History: Forums

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{DIV(class="lead")}Forums are one of the most frequently used ((feature|features)) in a Tiki website set up for collaborative use. A forum can be either self-contained, or can be the discussion venue for wiki pages (each page can have an associated forum thread). {DIV}


**Overview**
: This page and the linked-to subpages describe how to configure and use the Forums feature.

**To access**
: Click the **Forums** icon {icon name="comments" size="2"} on the ((Admin Panels|Admin Panel)) <br /> or <br /> Access **http://example.org/tiki-admin.php?page=forums** {DIV}{DIV(class="col-sm-3")}{BOX()}
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- ((dev:Administration|Bugs and Wishes)){BOX}

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## Documentation

- ((Forum User)) 
    *What is the forum and how to use it?*
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- ((Forum Management)) 
    *For forum moderators, who have advanced permissions*
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- ((Forum Admin)) 
    *Initial and general setup*
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- ((Forum and Mailing List Synchronization)) 
    *How to set up a mailing list and forum so discussions take place in both*

## Useful Links

- The Tiki project site [http://tiki.org/tiki-forums.php|support forums]
- ((dev:forum|Forum Bugs Reports))
- [http://dev.tiki.org/tiki-view_tracker.php?trackerId=5&amp;status=op&amp;sort_mode=f_41_desc&amp;filtervalue%5B56%5D=Accepted&amp;filtervalue%5B26%5D=forum&amp;filtervalue%5B48%5D=&amp;filtervalue%5B27%5D=&amp;filtervalue%5B28%5D=&amp;filtervalue%5B54%5D=&amp;filtervalue%5B55%5D=&amp;filterfield=26&amp;filter=filter|Forum Bugs &amp; Wishlist Reports]

## Related modules

- ((Module forums_best_voted_topics))
- ((Module forums_last_posts))
- ((Module forums_last_topics))
- ((Module forums_most_commented_forums))
- ((Module forums_most_read_topics))
- ((Module forums_most_visited_forums))
- ((Module top_forum_posters))



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(alias(Forum)) | (alias(Discussion board)) | (alias(Message board))