click Edit button in the upper-right corner of the widget.
    The Forums window appears.
  2. Under What forum functionality to use? you choose how to display forums by selecting one of the following:

    Full forum functionality  The forums and their posts are displayed in three levels. On the first page, the system displays a list of selected forums, when the user clicks a forum, a list of all threads in this forum appear. The user is given the opportunity to create a new thread. When the user clicks a thread, a list of all posts in the thread appears and the user is given the opportunity to post a reply.

    In Settings, perform the following:

    1. Select which forums to display.
      In Display… radio button group, select one of the following:
      • All forums
         All created forums will be displayed in the list of forums.
      • Forums from selected groups:
         Only forums from one or more forum groups will be displayed.
        1. To select the group(s), click Select groups.
          A list of all created forum groups appears.
        2. Select one or more groups and click Done.
      • Selected forums...
         Only one or more selected forums will be displayed.
        1. To select the forum(s), click Select forums.
          A list of all created forums appears.
        2. Select one or more forums and click Done.
    2. Select the page that displays the information about the author of each post. This page will be displayed when the user clicks the name of the author of a post.

      IMPORTANT: The page must have the Profile widget added to it.

      1. Click Select a page.
      2. Form the list of all pages, select the page that will be displaying the user profile information and click Done selecting.
    3. Choose whether you want to display a breadcrumb of the forum levels by selecting Show breadcrumb checkbox.
      A breadcrumb starting with Forums > Forum groups > Forums… will be displayed.
      If you want to display a full breadcrumb, starting from your home page, select Include full path starting from Home page checkbox.
    4. If you want to display buttons for social sharing, select Enable social share buttons.
      This enables your users to share the items, for example, on Facebook.
      To configure which buttons to display, see Social sharing.
    Forum list only The page where you have added the widget displays only a list of forums. When you click a forum in the list, the forum threads open in another page that you have to specify.
    1. Select which forums to display.
      In Display… radio button group, select one of the following:
      • All forums
        All created forums will be displayed in the list of forums.
      • Forums from selected groups:
        Only forums from one or more forum groups will be displayed.
        1. To select the group(s), click Select groups.
          A list of all created forum groups appears.
        2. Select one or more groups and click Done.
      • Selected forums...
         Only one or more selected forums will be displayed.
        1. To select the forum(s), click Select forums.
          A list of all created forums appears.
        2. Select one or more forums and click Done.
    2. Select the page that displays the threads of a forum.
    3. When a user clicks a forum in the list of forums, the threads open in a separate page that you have to prepare in advance.

      IMPORTANT: The page must have the Forums widget added to it.

      1. Click Select a page.
      2. Form the list of all pages, select the page that will be displaying the threads and click Done selecting.
    Threads only The page where you have added the widget displays only a list of threads of one or more forums. When you click a thread in the list, the posts open in another page that you have to specify.
    1. Select the forums from which you want to display threads.
      In Display… radio button group, select one of the following:
      • Auto: threads from the currently open forum
        If a user has reached this page by clicking a forum on another page, the threads of this forum are automatically displayed.
      • Threads from selected forums only
        Only threads from one or more forums will be displayed.
        1. To select the forum(s), click Select forums.
          A list of all created forums appears. 
        2. Select one or more forums and click Done.
      • All threads from all forums
        All created forum threads appear in the list.
    2. Select the page that displays the posts of a thread.
      When a user clicks a thread in the list of threads, the posts open in a separate page that you have to prepare in advance.

      IMPORTANT: The page must have the Forums widget added to it.

      1. Under Page for Posts of each thread, click Select a page.
      2. Form the list of all pages, select the page that will be displaying the posts and click Done selecting.
    3. Select the page that displays the information of the author of each thread.
      This page will be displayed when the user clicks the name of the author of a thread.

      IMPORTANT: The page must have the Profile widget added to it.

      1. Click Select a page.
      2. Form the list of all pages, select the page that will be displaying the user profile information and click Done selecting.
    Posts of one thread only The page where you have added the widget displays only a list of posts of a particular thread.
    1. Select posts from which thread to display.
      In Display… radio button group, select one of the following:
      • Auto: posts from the currently open thread
        If a user has reached this page by clicking a thread on another page, the threads of this forum are automatically displayed.
      • Posts from selected thread...
        Only posts from one thread will be displayed.
        1. To select the thread, click Select thread.
        2. A list of all created threads appears. 
        3. Select one thread and click Done.
    2. Select the page that displays the information of the author of each post.
      This page will be displayed when the user clicks the name of the author of a post.

      IMPORTANT: The page must have the Profile widget added to it.

      1. Click Select a page.
      2. Form the list of all pages, select the page that will be displaying the user profile information and click Done selecting.
    3. If you want to display buttons for social sharing, select Enable social share buttons.
      This enables your users to share the items, for example, on Facebook.
      To configure which buttons to display, see Social sharing.
  3. To edit the way forums, threads, and posts are displayed, expand Templates for forum parts.
    Using the dropdown boxes, choose which template is used to display lists of forums, threads, and posts.

    You can edit existing templates by selecting them and clicking Edit selected template button or you can create new templates, by clicking Create new templates button.
    For more information, see Creating and editing widget templates.

  4. When you are finished, click Save.
    The Forums window closes and the widget is configured.

For more information about advanced configuration options, see Advanced configuration of widgets.

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