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Forum

Within the “Forum” tab, the built-in forum can be managed.

Forum index​

The table contains the following information:

  • Type: The table contains public forums and group forums (VIMP Enterprise and Campus only), the belonging is displayed in the “type” column.
  • Title: The title of the forum.
  • Created at: The creation date of the forum.
  • Status: The status of the forum (created, verify, illegal, legal, deleted).

By moving the mouse over a forum entry in the list a forum context sub menu appears:

VIMP forum index

  • Edit: Clicking “Edit” opens the “Edit Forum” page. Modify the settings of the forum here.
  • Status change: Depending on the current status of the forum the status can be changed (e.g. “Lock”).
  • Threads: Clicking on “Threads” opens the “Thread index” page where all threads of the according forum are listed.
  • Recalculate statistics: Clicking “Recalculate statistics” updates the usage statistics of the selected forum.
  • Delete: Clicking on “Delete” marks the forum as deleted from the portal. Actually, it remains on the system and can still be managed in the admin panel, but is no more accessible in the portal.

Irrevocable deleting a forum (purge)​

By activating the status filter “deleted” all forums that have been marked as deleted (and thus aren’t active in the portal anymore) will be listed.

They can be deleted irrevocable (complete deletion from the database) by clicking the “Purge” link in the context menu of the according forum.

You can also delete several or all deleted forums by checking the forum checkboxes and then executing the according batch action. Note that the batch action “Purge” only works within the filter “deleted” respectively only for forums with status “deleted”.

Forum information​

By clicking a forum title, the forum information view opens.

VIMP forum information view

In this view, all information about the forum is shown in a brief overview.

Clicking the “Edit” button in the lower left corner leads you directly to the “Edit forum” page.

Editing a forum​

In this view, all settings of forum can be modified.

Main information​

VIMP forum main information

You can edit the title, type and group of a forum here.

“Type" defines, if it is a public forum or a group forum (VIMP Enterprise and Campus only).

If the forum is belonging to a group, select the according group in the drop down menu.

Description​

VIMP forum description

Enter the forum description in the “Text” box.

The description is shown in the forum overview page within the frontend.

Thread index​

The Thread index lists all threads of a forum.

VIMP thread index

By moving the mouse over a thread item in the list a thread context sub menu appears:

  • Edit: Clicking “Edit” opens the “Edit thread” page that allows you to edit the first post of a thread.
  • Comments: Clicking “Comments” opens the “Thread comments index” page where all comments of the thread are listed. By moving the mouse over a comment item the well-known submenu appears, allowing you to edit or delete a comment.

VIMP thread comments index

  • Delete: Clicking on “Delete” marks the thread as deleted from the portal. Actually, it remains on the system and can still be managed in the admin panel, but is no more accessible in the portal. Analogues to the forums you can purge deleted threads or comments as well.

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