Creating Posts

How to Create Posts | Create posts in discussion of the Forum module.

Prerequisites: Users require contributor+ permissions for the forum module, topic, or discussion to complete this task.

Create posts. Topics contain discussions and discussions contain posts.

To create a post:

Log in to Cartella.
Navigate to [name-of-folio] > [name-of-forum-module] > [name-of-topic] > [name-of-discussion].
Click New Post.

The Create Post view displays.
Enter a discussion name in the Name field.
Optional: Enter the post description in the Description field. Use the HTML editor to add formatting, links, media, and view the HTML source code.

Note: Click Manage Fields to add, remove, or edit fields that display in this view. See Field Management for details.
Select or clear categories to associate with the topic.

Note: Click Create New Category to create categories to classify content. See Creating Categories for details.
Select a sharing permission in the Sharing drop-down list. See Creating Folios for option descriptions.
Select or clear the Send Email Notifications Upon Save checkbox. Select users and groups to receive email notifications.

Note: The checkbox toggles back to cleared after saving.
Select or clear restrictions. See Creating Folios for option descriptions.

Note: Cartella automatically selects the Auto Approve checkbox. This restriction option cannot be cleared for posts.
Click Submit.
Cartella creates the post. Posts display in discussions without requiring approval from a moderator+ user.