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The first thing you need to do is create a page to host your forum and add the Discussion Forum module. See the inner pages section for instructions on how to do this.

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Enter the name of your category and a brief description, click Save.

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On your website

When members go to the Discussion Forum page on your website they will see the list of topic categories.

On your website

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Within the individual topic categories members are able to subscribe to an individual topic by clicking on the Subscribe button. When members subscribe to a topic they will be notified of any new posts.

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Forum administration

Forum discussions can be managed from within the administration system.

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