Adding topics to a community forum
Start a discussion with members of your community by adding a topic to one of the community forums. Anyone who can access the forums can view the new topic.
Before you begin
Procedure
To add a topic to a community forum, complete the following steps.
- On the community's Overview page, click Start a Topic in the Forums area of the page. If you are the first member to add a forum topic, the link displays as Start the First Topic.
- Required: Enter the title of the discussion topic in the Title field.
- To mark the topic as a question, select Mark this topic as a question.
- Enter one or more tags in the Tags field.
- Enter the content of your topic in the rich-text field provided. Be as descriptive as possible. Remember that you want to start a discussion, so include relevant information to interest other community members and get them involved.
- Required: Select the community forum where you want to add the topic from the Forum list.
- To attach a file to the topic, click Attach a File and browse for a file.
- Click Save.