https://community.telligent.com/community/11/w/user-documentation/63079/what-is-a-forumen-US14.0.0.586 14https://community.telligent.com/community/11/w/user-documentation/63079/what-is-a-forumMon, 03 Aug 2020 18:26:09 GMT8fb6315e-318d-44ac-a8d1-daa55c9e4140Grant Pankonienhttps://community.telligent.com/community/11/w/user-documentation/63079/what-is-a-forum#commentsCurrent Revision posted to User Documentation by Grant Pankonien on 08/03/2020 18:26:09<br /> <p>A forum is a format for discussions (such as opinions) and Q&amp;A (such as how-to) questions.&nbsp;</p> <h2><a id="How_is_a_forum_different_from_other_applications" name="How_is_a_forum_different_from_other_applications"></a>How is a forum different from other applications?</h2> <p>All of a forum&#39;s content is crowdsourced.&nbsp;This is different from a blog, whose material is authored by specified authors; from a wiki in that a wiki page&#39;s&nbsp;author is a permissioned person in the community and in a gallery, whose content is furnished by gallery owners. A gallery has nearly unlimited media space, limited only by the setup of the community. Both forums and galleries have RSS.</p> <p>A Telligent forum has 2&nbsp;features that aren&#39;t in any other application:</p> <ul> <li>Suggested answer/verified answer. The author of a reply can click Suggest as answer, which turns the thread header yellow. If another user clicks &quot;This helps me,&quot; the answer (depending on thresholds determined in Administration) becomes&nbsp;a verified answer and the question header turns green. (However the answered status can be rejected.)</li> <li>&quot;I have this question too.&quot; This feature on a forum thread question has a counter which&nbsp;increases whenever someone checks the &quot;I have this question too&quot; check box; checking this check box increases&nbsp;a counter displaying the number of people who&#39;ve also had the question.</li> </ul> <h2><a id="How_do_I_create_a_forum" name="How_do_I_create_a_forum"></a>&nbsp;How do I create a forum?</h2> <p>Please follow the instructions on the [[What is an application?]] article.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://community.telligent.com/community/11/w/user-documentation/63079/what-is-a-forum/revision/1Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:21:39 GMT8fb6315e-318d-44ac-a8d1-daa55c9e4140Ben Tiedthttps://community.telligent.com/community/11/w/user-documentation/63079/what-is-a-forum#commentsRevision 1 posted to User Documentation by Ben Tiedt on 06/04/2019 20:21:39<br /> <p>A forum is a format for discussions (such as opinions) and Q&amp;A (such as how-to) questions.&nbsp;</p> <h2><a id="How_is_a_forum_different_from_other_applications" name="How_is_a_forum_different_from_other_applications"></a>How is a forum different from other applications?</h2> <p>All of a forum&#39;s content is crowdsourced.&nbsp;This is different from a blog, whose material is authored by specified authors; from a wiki in that a wiki page&#39;s&nbsp;author is a permissioned person in the community and in a gallery, whose content is furnished by gallery owners. A gallery has nearly unlimited media space, limited only by the setup of the community. Both forums and galleries have RSS.</p> <p>A Telligent forum has 2&nbsp;features that aren&#39;t in any other application:</p> <ul> <li>Suggested answer/verified answer. The author of a reply can click Suggest as answer, which turns the thread header yellow. If another user clicks &quot;This helps me,&quot; the answer (depending on thresholds determined in Administration) becomes&nbsp;a verified answer and the question header turns green. (However the answered status can be rejected.)</li> <li>&quot;I have this question too.&quot; This feature on a forum thread question has a counter which&nbsp;increases whenever someone checks the &quot;I have this question too&quot; check box; checking this check box increases&nbsp;a counter displaying the number of people who&#39;ve also had the question.</li> </ul> <h2><a id="How_do_I_create_a_forum" name="How_do_I_create_a_forum"></a>&nbsp;How do I create a forum?</h2> <p>Please follow the instructions on the [[What is an application?]] article.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>