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Forum Properties

The properties of the Forum class are listed here.

 
Name 
Description 
 
If set to false, will not allow anonymous post on the forum. Defaults to false.  
 
The ID of the Discussion Board to display on this page if one is not defined in a query string parameter.  
 
Sets the amount of time the server control’s data is cached. The default is 0 (zero). This is the amount of time, in seconds, a control’s data is cached. For example, if you want to cache the data for five minutes, you set the CacheInterval property to 300 (three hundred).  
 
Order search results by a custom property. Set this property to the friendly name of the property defined in the Indexing Service. If an invalid property is specified, no search results are returned. If this is left empty, the OrderBy property is used to order search results.  
 
The object ID for the object that the board will be drawn for.  
 
Gets or Sets the QueryString parameter to read a Forum ID dynamically.  
 
Gets or Sets the QueryString parameter to read a Forum ID dynamically.  
 
Checks the QueryString for this value and uses that value when specified. Leave blank to always display the default object id.  
 
Gets or Sets the QueryString parameter to read a Blog ID dynamically. Set to String.Empty if you wish to always display the default Blog (static.)  
 
Gets or Sets the QueryString parameter to read a Forum ID dynamically.  
 
Set the stylesheet on the editor.  
 
Decide which buttons are available in the Editor. For additional information on the Toolbar Editor, See the CMS400.NET Developer Manual section "Discussion Board Server Controls" > "Adding and Removing Toolbar Buttons From the Editor  
 
If set to true, will display a drop down list of all forums in the current board. Defaults to false.  
 
If set to true, will display a 5 star rating system for users to rate a specific thread in a forum.  
 
Enter a comma-separated list of custom user properties to exclude from the Forum’s profile page. For example, to suppress the Subscriptions field value, enter subscriptions.  
 
Create your own custom xslt to filter forum content like HTML Attributes,Tags and unwanted words. See the CMS400.NET Developer Manual section  
 
Set to True to suppress user profiles. The default is True.
  • True - hides user profiles from non-administrator users
  • False - displays user profiles from non-administrator users. However, an administrator can view a profile regardless of how this property is set.
On the other hand, if the Private Profile checkbox is checked for any user, his profile information is not visible, regardless of this setting.
When the profile is visible, only properties and their values not listed in the ExcludeList property appear.  
 
Set to True to suppress user profiles. The default is True.
  • True - hides user profiles from non-administrator users
  • False - displays user profiles from non-administrator users. However, an administrator can view a profile regardless of how this property is set.
On the other hand, if the Private Profile checkbox is checked for any user, his profile information is not visible, regardless of this setting.
When the profile is visible, only properties and their values not listed in the ExcludeList property appear.  
 
Set the height in pixels for the editor. The default is 400.  
 
Set to True to allow users to edit their posts and replies in HTML. The default is False. See the CMS400.NET Developer Manual section "Discussion Board Server Controls" > "Allowing HTML Editing in the Javascript Editor"  
 
JavaScriptEditor has been deprecated. Instead use EditorToolbar property to Add/Remove buttons in CMS400WebEditor."  
 
Set the width in pixels for the editor. The default is 625.  
 
Specifies the type of object to retrieve a board for. The default is DiscussionBoard.  
 
The order of forum search results. Choices are:
  • Title - The content title (alphabetical)
  • ID - The content ID number
  • Date Created - The date the content was created
  • Date Modified - The date the content was most recently modified
  • Editor - The user who last edited the content (alphabetical)
  • Rank - The rank assigned to the content. See Also: Ektron CMS400.NET Administrator manual section "Searching Your Web Site" > "Display of Search Results" > "Search Result Ranking"
 
 
Specify the order direction of forum search results. Choices are Ascending or Descending.  
 
Enter a link to the user profile page. This allows a user to click a link in the control and be taken to the user’s profile page. There is a variables used within the link that represent the user’s ID.
{0} - represents the user’s ID.
The Web form can be relative or absolute. Below is an example.
userprofilepage.aspx?uid={0}  
 
Gets or Sets the target attribute for the user profile links.  
 
If set to True, taxonomy categories will also be searched for the search text specified. The default is False.
True = Search across taxonomy categories
False = Do not search across taxonomy categories  
 
Is server control in workarea  
 
Enter the number of columns in which this taxonomy/category will appear on the page.  
 
Enter name of a markup file that manages the display of the directory server control.  
 
Enter the custom theme’s folder name. The theme can be relative to the site root or located in the current folder. If you do not specify a theme, the property uses the location defined by the Discussion Board’s CSS theme property in the Workarea.  
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