The Forums Summary portlet

The IBM® Connections Forums summary portlet displays a targeted view of Forums in your WebSphere® Portal application.

Using the Forums summary portlet

Use the Forums Summary portlet to insert a targeted view of Forums content in a WebSphere® Portal application. Choose one of the following views:

All Topics lists all of the forums topics for the logged-in user. It does not list public forum topics.
Open Questions lists the questions that await answers in the forum.
Answered Questions lists the answered questions in the forum.
Topics Followed by User lists the topics that the logged-in users asked to follow.

Note: The Forums Summary portlet displays forum entries for the logged-in user only and does not display public forum entries that are not associated with the user.

Editing the shared settings for the Forums Summary portlet

You must have at least editor access for the page and for the portlet to be able to edit shared settings for Connections features. For more information about access levels, see the WebSphere® Portal product wiki. Settings that you enter on this page can be overridden by settings on the Personalize page for a portlet. Choose Edit Shared Settings from the portlet menu and choose which view to display in the portlet. You can also choose to display topics that are filtered by a tag you specify, turn on or off the display of replies in the portlet, and specify the number of topics to display.

Configuring the Forums portlet

You must have administrative access to the portlet to be able to configure it. Choose Configure from the portlet menu and configure these options:

Option	Description
Display link to open IBM® Connections in a browser window	Display a link so users can open Connections in a browser window to access the full application.