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Common Tasks

Moving a Forum

It is possible to move a forum from different parent forums or categories. To achieve this;

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Forums > All Forums
2. Edit the specific forum you want to move
3. Now change the Parent forum attributes of the selected forum

You can also optionally select  — No parent — , so that the forum will no longer have a parent forum or category.

Closing a Forum

Closing a forum can close any child forums and also restricts new topic creation and new replies being created to existing topics in the closed forum.

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Forums > All Forums
2. Edit the specific forum you want to close
3. Now change the Status forum attributes of the selected forum to Closed

Deleting Forums

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Forums > All Forums
2. You will see a list of forums, and by each forum a set of links with one being the red Trash link.
3. Click the Trash link for the specific forum you want to move to the trash then delete.
4. Now click the Trash action link toward the top to filter and see only trashed posts, then Delete or Restore you forums from there.
5. To delete all the forums in the trash, click the Empty Trash button.

Editing a Topic

In the frontend

1. Log into your site go to your forums on your site
2. To edit a topic go into the topic and hit the Edit Admin Link on the topic post.
3. From there you can do most of what is listed below, add or remove the topic’s tags, and edit the topic’s post.

In the WordPress backend

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Topics > All Topics
2. Hit the Edit Link by the topic you want to edit.

Closing Topics

Closing or locking a topic disallows any further replies from participants. Keymasters and moderators can still reply though.

In the frontend

1. Log into your site go to your forums on your site
2. To close a topic go into the topic and hit the Close Admin Link on the topic post. You can also edit the topic by clicking the Edit Admin Link, and changing the Topic Status to Closed.

In the WordPress backend

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Topics > All Topics
2. You will see a list of topics, and by each topic there are a set of links, with one being the Close link.
3. Click the Close link for any topics you want to disallow any further replies to.

Sticking a Topic

In the frontend

1. Log into your site and go to your forums on your site
2. If you need to stick a topic to the top of a forum or all forums, go into the topic and hit the Stick Admin Link to stick the topic to the top of a forum, or hit the (To Front) Admin LInk to Super Sticky or stick a topic to the top of all forums. You can also just edit the topic by clicking the Edit Admin Link and change the Topic Status to Sticky or Super Sticky.

In the WordPress backend

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Topics > All Topics
2. You will see a list of topics, and by each topic there are a set of links, with one being the Stick link and the other being the (To Front) link.
3. Click the Stick link for the topic you want to make Sticky. To make a topic Super Sticky, or stick to the top of all forums click the (To Front) link .

Merging Topics

1. Log into your site and go to your forums on your site
2. If you need to merge a topic, go into the topic and hit the Merge Admin Link.
3. You are presented with a page with options to configure how you want to merge your topics together. Select the topic you want to merge from a list of topics in the same forum and configure extras such as keeping the subscriptions, favorites, topic tags from the original topic.
4. After configuring to your liking, click the Submit button.

To merge a topic into another topic from a different forum, you may need to move the topic to the other forum first then merge from there.

Deleting Topics

In the frontend

1. Log into your site and go to your forums on your site
2. If you need to delete a topic, go into the topic and hit the Trash Admin Link to put the topic into the trash.
3. Now you will see that the trash link has turned to the Delete Admin Link , and from there you can click Delete to delete the topic permanently.

In the WordPress backend

1. Login to the WordPress backen and go to Topics > All Topics
2. You will see a list of topics, and by each topic there are a set of links, with one being the red Trash link.
3. Click the Trash link for the topic you want to delete. Now your topic is in the trash.
4. Now you can click the Trash action link toward the top to filter and see only trashed posts then Delete or Restore your topics from there.
5. To delete all the topics that are placed in the trash,  click the Empty Trash button.

Marking Topics as Spam

In the frontend

1. Log into your site and go to your forums on your site
2. If you need to mark a topic as spam, go into the topic and hit the Spam Admin Link to put the topic into spam queue.

In the WordPress backend

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Topics > All Topics
2. You will see a list of topics, and by each topic a set of links with one being the red Spam link.
3. Click the Spam link for the topic you want to mark as spam. Now the topic is in the spam queue.
4. Click the Spam action link toward the top to filter and see only topics marked as spam, then either Unspam legitimate posts or Delete all the topics that are placed in the spam queue by clicking the Empty Spam button.

Moving a Topic

In the frontend

1. Log into your site and go to your forums on your site
2. If you need to move a topic, edit the topic, and change the forum that the topic is in.

In the WordPress backend

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Topics > All Topics
2. Edit the specific topic you want to move
3. Change the Forum in the topic attributes of the selected topic

Splitting a Topic

1. Log into your site and go to your forums on your site
2. If you need to split a topic, go into the topic and at the reply you want to split from hit the Split Admin Link.
3. You are presented with a page with options to configure how you want to split your topic.
4. You may split the replies into another existing topic or create a new topic from the reply you split off. You can configure extras such as keeping the subscriptions, favorites, topic tags from the original topic.
5. After configuring to your liking, click the Submit button.

Editing a Reply

In the frontend

1. Log into your site go to your forums on your site
2. To edit a reply hit the Edit Admin Link near it.
3. From there you can do most of what is listed below, and edit the replies post.

In the WordPress backend

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Replies > All Replies
2. Hit the Edit Link by the reply you want to edit.

Moving a Reply

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Replies > All Replies
2. Hit the Edit Link by the reply you want to edit.
3. You will now see metaboxes for Reply Attributes. To change the topic the reply is in change the number by Topic: to the ID of the topic you want to move it to. A plugin like Reveal IDs would help you easily find the IDs of topics in Topics > All Topics.
4. Make sure that the topic you want to move the reply is in the correct forum listed in Forum: in the Reply Attributes.

You can also move a reply to thread under a specific reply by placing the ID of the reply you want the reply to thread under in Reply To: in the Reply Attributes.

Deleting a Reply

In the frontend

1. Log into your site and go to your forums on your site
2. If you need to delete a reply, go to the reply and hit the Trash Admin Link to put the reply into the trash.
3. Now you will see that the trash link has turned to the Delete Admin Link , and from there you can click Delete to delete the reply permanently.

In the WordPress backend

1. Login to the WordPress backen and go to Replies > All Replies
2. You will see a list of replies, and by each reply there are a set of links, with one being the red Trash link.
3. Click the Trash link for the reply you want to delete. Now your reply is in the trash.
4. Now you can click the Trash action link toward the top to filter and see only trashed posts then Delete or Restore the topics from there.
5. To delete all the replies that are placed in the trash,  click the Empty Trash button.

Marking Replies as Spam

In the frontend

1. Log into your site and go to your forums on your site
2. If you need to mark a reply as spam, go to the reply and hit the Spam Admin Link to put the reply into spam queue.

In the WordPress backend

1. Login to the WordPress backend and go to Replies > All Replies
2. You will see a list of replies, and by each reply a set of links with one being the red Spam link. Click the Spam link for the reply you want to mark as spam. Now the reply is in the spam queue.
3. Click the Spam action link toward the top to filter and see only replies marked as spam, then either Unspam legitimate posts or Delete all the replies that are placed in the spam queue by clicking the Empty Spam button.