Once a forum has been created, any additional changes can be made by editing the forum as follows:

1. Click on the Tools tab in Club Central
2. Click on the Forums menu to see the list of created forums
3. Click on the pencil icon access the settings of that Forum

Once you have clicked on the edit option, the various tabs at the top will provide you with specific administration/configuration options. The tabs available, as well as their options are listed as follows:

Posts

Any posts made by a user, as well as the thread they are associated with, will be visable in this area. Site Administrators have the ability to moderate posts and threads from this section as well as subscribe to any of the active threads listed. Administrators can leave posts to a thread friom this tab as well.

General

This tab displays the basic information and administration settings of the forum. These settings were initially setup when the forum was created and can be adjusted if need be.

Subscriptions

The subscription section will display all of the users that have subscribed to any of the available threads in this forum. From here Administrators will be able to manage subscriptions to the forum. They have the ability to delete, edit or add new subscriptions to the forum. To subscribe an email address to the forum,

1. Click on 'New Subscription'
2. Type in the email address
3. Check or uncheck the option to 'Send a confirmation e-mail to the subscriber'
4. Click 'OK' to complete the subscription.

Moderators

A Moderator of the site has the ability, approve, edit or delete posts made by other users. This section allows Administrators to determine who is a moderator of the forum. In order to add a user as a moderator you will need to fllow these steps:

1. Check the option Forum is moderated
2. Click on Add Users
3. Check box next to the user(s) you would like to select to be a moderator
4. Click OK to confirm your selections
*Note* Only registered users will be available for selection. Administrators by default are moderators of the forum and do not need to be added*Note*

Security

Once a forum has been made available, all users will have permission to view the forum, create posts, initiate new threads, reply to posts and subscribe. Located under the security tab of a forums administrative settings, permissions can be defined for the various roles on your site.

Security settings are divided into four categories:
1. Nobody - Prevent all users access to a designated feature.
2. All users(default) - Will allow all users access to a designated feature
3. Authenticated users - Will allow all users access to a designated feature
4. Authorized roles - This will allow specified roles access to designated features. Once this feature is selected you will be required to select which roles have access to which features. All of the available roles are listed underneath this option.

View

The View tab is another area where adminstrators can moderate a forum from. New threads can be created from here and existing threads are displayed as well. Administrators/Moderators have the ability to subscribe users to a particular thread or the entire forum. In order to subscribe a user to thread they will need to follow these steps:

1. Click on the name of the thread
2. Click on 'Subscribe to post'
3. Type in the e-mail address of the user
4. Click OK

Lock/Unlock a Thread

Moderators can lock/unlock a thread depending on whether it is meant to be read-only or they would like users to respond. Clicking lock on the thread prevents users from making posts

Stick/Unstick a Thread

Threads will normally be sorted by latest post first. If a moderator chooses to stick a thread this will ensure the thread stays at the top of the list despite of when the last post was made. Unsticking a thread will place it back in order according to posts.

In regards to threads Administrators have the ability to approve or reject threads or posts. They can also move a thread to another forum or split a post from a thread and start a new thread. These features can be conducted as follows:

Approving or Rejecting a thread

Administrators can further moderate a forum by approving or rejecting threads or posts. In order for an Adminstrator to perform these functions, they will need to navigate to the following area;

1. Click on the View tab
2. Click on the thread they wish to moderate
3. Locate the post and at the top they will see the option to reject the message or if the message is awaiting approval they will see the option to approve the message.