General tab

Here, you can edit the properties of the currently edited forum group. Forums in this group can inherit many of these settings.

Group display name

The name that will be displayed on the website.

Group code name

The name used in your code.

Description

Description of the forum group displayed on the website.

Forum group base URL

You can specify the URL which is used in absolute URLs of the given forum group. e.g. ~/MyForum.aspx

Forum group unsubscription URL

URL of the page where users can unsubscribe from the given forum group.

Require e-mail address

Indicates if e-mail address should be required from the post author.

Display e-mail address

Indicates if the e-mail address of the post author should be visible for other visitors.

Enable WYSIWYG editor

Indicates if visitors can use the WYSIWYG editor for entering text.

Use security code (CAPTCHA)

Indicates if users need to retype the security code displayed as an image - this feature helps you avoid spam in the forums.

Forum type

•	User can choose - when creating a new thread, users can choose from the following two types

•	Discussion forum - typical discussion on a given topic

•	Question-Answer forum - forum where the initial post is a question and the following ones are attempts to answer it, includes a helpfulness voting feature

Minimum votes to mark post as answer

Minimum number of votes that a post must receive to be marked as an answer in Q-A forums.

Maximum image side size

Maximum size of a side of an image in pixels. If a larger picture is included in a forum post, it will be resized so that its larger side is equal to the entered value.

Attachment max. file size (kB)

Maximum file size of forum post attachments in kB.

User can edit own posts

Indicates if users are allowed to edit their own posts when the post is already on the forum.

User can delete own posts

Indicates if users are allowed to delete their own posts when the post is are already on the forum.

Enable links in posts

Enables BB code for links.

Enable images in posts

Enables BB code for images.

Enable quotes in posts

Enables BB code for quotes.

Enable code snippets in posts

Enables BB code for code snippets - monospaced text.

Enable bold font in posts

Enables BB code for bold fonts.

Enable italics font in posts

Enables BB code for italic fonts.

Enable underline font in posts

Enables BB code for underlined fonts.

Enable strike font in posts

Enables BB code for strike-through text.

Enable font colors in posts

Enables BB code for colored text.

More resources can be found at Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Forums -> Overview.

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