Creating Announcements

Use

Announcements contain important information on a category or a forum. To make sure that they are read, they appear at the very top of the forum in question (before the thread list). In a category, they appear in a separate window.

Prerequisites

You have the requisite permission to create announcements.

Procedure

You can place an announcement in a category or forum.

1. Choose Post Announcement above a category or forum.

   A form appears that you have to fill in.

2. Enter the following data: Subject and body, active date information, expiry date for the announcement.
3. Choose Post Announcement.

   It appears as the uppermost entry in a forum and in a window in a category.