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Promote a status message to a forum or media post

Table of Contents

  • Convert to a forum thread
  • Convert to a media gallery post

A status message can be converted to a forum thread, and if the status message has an attachment, it can also be converted to a media gallery post. All core content service data surrounding the original post is retained during the conversion, including comments, authorships, dates, likes, quality, and more.

Convert to a forum thread

  1. On the site, locate the status message you want to convert.
  2. Click More. 
  3. Select Convert. 
    convert
  4. The convert status message dialog box appears. In the Select type drop-down list, select Forum thread. 
    convert status message to forum thread
  5. In the In Group field, start typing the name of the group and select a group. 
    forum 3
  6. In the Select application drop-down list, select an application available from the previously selected group. 
    promote thread
  7. In the Forum thread title text box, provide a name for the forum thread. If not provided, an excerpt of the status message will be used instead.
    select forum
  8. Click Convert. A new thread will be created and the original status message will be removed. Note that all original comments (as thread replies), likes, authorships and dates are retained.

    new thread appears

Convert to a media gallery post

  1. On the site, locate the status message with attachment you want to convert.
  2. Click More.
  3. Select Convert.
    convert to media post
  4. The convert status message dialog box appears. In the Select type drop-down list, select Media. While a status message can always be converted a forum thread, only status messages with attachments can be converted to media gallery posts. 

    convert status message to media post

  5. In the In Group field, start typing the name of the group and select a group. 

    convert status message to media

  6. In the Select application drop-down list, select an application available from the previously selected group.

  7. In the Media title text box, provide a name for the media gallery post. If not provided, an excerpt of the description or the name of attached file will be used instead. 

    convert status message to media gallery post

  8. Click Convert. A new media gallery post will be created and the original status message will be removed. Note that all original comments, likes, authorships and dates are retained. 

    media post appears

    media post appears

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