Create a new topic post
In Forumbee, a new post is called a "topic". Follow these steps to add a new topic.
As a moderator for your community, you can either post a new topic from within the Community (the members area) or from within the Admin > Moderate area. Editing posts from within the Moderate area provides a few additional capabilities, so we will cover that in this article.
Create a topic
- Go to Admin > Moderate and click Add Topic.
- Select a category to post into. Enter a title and a description.
- To add images or file attachments, drag and drop them into the topic area.
- To add video, click the video icon and paste the link to your video. Supported video services include YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia and Vidyard.
- Save your changes.
- Click Save Draft to save what you have and continue editing it later. After saving the draft, click Preview topic to preview it in the community.
- Click Publish to post the topic in the community. After publishing, click View topic in the side column to view it in the community.
Edit a topic
To edit an existing topic, click Edit.
For more options, click the gear icon. Options include:
- Edit
- Set status (available for the following topic types: questions, ideas, and issues)
- Pin: permanently anchors the topic to the top of the category above all other topics.
- Bump: updates the active date on the topic to bring it to the top of the list
- Close replies
- Move: select a category to move the topic into
- Copy: create duplicate of this topic. You will have the option to edit and make changes to the copy prior to publishing.
- Change type: change the topic type to idea, question, article, issue, event, or discussion.
- Remove post
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Hello, I'm testing ForumBee for our organization and love your platform.
I have a question about editing posts. It seems a member cannot edit their initial post in a discussion - only an admin or moderator can. We would love for our members to have, say, a 15-minute window to edit their post. (We would be moderating all initial posts in a discussion, so that may be a factor in our use case.)
Is this something you'd be able to customize for us?
Thanks in advance.