How is the forum structured?

The forum as a whole contains various categories (broad subject areas), which themselves contain subcategories (more specific subject areas) that contain topics (conversations or discussions) that are made up of individual posts. Categories can be organized into sections using headings. The administrator creates the categories, subcategories, and headings; and members of the forum typically create topics which other members reply to with posts.

When viewing a category, you’ll see a list of topics with each topic showing a preview of your first unread post in the topic. If you’ve read the whole topic, you’ll see a preview of the last post in the topic.

A topic only belongs to one category, but can have multiple tags.

Finding your way around

When you click on a category or a subcategory name, you are taken to the list of topics it contains with each topic showing a preview of your first unread post in the topic. If you’ve read the whole topic, you’ll see a preview of the last post in the topic. A topic is a conversation between members or guests. Each topic starts out as a single post and grows as replies and comments are added by different users.

To start a new topic simply click on the New Topic button (you may need the right permissions to do this).

Topics can be ordered in many different ways. The default is to have the topic with the most recent activity at the top. But you can easily change this ordering, for example, to have the topic with the most posts at the top. Simply click on the Top link in a category.

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