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Start a discussion or question on a group page
To create a forum post from a group home page:
- Navigate to the appropriate group.
- Click New. The option drop-down list appears. If there are multiple forums in the group, you can choose which to post to.
- Click Ask a question or Start a discussion in <forum>; Start a discussion, or Ask a question. The Post window appears.
- In the post type selection (if a selection is available), choose either Question or Discussion.
- Subject - Type your discussion subject or question.
- Description - Enter and format your post, including any needed media files, with the enhanced text editor.
- Tags - Type the desired tags into the Tags field with commas and no spaces, like: cat, dog, pony.
- Notify me when someone replies to this post - Check this selection if you want to receive email notifications of responses.
- Lock - Select this option if you want to keep readers from responding.
- Prioritize at the top of lists - This feature is similar to posts appearing as sticky in the forum.
- Not prioritized - The post appears in the order it was saved.
- <number> days - The post appears at the top of the post list for the specified number of days.
- Forever - The post is always at the top of the post list.
- Click Post.
Start a discussion from a forum (application) page
To create a discussion post from a forum (application) home page:
- Navigate to the appropriate group and forum.
- Click New.
- Click Start a discussion (if you have a choice between discussion or question). The post window appears.
- In the Subject field, type a discussion subject.
- In the Description field, type information pertinent to the subject.
- In the Tags field, enter any related tags.
- For the Notify me when someone replies to this post check box, select if you want to be notified of any replies via email.
- For the Lock (disable replying) check box, you might choose to edit the post and select this check box to disable any further replies.
- In the Prioritize at the top of list drop-down list, you can select Not prioritized or select a period to make the post sticky.
- Click Post.
Ask a question from a forum (application) page
To create a question post from a forum (application) home page:
- Navigate to the appropriate group and forum.
- Click New.
- Click Add a question (if you have a choice between question and discussion). The post window appears.
- In the Subject field, type a question subject.
- In the Description field, type information pertinent to the subject.
- In the Tags field, enter any related tags.
- For the Notify me when someone replies to this post check box, select if you want to be notified of any replies via email.
- For the Lock (disable replying) check box, you might choose to edit the post and select this check box to disable any further replies.
- In the Prioritize at the top of list drop-down list, you can select Not prioritized or select a period to make the post sticky.
- Click Post.