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Forum

The forum is where players talk to each other: they open topics, reply and react. It is at /forum on the store, and you set up its structure in the Forum group of the menu.

The forum on the store, as players see it
The forum on the store, as players see it

The forum has three parts. Set them up in this order, because every board needs a category:

Part What it is Example
Categories The groups on the forum page General, Support, Events
Boards Where players open topics Announcements, General chat
Badges Medals that members earn Veteran: 100 posts

Create a category

  1. In Forum > Categories, click New Category.
  2. Fill in Name and Slug, the part of the address. Blank, the slug comes from the name.
  3. Write the Description and pick the Icon: an emoji or the address of an image.
  4. In Order, the lower number comes first.
  5. Click Save Category.
The new forum category form
The new forum category form

To change the order later, edit the category and change the number in Order.

The list of forum categories
The list of forum categories

Create a board

  1. In Forum > Boards, click New Board.
  2. Pick the Forum Category it belongs to.
  3. Fill in Name, Slug and Description.
  4. Pick Icon, Accent Color and Order.
  5. Click Save Board.
The new board form
The new board form

The list shows how many topics and posts each one has.

The list of boards with the topics and posts of each one
The list of boards with the topics and posts of each one

Create a badge

  1. In Forum > Badges, click New Badge.
  2. Fill in Name and Description.
  3. Under Type, choose System.
  4. Pick the Icon (an emoji), the Background Color, the Visual Style and the Animation. The Preview shows how it looks.
  5. Under Requirements for Automatic Award, fill in how many Posts, Topics or Reactions the member needs.
  6. Click Create Badge.
The new badge form with the requirements filled in
The new badge form with the requirements filled in
Example badge
Name: Veteran
Description: Wrote 100 forum posts
Type: System
Posts required: 100

If you fill in more than one requirement, the member must meet all of them. A field with 0 does not count. The check runs when the member creates a topic, replies or reacts.

The list of badges, with the type and requirements of each one
The list of badges, with the type and requirements of each one

Moderate

Moderation happens on the store itself, by players with a team role that has the forum permissions. They can pin, lock, move and delete topics, and edit or delete posts. See Player roles.