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======About SCP Forums======
The SCP Portal template includes an optional Forum or Discussion Board. Just like Internet forums, the Discussion Boards are an area where [[Members Members]] can have 'conversations' in the form of posted messages.
===**Forum Access**===
[[Access Access]] to the SCP Forums is managed using [[MemberGroups Member Groups]]. To have access to the portal forum, a Member must be associated with a Member Group which has been granted access to the forum. This permission can be reviewed in the [[MemberGroupsGrid Member Groups Grid]] on the Account Properties screen.
The SCP Forums do not allow anonymous entries. If you wish to participate you need to register and then subsequently log-in in order to post messages. You do not have to log-in to read existing messages. All messages need to be approved by a forum moderator before they are published.
Forum usernames and passwords are synchronised only at time of forum creation. This means that if a Member changes their password to the forum it will be different to their portal password. Should this happen the Member can click the __**Forgotton Password**__ link on the Log-In screen to recover their password.
===**Moderation**===
The [[Accounts Account Owner]] and [[AccountAdministrators Administrator]] are likely to be the Moderators of the forum. This requires a separate password, which is set when the [[PortalForumAdd forum is created]] on the Portal Properties Screen. The Moderator will set the forum topics against which the 'discussion threads' of messages are posted.
===**Forum Support**===
The fastest growing forum on the SCP servers is the [[http://www.secure-portal.co.uk/forums/ SCP Support Forum]]. This forum is common to all accounts and provides a valuable opportunity to tap the knowledge of the community of SCP users. Should you have a question about how to do something on your portal, or why something happens that you did not expect, please post it on the Support Forum. There's a great deal of experience in the SCP community so there's bound to be someone who can help.
===**Related features**===
- [[ForumFeatures Forum Features]]
- [[Portals About Portals]]
- [[Access About Access]]
- [[Accounts About Accounts]]
- See [[ProjectGlossary the project glossary]] for other terms used in this documentation
===**Related functions**===
- [[PortalForumAdd Add a forum to a Portal]]
- [[https://www.secure-portal.co.uk/forums/index.php/h/162f01ff81a5366fd4d74585c8154e67/ Help with SCP Forums]]
- [[http://www.secure-portal.co.uk/forums/ Open the SCP Support Forum]]
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The SCP Portal template includes an optional Forum or Discussion Board. Just like Internet forums, the Discussion Boards are an area where [[Members Members]] can have 'conversations' in the form of posted messages.
===**Forum Access**===
[[Access Access]] to the SCP Forums is managed using [[MemberGroups Member Groups]]. To have access to the portal forum, a Member must be associated with a Member Group which has been granted access to the forum. This permission can be reviewed in the [[MemberGroupsGrid Member Groups Grid]] on the Account Properties screen.
The SCP Forums do not allow anonymous entries. If you wish to participate you need to register and then subsequently log-in in order to post messages. You do not have to log-in to read existing messages. All messages need to be approved by a forum moderator before they are published.
Forum usernames and passwords are synchronised only at time of forum creation. This means that if a Member changes their password to the forum it will be different to their portal password. Should this happen the Member can click the __**Forgotton Password**__ link on the Log-In screen to recover their password.
===**Moderation**===
The [[Accounts Account Owner]] and [[AccountAdministrators Administrator]] are likely to be the Moderators of the forum. This requires a separate password, which is set when the [[PortalForumAdd forum is created]] on the Portal Properties Screen. The Moderator will set the forum topics against which the 'discussion threads' of messages are posted.
===**Forum Support**===
The fastest growing forum on the SCP servers is the [[http://www.secure-portal.co.uk/forums/ SCP Support Forum]]. This forum is common to all accounts and provides a valuable opportunity to tap the knowledge of the community of SCP users. Should you have a question about how to do something on your portal, or why something happens that you did not expect, please post it on the Support Forum. There's a great deal of experience in the SCP community so there's bound to be someone who can help.
===**Related features**===
- [[ForumFeatures Forum Features]]
- [[Portals About Portals]]
- [[Access About Access]]
- [[Accounts About Accounts]]
- See [[ProjectGlossary the project glossary]] for other terms used in this documentation
===**Related functions**===
- [[PortalForumAdd Add a forum to a Portal]]
- [[https://www.secure-portal.co.uk/forums/index.php/h/162f01ff81a5366fd4d74585c8154e67/ Help with SCP Forums]]
- [[http://www.secure-portal.co.uk/forums/ Open the SCP Support Forum]]
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