Start a new forum when you want to solicit answers to a
specific question or to discuss particular topic.
About this task
When you create a forum, you automatically become the owner of that forum. If
content moderation is enabled in your deployment, you also become the forum moderator. Note that
some organizations allow only designated people to create forums.
Note: A forum that you create in the Forums application is public by default. Any user in your
organization with access to the Forums application can view and contribute to public forums. To
create a forum with restricted access, you must create the forum inside a community with restricted
access.
Procedure
To create a stand-alone forum, complete the following
steps.
- From the Public Forums page, click Start
a Forum.
You can also create a forum from the Forums tab
on the My Forums page.
- To categorize the forum and make it easier to find, enter
one or more tags in the Tags field.
- Click Save.
What to do next
Click Start a Topic to add topics
to your new forum. If you do not want to create topics now, you can
access the forum later from the My Forums page.