The Discussion Board feature provides an opportunity for topic discussions on your Web site. A site or membership user with Add Topic permission creates a topic and posts a starter question. Site visitors can then reply.
An example of a Discussion Board is below. As you can see, the first screen has general topics, the second screen’s topics are more specific, and a third screen displays posts to the forum.
As an administrator, you can determine the following Discussion Board features.
The subjects being discussed
A starter post, which initiates a discussion
If users must sign in before posting to the forum
If a post appears as soon as someone submits it, or must be approved first
- If a post requires approval, you can edit or delete it before it appears
Whether or not posts must be approved, anyone with permission to the board can perform the following tasks on a post from the Workarea
edit
delete
reply
This section also contains the following topics.
Hierarchy of Discussion Board Elements
Implementing Discussion Boards
Working with Discussion Boards and Subjects
Assigning Permissions to a Discussion Board
Sending Notifications for a Discussion Forum Activities
Inserting Discussion Board Server Controls
Using Discussion Boards on Your Web Site
