Categorizing Forums

Use

To group and structure the forums available in the system, you can create and manage a hierarchy of categories. You can assign both subcategories and forums to each category.

All relevant administrative functions are accessible in the Category Summary, which lists all categories and forums available.

Procedure

From the Admin Console,open the Content tab. The system displays the Category Summary page.

Adding a Category

Following the installation, a single, default root category is available. You can assign new categories to this root category or to any other category in the Categories structure.

  1. On the Category Summary page, select the parent category to which you want to assign the new category.
  2. In the Sub-categories list, choose Create New Sub-Category.
  3. Enter the name and the description of the new category.
  4. Optional: Select a specific locale for this category.

    This locale overwrites the user's locale and the locale inherited from a parent category. It is valid for all the related sub-categories and forums unless these sub-categories and forums have their own specific locales.

    More information: Localizing Forums

  5. To confirm and save the entries, choose Create Category.

Editing a Category's Settings

  1. Locate the category in the Sub-Categories list.
  2. To open the category settings, choose  next to the category name.
  3. To change the category's name and description, edit the texts in the respective fields.
  4. To change the category's locale, select the required locale.
  5. To edit further settings, choose the option required.
    Task Description and Procedure

    Managing Category Permissions

    Category permissions may be inherited from the global permission level or from the parent category. You can revoke or extend existing category permissions and you can add users and groups with specific administrative or content permissions to a category.

    More information: Managing Access to Forum Content

    Viewing and adding extended properties

    1. In the left-hand navigation pane, choose Extended Properties.

    2. Enter the name and value of the new property.

    3. Save the new property.

    Reformatting all messages within a category

    1. In the Categories hierarchy, select the name of the category.

    2.  In the left-hand navigation pane, choose Message Filters.

    More information: Reformatting Messages

Deleting a Category

  1. Locate the category that you want to remove in the Sub-Categories list and choose .
  2. Read the warning and perform further steps according to the recommendations.
  3. To confirm the deletion, choose Delete Category.