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How to Create a Forum Discussion
Click the Community tab in the navigation bar and select discussions from the drop down.
The Discussion Forum page opens.
Enter search terms in the search box and press Enter to find out if anyone else has already brought up the topic you’re thinking of.
If you don’t find anything, you can get
started with the new topic.
Click the Add a Discussion link at the top-right of the page.
The Add a Discussion page appears, where you
can craft the first post of what
will hopefully turn into a fruitful discussion.
Enter a title in the Discussion Title text box.
Try including keywords in the title in order
to help make the topic easier to find through search engines.
In the Post text box, type an elaboration on your topic.
Give the other members access to enough
information to understand your point.
(Optional) Format your Post entry.
You can add bold, italics, and underline
formatting to the text, if you want. You can also include a link to
a reference, if you have one.
If you want to add an image, click the colored icon on the formatting toolbar above the Post text box.
The Add an Image window opens, where you can
either find an image file on your computer or include the link to
an existing image elsewhere and embed it in your new
discussion.
Click the Add button.
The needed code is inserted into the text for
you.
Select a category from the Category drop-down list.
If your discussion forum has categories into
which it's divided, you have the option to select where you want
your new discussion topic to appears.
In the Tags text box, enter tags that apply to your discussion.
These tags make the topic easier to search.
You can think of tags as keywords that describe the topic.
To upload a file, click the Upload Files link below the Post text box.
A panel appears that lets you find the file
in your computer to attach to your post.
When you have all the ingredients ready, click the Add Discussion button.
Let the replies roll in!
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