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Forum Settings

The Forum ☛ Options ☛ Forum Settings administration panel is where you can customize the look of the Forum Group view page. You can enable or disable the display of many elements that appear on the Group view and also control the displaying of unread/new Posts.

Group Display Options


You can select if you want Group Descriptions shown or not and whether to show child forums below their parent at the group level.

Forum Display Options


You can elect not to display Forum Descriptions, the New Post in Forum Icon and inline Forum Page Links.

Single Forum Sites


For sites that only have a sngle forum, checking this option will skip the initial forum ‘front’ page ‘Group’ view and will directly load the single forums topic listing. In a multi-forum site, this option can also be used to ensure that users with access to only one forum are also directed straight to the topic listing.

Forum View Formatting

Display recent Posts on Front Page

Recent Posts can be listed on the front page of the forum. Note that this setting is the view that will be seen by member and guests. The Admin will see the new posts that they have not yet read or approved.

It may be considered unnecessary to display both this list and the QuickLinks new post list as they virtually perform the same function.

Number of Recent Posts to Display

If posts below the forums listing on the front page are turned on, this setting determine how many will be displayed.

Display Recent Posts Above Groups

As an alternative to displaying this list at the bottom of the forum index you may choose to display it at the top.

Sort New Posts within Forums

This option will group topics with new posts into their home forum on new post views.

Forum View Columns


Check the boxes to select which columns to display in the Forum index view. This can be useful if your page is tight for space. Possible options to turn or off are:

  • Last Post Details
  • Show the topic title as a link
  • Show Topic Title above Topic Info (if showing)
  • Number of Topics in Forum
  • Number of Posts in Forum
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Article written by Luffer on January 29, 2010 and last modified by Luffer on April 26, 2010