Knowledge Is Power

There are several sections on the main page of a forum: the Forum header, My Menu, Category Listing, and a Statistics section. In the forum header, the following will be displayed: the name of the forum, and the number of new messages sinceContinue Reading >

FuseTalk refers to pre-defined types of users.  They are Forum Owner, Moderator, and User. Forum Owners are individuals who have been assigned to manage a forum.  Forum owners have the rights to change any forum level, create discussion categories for their forum, createContinue Reading >

A forum consists of 4 components: the forum itself, its categories, the topics and the messages.  Each component, or level of hierarchy, is illustrated in the diagram below. Each forum can have an unlimited number of categories and sub-categories.  Categories are like placeholdersContinue Reading >

There are so many different names for a “forum”.  Some think of them as message boards or bulletin boards.  Some call them threaded discussions, discussion boards or discussion groups while others call them conferences.  FuseTalk simply calls them forums. Deciding if just oneContinue Reading >