Creating a forum topic from a web page
Add the Discuss This button to your web browser so that you can create a forum topic from any web page or Connections source.
Procedure
- Open the Forums application, click Bookmarking Tools at the foot of the page and follow the instructions for adding the Discuss This button to your browser.
- Go to a web page that you want to discuss and click Discuss This .
- Specify the topic details for the web page:
- In the Forums field, change the scope to public forums or forums that you own, are a member of, or are following.
- In the Forum name field, start typing a name to find the forum you want.
- Enter the title of the new topic.
- Select Mark this topic as a question to flag the new topic as a question.
- Select Pin this topic to display the new topic at the beginning of the list of topics in the forum.
- Add comments, if relevant.
- Click Save.
Results
The new topic is posted to the forum that you selected.
Note: The Discuss
This link in forum topics is different from the Discuss
This browser button. Use the Discuss This link
in a forum topic to post that topic as a new topic in a different
forum.