Operation Manual

138 External / Managed Content
Within a selected subforum, a topic can be created by a forum visitor which can
be viewed and/or optionally replied to by other forum visitors (by posting a
message in response). This discussion forms the basis of forum debate, creating a
"thread" of visitor replies.
Forum features
• Create different categories (e.g., Philosophers) containing multiple
subforums (Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, etc.).
• Establish access control for users and moderators.
• Set forum privacy as publicly readable or private.
• Apply a theme (style) to the whole forum.
• Create, edit, and assign user ranks.
• Set user permissions.
• Manage and moderate the forum without republishing.