Welcome to Adding a Forum Post
Not all users have administrative permissions to write a forum post. Your team administrator can restrict users from writing post to all forums or to specific forums.
If you have administrative permission to write a forum post, you will see a "Write New Post" link when you open a forum.
Procedure
1. From the forums main page, Click "Write a New Post". A drop-down list displays so you can select the forum for which you want to create the post.
2. Select a forum from the drop-down list. The Post a Message page displays.
3. Specify the forum post settings on each tab.
Compose
Specify whether you want the post threads workflow to be in a discussion or question format.
Subject - Specifies the post subject.
Tags - Specifies tags used for the post. You can click Select Tags to find tags that have already been used with forum posts.
Email me replies to this post - Specifies whether you will receive notification when a user replies to the post.
Options
Allows you to assign stickiness and icons, and add files to your post.
Add/Update - Allows you to upload a file to the post. Click here for more information.
Locked: Do not allow replies - Specifies whether users can reply to the post.
Stickiness - Specifies whether a post is sticky, and if so, for how long. A sticky post displays first in the forum post list. You can specify how long you want a post to be sticky.
After the expiration date, the post resets to Not sticky.
Poll
Allows you to include a reader's poll with your post so readers can rate its value.
Include a Poll in this Post - Specifies whether you want to include a poll question with your post. When you click the checkbox, additional fields display on the page.
Question - Specifies the poll question.
Description - Describes the poll question.
Answers - Provides the user with options for answering the poll question. As you add answers in the Add Answer text box, they will display underneath the Answers heading.
Add Answer - Allows you to add a poll answer.
Expires - Specifies the number of days the poll question will display with the post.
Preview
Shows you what the post will look like before you publish the post.
4. Click Post.