Creating a Forum

1. Login to your Clubhouse Online e3 website as an Administrator
2. Click on the Switch to Club Central link
3. Once you have switched over to Club Central, click on the E3 Planet icon at the top left corner.
4. Type in Forums in the search bar and click on Forums from the search results.
5. Click on the pencil icon to edit the Discussion Forum
6. Click on New Forum
7. Enter the following information for the new forum:
   • Forum display name - The topic or name of the forum
   • Description - A brief summary of the subject for the forum
   • Require e-mail addresses - This feature would require a member to enter their email address in order to post a message in the forum
   • Display e-mail addresses - This feature will display the email address of the members posting in the forum
   • Use security code (CAPTCHA) - In order to prevent spam posts you can require member to enter in a security code in order to post messages.
   • Forum is open - This setting controls whether or not the forums is available for members to see on the site
   • Forum is locked - This setting controls whether or not the forums is available for members to subscribe to.
   • Forum is Moderated - Allows Administrators to appoint moderators to the forum
8. Once you have completed all setting choices, click SAVE to complete the Forum creation.

Editing a Forum

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

1. From the Forums area, click on the pencil next to the Forum you wish to edit
2. Once you have clicked on the edit option, you will be able to edit one of the following
   • Posts - Any posts made by a user, as well as the thread they are associated with, will be visible in this area. Site Administrators have the ability to moderate posts and threads as well new threads can be created from here.

• 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 follow these steps:
  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 SAVE to complete the subscription.
• Moderators - A Moderator of the site has the ability to 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 flow these steps:
  1. Check the option Forum is moderated
  2. Click on Add Users
  3. Check the box next to the user(s) you would like to select to be a moderator
  4. Click OK to confirm your selections

• 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:
  • Nobody - Prevent all user access to a designated feature.
  • All users(default) - Will allow all users access to a designated feature
  • Authenticated users - Will allow all users access to a designated feature
  • 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.
• 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.

• Approving or Rejecting a thread - Administrators can further moderate a forum by approving or rejecting threads or posts. In order for an Administrator to perform these functions, they will need to follow these steps:

• For Approving a thread
  1. From the Forums section, click on the pencil next to the Forum you wish to edit
  2. This will bring you to the Posts of the Forum where you will click on any of the pending-approval threads you wish to moderate
  3. Click on the Approve button from the navigation above

• For Rejecting a thread:
  1. From the Forums section, click on the pencil next to the Forum you wish to edit
  2. This will bring you to the Posts of the Forum where you will click on any of the approved or pending-approval threads you wish to moderate
  3. Click on the Reject button from the navigation above.