About Content permissions
You can adjust permissions related to content at the community, container (category & group), and board level. Some permissions are set to Deny by default while others are set to Grant by default. At the container level and the board level, permission defaults and role permissions are inherited from the parent level. In those cases, the Inherit button is displayed in green to indicate that the permission was set to Grant at the parent level or red to indicate that the permission was set to Deny at the parent level. As an admin, you can manage these permissions. To manage content-related permission defaults at the community level: Note: To manage this permission at a lower level, go to the [Place] Permissions page and edit the permission defaults for that level. To manage this permission for a particular role, go to the [Place] Permissions page at the desired level of the community and edit the permissions of the individual roles. Go to the Roles and Permissions page for the community. Beside Community Permissions Defaults, select Edit. Review permissions in the following areas: Blogs Content Events Ideas Knowledge Bases Select Deny or Grant as required. Unless you have specified different permissions for certain roles or levels below the community level (a category, group, or board), these selections affect all members of the community. Content permissions While Forum permissions are granted by the Content permissions, Blogs, Event Boards, Ideas boards, and Knowledge Bases have distinct permission sections for content type-specific tasks. The Content permissions are provided for general content access and tasks and relate to all content types. Follow the links in the table below to learn more about the tasks granted by these permissions. Permission Default Related permissions in content type sections Read discussions and content Grant Blogs: Read posts and Read comments Ideas: Read ideas and comments Reply to discussions and content Grant Blogs: Comment on posts Events: Comment on events Ideas: Comment on ideas Knowledge Bases: Comment on articles Start discussions and new content Grant Blogs: Start new posts Events: Post new events Ideas: Post new ideas Knowledge Bases: Create, edit, publish, and manage articles Edit own posts Deny Blogs: Edit own published posts Events: Edit own events Ideas: Manage ideas and comments Knowledge Bases: Edit own published articles Edit any post Deny Blogs: Edit any published post Events: Edit all events Ideas: Manage ideas and comments Knowledge Bases: Edit any published article Move content Deny Blogs: Manage any posts and Manage own posts Delete own post Deny Blogs: Manage own posts Events: Delete own events Knowledge Bases: Delete own articles Delete any post Deny Blogs: Manage any posts Events: Delete all events Ideas: Manage ideas and comments Upload file attachments Deny Embed external content Grant Use simple HTML in posts Grant Use advanced HTML in posts Deny Use full HTML in posts Deny Make content read only Deny Post read-only content Deny Bypass moderation Deny Blogs: Bypass comment moderation Events: Bypass comment moderation Ideas: Bypass moderation Knowledge Bases: Bypass comment moderation Related topics: About Aurora Community site structure About Aurora Content TypesAurora: Edit forum settings
In the community, you can configure various options specific to forums. When you create a forum, the default options are set and you can modify the settings as required in Forum Settings. To configure forum settings: Sign in to the community as an Admin. Open the Account menu and click Settings. Go to the Community Structure and click the forum whose settings you want to configure. The Forum Settings page is displayed. To edit the forum's information, click Edit Info. In Content Features, you can edit the following options: Enable Accepted Solutions to have solutions in forum discussions. Learn more about Accepted Solutions. In the File Attachments section, click Edit to adjust the file attachment extensions you want to allow in the community, the maximum file size for each upload, and the maximum number of attachments per post. In the Forumssection, enable SEO canonical URL overrides for discussions to override the SEO title, descriptions, and canonical URLs of the discussions. In the Media section, turn on or off the image uploads, video uploads, and embed external videos options. In the Tagssection, you can enable community members to tag posts; choose whether to allow Preset tags, Freeform tags, or both; and enable the requirement that an author use at least one tag to publish content. Learn more about tag options. In Moderation, enable Spam management and set Content moderation defaults for the board.Aurora: Create a forum
Forums are essentially conversations or discussions. To create a forum: Click the add icon at the community level where you want to add a forum. On the window, enter a Name and ID. The ID displays in the URL for the forum. Note: The ID must be a single word made of only letters, numbers, dashes, and underscores with no spaces. It cannot be changed later. Optionally, enter a Description and add an Avatar for the forum. In the Tags area, in the Tag types drop-down menu, select Preset and Freeform, Preset, or Freeform. Learn more about Tags here. (Optional) If you selected Preset and Freeform or Preset, in the Preset tags area, click + Tag to add the tags members can choose from. (Optional) Select the Require tags on posts checkbox if you want members to always add tags to content. Click Create. For more information, see About Forums.
