Forum

About

The Forum module lets you create threaded discussion forums with functionality similar to other message board systems. Forums are useful because they allow community members to discuss topics with one another while ensuring those conversations are archived for later reference. In a forum, users post topics and threads in nested hierarchies, allowing discussions to be categorized and grouped. The forum hierarchy consists of:

• Optional containers (for example, Support), which can hold:
• Forums (for example, Installing Drupal), which can hold:
• Forum topics submitted by users (for example, How to start a Drupal 6 Multisite), which start discussions and are starting points for:
• Threaded comments submitted by users (for example, You have these options...).

For more information, see the online handbook entry for Forum module.

Uses

Setting up forum structure

Visit the Forums page to set up containers and forums to hold your discussion topics.

Starting a discussion

The Forum topic link on the Add new content page creates the first post of a new threaded discussion, or thread.

Navigation

Enabling the Forum module provides a default Forums menu item in the navigation menu that links to the Forums page.

Moving forum topics

A forum topic (and all of its comments) may be moved between forums by selecting a different forum while editing a forum topic. When moving a forum topic between forums, the Leave shadow copy option creates a link in the original forum pointing to the new location.

Locking and disabling comments

Selecting Closed under Comment settings while editing a forum topic will lock (prevent new comments on) the thread. Selecting Hidden under Comment settings while editing a forum topic will hide all existing comments on the thread, and prevent new ones.