Adding forums to get the discussion going

You can add more forums to your community to organize discussions around different focus areas. You cannot add existing, stand-alone forums to a community.

Before you begin

Forums added to public communities are available from the Public Forums page in the Forums app.

About this task

Adding multiple forums to a community provides your members with dedicated discussion areas where they can ask questions and discuss relevant topics.

Procedure

To add a forum to your community, complete the following steps.
  1. Select Forums on the community's Overview page, and then click the Forums tab.
  2. Click Start a Forum.
  3. Enter a name for the forum, add some tags and a description and click Save.

Results

Community members can start to post topics and questions in the forum.

What to do next

You can perform the following actions directly from the community:
  • Start a forum topic by clicking Start a Topic and completing the form that is displayed.
  • Click a topic title in the Forums app to open it. This app lists the five most recent topic updates.
  • Access a full list of forum topics for the community by clicking View All.