Create a forum user
You can create forum users, which you then use to define memberships to a forum.
Before you begin
Role required: sn_communities.forum_admin
About this task
A forum user is a set of users and user groups. Forum users are reusable. Multiple forum users can be used in any given forum.
Note: Before creating a forum user, check whether an existing forum user matches your requirements.
| Public | Public users can view the community without logging in. By default, public users have content_read access to questions and answers in public forums. |
| Registered | Users who have signed up to the community and accepted the Terms & Conditions. Once logged in, their access to forum content depends on the permissions set up for each specific forum. |
| Custom | Specific users and user groups that are added as members to the current forum user. |
| Membership | A group of members who have joined a specific forum. Once logged in, their access to forums depends on the permissions set up for each specific forum. |
Procedure
Navigate to All > Community > Administration > Forum Users.
Click New.
On the form, fill in the fields.
Field Description Name Name of the user. Description Description of the user. User type Type of user. Click Submit.
The forum user is created and added to the Forum Users list.
Add members to a forum user
Add members to a forum user. Members can be individual users or user groups.
Parent Topic:Forum and user permissions management