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Forums makes up one half of the Blogs and Discussion Forums add-on module. Forums allow your members to have a place to discuss different topics and have conversations within the myClubhouse platform. Comments can contain a mix of text, images, and file attachments, and can be moderated to ensure the rules are followed. Forums can be restricted to different users, including who can post, view, moderate, and create new topics.

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1. Click the green “Start new topic” button.

   

2. Complete the wizard:

   

   1. Title: The title of the Topic.

   2. What do you want to ask: A full description of the question or topic that you want to discuss. This has the same full range of editing tools as a CMS page, so this field can contain text, images, files, tables, and more, and can be written in HTML if you prefer.

      1. HTML: Click this button to enter HTML mode, where you will see the HTML for any existing content in the block/column. You can also write using HTML mark up in this mode. You can find an introduction to HTML here: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ HTML Tutorial

      2. Format: Click this button to change to a preset text sizes, for things like titles and subtitles, as well as bits of text you want to stand out such as quotes or code. Highlight text and select the Format type, or select the Format type and start typing.

      3. Style: Click this button to change to a preset text style. This can be used when you want something to stand out from other normal text such as for code. Subscript and superscript are also kept here. Highlight text and select the Style, or select the Style and start typing.

      4. Bold: Toggle Bold on and off.

      5. Italics: Toggle Italics on and off.

      6. Strikethrough: Toggle Strikethrough on and off. Strikethrough will be a single line through the middle of the text, like this.

      7. Lists: Choose between an ordered (numbered) list, or an unordered list (bullet points). If selecting an existing list, you can also choose to indent or outdent highlighted parts of a list from this menu.

      8. Image: Click to add an image into the block/column. Either upload a new image or select one already uploaded

      9. Video: Click to embed a video into the block/column. Enter the link to the Video Embed Code or Youtube/Vimeo Link into the box (best to use copy and paste) and click “Insert”.

      10. File: Add a file to your page with this button. Enter a name that will be shown for the file, and then click to upload the file.

      11. Table: Use this menu to insert a table, as well as access all the table-related options to edit existing tables. Read more about tables in this guide here: CMS Tables

      12. Link: Click to add, edit, or remove a link from text. You can enter the URL of where you want the link to go, change the text that is displayed for the link, and choose if the link opens in a new tab, or in the current tab.

      13. Align: Choose how to align the text: Left, Right, Centre, or Justified.

      14. Text Colour: Set the text colour. You can also highlight text here too.

      15. Size: Set the text size.

      16. Line Height: Set the line height here.

      17. Fullscreen: Click to enter full screen mode, to open the block/column into a full screen view for easier editing. Click the button again to exit full screen mode.

   3. Tags: Any tags that relate to the topic. Enter as many as you like, each one separated by a comma.

   4. OK: Once happy with the details of your new Topic, click “OK” to save the new Topic.

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It is often a good idea to add a link to your Forum in the menu to make it easier to find for members. Wherever you choose to put it, it will only appear for users who have permission to view the page. Follow this guide to help you add your Forum to the menu: How to Customise the Main Menu

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