Forums

Information BlocksThe Forum module can be used to enrich the media and communication environment of your site with an online discussion spot. The Internet forums can help you organize and maintain communities; create and moderate discussions; build permanent audience for your site.


Description

The Forums Module includes the following features:


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  • Forums are grouped according to their categories
  • Bulk actions can be carried out with the forum topics or messages
  • Messages are allowed to contain BBCode tags
  • Topics can be moved to another forums
  • Access permission levels have advanced configuration options
  • System templates are used for forums
  • Design templates are built in inside a separate CSS-file
  • Search results are displayed according to the access permission level
  • All text, padding and margin sizes use the "em"-tags
  • The template styles do not necessarily determine the link colours and text size
  • Alternate table raw colours for topics and messages within a thread for better visual perception
  • An icon can be easily integrated by each menu item or Quote/Change/Delete action links
  • Full support of RSS
  • BBCode can be used when writing a new message

Details

What are the advantages of having a Forum on your web site?

You can express your personal opinion in your own blog or have a conversation with one or many counterparts within a forum thread. The newly introduced Forums and Blogs modules allow you to experience in full how communication can be really productive and exciting!

The Forums module enables you to create numerous forum threads on your web site. The topics discussed within the forum threads are not limited by a single subject matter, it’s all up to you! Forums can be used not only for your company’s needs but also become an alternative way to render your clients and customers consultations or technical support on your product, or used as a source of building up your own internet community. Each forum thread can be moderated the way you want. For instance, you can decide who will get access permission to a topic discussion, keep a rating log for each forum participant, configure the way the participants exchange their personal messages, etc.

Forums Interface
Interface

 New Topic
New Topic

Forum Thread Comments
Forum Thread Comments


The access permission levels are so flexible and profound that you can even create closed communities or allow only the registered users to view and participate in a forum discussion. Or, for example, give some of your trusted users a permission to moderate the forum threads.

Flexible Access Permissions Levels

The Forums deign and its logical structures make the interface really user-friendly! The system templates are made to be simple for use containing just a few icons, and the rest is built in inside a separate CSS-file. The template layout and as well as the template elements can be easily modified – all you have to do is choose and upload your own CSS-file that will be used as a system template. All templates are included in the Bitrix Site Manager ASP.NET, the new ones will be available through our SiteUpdate system alongside with all bug-fixes or newly introduced functional elements.
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