With Quick Search, users can directly type a search term in the textbox. All the categories, forums, topics and posts that have the keyword matching the search term will be quickly displayed in the Search Result form.

For example:

The Advanced Search allows users to make a search with particular criteria corresponding to the object you want to find.

Perform your advanced search

1. Click at the top right of the Forum homepage when being in the Forum application or in the search pop-up or in the Search this category/Search this forum/Search this topic/ on the Action bar of each selected object.

Based on the criteria you want to search, such as category, forum or post, the search criteria will be changed accordingly.

2. Enter the search criteria.

3. Click the Search button to do search. Also, click the Clear Fields button to reset the inputted values.

Matched results will be shown in the Search Result form. There will be an alert message when there is no object matching with the search criteria.

Find in categories

Select Category from the Search in drop-down menu.

Details:

Field	Description
Terms	The search keyword.
Scope	The search scale. With the "Full" option selected, returned results are those with both titles and content matching the keyword. With the "Titles" option selected, returned results are those with titles matching the keyword.
Username	Filter search results by the category creator. Input the name manually, or click to select users from a specific group.
Created between - and	Filter search results by categories created within an interval. Input the date manually, or click to select a date from the mini calendar.
Moderator	Filter search results by the category moderator. Input the name manually, or click to select users from a specific group.

Find in forums

Select Forum from the Search in drop-down menu.

Details:

Field	Description
Terms	The search keyword.
Status	The status of the forums ("Locked" or "Unlocked").
State	The state of the forums ("Open" or "Closed").
Posts	Filter search results by the minimum number of posts in the forum. Click and drag the slider bar to set the number of posts.
Topics	Filter search results by the minimum number of topics in the forum. Click and drag the slider bar to set the number of topics.
Moderator	Filter search results by the forum moderator. Input the name manually, or click to select users from a specific group.

Find in topics

Select Topic from the Search in drop-down menu.

Details:

Field	Description
Terms	The search keyword.
Type	The type of the topic specified by the topic type name and its icon. It can be selected from the existing list.
Status	The status of the topics ("Locked" or "Unlocked").
State	The state of the topics ("Open" or "Closed").
Created between - and	Filter search results by topics created within an interval. Input the date manually, or click to select a date from the mini calendar.
Last Post between - and	Filter search results by the last post's created date in the topic. You can input the date manually, or click to select a date from the mini calendar.
Posts	Filter search results by the minimum number of posts in the topic. Click and drag the slider bar to set the number of posts.
Views	Filter search results by the minimum number of topic views. Click and drag the slider bar to set the number of views.

Find in posts

Select Post from the Search in drop-down menu.

Details:

Field	Description
Term	The search keyword.
Scope	The scale for searching. With the "Full" option selected, returned results are those with both title and content matching the keyword. With the "Titles" option selected, returned results are those with post titles matching the keyword.
Username	Filter search results by the posters' usernames. Input the name manually, or click to select users from a specific group.
Created between - and	Filter search results by posts created within an interval. You can input the date manually, or click to select a date from the mini calendar.

See also

1. Go into the forum where you want to start a new topic.

2. Click .

3. Enter the topic title and its content. The title must be less than 100 characters (special characters are accepted). You may set other optional properties if you want.

4. Click Preview to see before submitting, or Submit to complete your topic.

When creating a topic, you can also add extra properties to this topic:

Select a topic icon

When posting a new topic, you may also assign an icon to the topic for the quick visual identification.

1. Go to the Icon tab in the New Topic form.

2. Select an icon category, then click your desired icon in the right pane. The selected icon is surrounded with the red border with its name shown below.

Set the topic options

Going to the Options tab, you can select status, state, type of the topic and more.

Details:

Field	Description
Type	Type of the topic specified by the topic type name and its icon. You can select it from the existing types. The administrator can add a new one by clicking (Note that only administrators can see .
Posts Moderation	Check this option if you want posts to be moderated before being viewed.
Posts Notification	Check this option to enable the notification email when there are new posts in your topic.
Sticky	Check this option to stick the topic. A sticky topic will be located at the top of the topics list. A sticky topic will not fall down in the list if any new posts are added.

Set topic permissions

Go to the Permissions tab, you can set rights to view and post on your topic for another users. By default, all users can view and reply on a topic.

To set the permission to certain users, you can enter their usernames manually or:

• Click to select users.

• Click to select users defined by specific roles.

• Click to select groups.

Regular users can only edit their own topic.

1. Click on the Action bar. For regular users, this button is only shown when you are the creator.

2. Click Edit from the drop-down menu to open the Edit Topic form.

3. Make changes to your desires. Also, leave the reason in the Reason field if needed.

4. Click Submit to finish.

Each topic may have a poll question with pre-defined options for users to select. As a regular user, you can only add a poll question to your own topic. Meanwhile, administrator and moderator can add the poll to any topics.

1. Go to the topic you want to add a poll.

2. Click on the Action bar, then select Add Poll from the drop-down menu.

3. Enter the poll question and options.

Details:

4. Click Submit Poll to complete. After adding a poll to the topic, is then displayed in the topics list.

To perform further actions on this poll, simply left-click More Actions on the Poll pane to open the drop-down menu. Here, you can edit, close/reopen or remove the poll by clicking the relevant button.

The Forum application provides an intuitive rating experience through a five-star scale. Your choice of five stars means the highest rating for the topic.

1. Go to the topic you want to vote.

2. Click on the Action bar.

The Rate This Topic form will appear.

3. Rate the topic by clicking the star. The number of selected stars will be changed from grey into yellow.

This function is for all logged-in users. Tags are keywords which are used as labels to describe or categorize the topic content. One topic may have several tag names. Using tags allows you to categorize topics based on the actual content. Even, it can be a better way to find a specific topic than a full-text search.

Tag a topic

1. Click on the Action bar.

An input text box will pop up.

2. Enter a tag name or multiple tags separated by a space or select existing tags in the suggestion list that appears when typing.

3. Press Enter or click Add Tag.

Tags assigned to the topic appears as follows.

Untag a topic

The first way

• Simply click next to that tag.

The second way

This way allows you to untag one or multiple topics.

1. Click the tag name to be directed to the tags management page.

2. Tick your desired topic checkboxes from the topics list.

3. Click on the Action bar, then select Untag from the drop-down menu.

You can post a reply quickly with plain texts without taking into account its format.

1. Scroll down to the bottom of the topic to see the Quick Reply box.

2. Enter you message. Use BBCodes to format text insert images, videos, or links.

3. Optionally, click Preview to view your reply before submitting it.

4. Click Quick Reply to send you message.

After posting your post, it will be highlighted, so you can notice it easily.

See also

You can post a reply with the full editor as follows:

1. Go to the topic you want to post a reply.

2. Click on the top or bottom of the topic.

3. Enter your message in the textbox. Use BBCodes to format texts, or insert images, videos and links.

Optionally, you can:

4. Optionally, click Preview to view your reply before submitting it.

5. Click Submit to finish.

If your post is the last one, its information will be shown at the Last Posts column of the forum.

The icon in the topic title allows you to jump to the last read post in that topic.

See also

You can send a private reply in a topic, which only allows the responded user to view the message content.

1. Go into the topic you want to post the reply.

2. Click under the post to open the Private Post form.

3. Enter your message and send it as described in the Post an advanced reply section.

You can include a quote from the previous message in your reply to a specific post. This may substantially increase the readability of the discussion topics when it is used correctly.

1. Click under the post you want to quote.

This will bring up the "Quote" form, with the previous message already quoted in the textbox.

2. Enter your message. Edit the quotation if necessary.

i. In the Content tab, the quoted content is wrapped between BBCodes tags [QUOTE][/QUOTE] which is automatically generated. Add your message content before or after this quoted content. You can create a quoted content manually by clicking from the WYSIWYG editor toolbar.

This will generate the quotation BBCodes tag for your message. After getting the quotation tag, enter your quotation between [QUOTE] and [/QUOTE].

ii. In the Icons and Smileys tab, select an icon for your reply here.

3. Click Submit to finish.

This function is to make changes on the post which has been submitted.

1. Click under the post you want to edit.

2. Make changes on the post, then click Submit to accept your changes. When you edit your post, you also can upload attachments, or delete an existing ones.

1. Click under your post that want to delete.

2. Click OK in the confirmation message to accept your deletion.

1. Click the username or avatar of the user you want to send message, then select Send Private Message from the drop-down menu.

The Private Messages form will appear.

2. Enter the username of the other recipients;

Or, click the icons next to the Send to field to select more others (if you want to send to many users at the same time).

3. Type your message title and content.

4. Click Save to send the message.

When you have received a private message, there will be a notification on your User bar.

Click Private Messages to open the Private Messages form.

Details:

This function is for all logged-in users to save links to categories, forums or topics into the Forum Bookmark.

1. Go into the object (category, forum or topic) you want to bookmark.

2. Click on the Action bar;

Or, right-click the object title and select Bookmark from the drop-down menu. The bookmarked link will be added to your bookmarks list.

To view bookmarks, click on the Action bar. This will bring up the My Bookmarks form, with the list of your bookmarked links. To view the bookmark, click a desired bookmark title from the list.

Simply click corresponding to the link that you want to delete.

The selected bookmarks will be removed from the bookmarks list.

By selecting the Profile tab, you can see your personal information and other preferences.

Here, you can:

Go to the Forum Settings tab in the Settings form. You can change preferences, such as time zone, date and time formats, and other display options.

Check/Uncheck the Show Forum Jump if you want to show/hide the Forum quick navigation at the bottom of the Forum page.

Go to the My Subscriptions tab in the Settings form, where you can update or delete existing subscriptions.

Next, click Save to accept your changes.

1. Go into the relevant forum.

2. Click on the Action bar, then click Edit from the drop-down menu.

3. Edit the forum properties.

4. Click Save to save all the changes.

Locking a forum will prevent all members from creating new topics and posting replies in this forum. All topics in a locked forum will be locked also, but their content is still viewable. Moderators can only lock/unlock the forum that they manage.

1. Go into the forum.

2. Click on the Action bar, then click Lock/Unlock from the drop-down menu.

Closed forums are invisible to regular users. To administrators and moderators, the content in a closed forum is still viewable, but creating topics and comments is disabled. Moderators can only close the forum that they are assigned to manage.

1. Go into the forum you want to close or open.

2. Click on the Action bar, then select Close or Open from the drop-down menu.

You can move a forum into another category as follows:

1. Go into the forum you want to move.

2. Click on the Action bar, then select Move from the drop-down menu.

A list of existing categories will appear. Select a destination category to which your selected forum will be moved.

Moderators can approve pending topics in forums that enable the 'Moderate Topic' option. All new topics added to these forums will be pending for approval. It means that nobody can view these topics except administrators and moderators of the forums. Pending topics are only viewable when they are approved.

The administrator and moderator will know the total number of pending topics at the right corner of their Forum Administration bar and User bar.

Moderator can view the list of topics to be moderated. See View all pending moderation tasks for more details.

The first way

1. Select topics by ticking their relevant checkboxes, then click on the Action bar if you are in a list of topics;

Or, if you are in a topic, simply click on the Action bar.

2. Click Approve from the drop-down menu.

The second way

1. Click on the Action bar, then click Approve from the drop-down menu. The Waiting for Approval form opens.

2. Select checkboxes corresponding to the posts you want to approve. You can preview the post when hovering your cursor over the post title.

3. Click Approve to accept your approval. Approved posts are shown normally for regular users to view and take some actions.

1. Select a topic to edit by ticking its respective checkbox.

2. Click on the Action bar, then click Edit from the drop-down menu that appears.

3. Make changes on the topic. Leave the reason for editing in the Reason field if needed.

Only administrators and moderators can perform these actions. Closed topics will be invisible to regular users. Moderator can only close or open topics in the category that he manages.

1. Select a topic by ticking its relevant checkbox, then click on the Action bar if you are in a topics list;

Or, click on the Action bar if you are in a topic.

2. Click Close or Open from the drop-down menu.

The icon of the closed topic will be changed to automatically.

Only administrators and moderators can perform this action. This function is used to move topics from a forum to another one. Moderator can only move topics between forums that he manages.

1. Select a topic by ticking its relevant checkbox, then click on the Action bar if you are in a topics list;

Or, click on the Action bar if you are in a topic.

2. Click Move from the drop-down menu.

3. Click a destination forum to move.

1. Select topics by ticking their corresponding checkboxes, then click on the Action bar if you are in a topics list;

Or, click on the Action bar if you are already in a topic.

2. Click Delete from the drop-down menu.

3. Click OK in the confirmation message to accept your deletion.

This function is for administrators and moderators only to lock inappropriate topics. All posts in a clocked topic are still viewable, but posting replies will be disabled.

1. Select a topic by ticking its corresponding checkbox, then click on the Action bar when you are in a topics list;

Or, click on the Action bar when you are in a topic.

2. Click Lock or Unlock from the drop-down menu.

This function is for administrators and moderators only to stick topics which will be located at the top of the topics list. The topics will not fall down the list if any new posts are added.

1. Select a topic by ticking the corresponding checkbox, then click on the Action bar when you are in a topics list.

Click on the Action bar if you are already in a topic which you want to stick/unstick.

2. Click Stick or Unstick from the drop-down menu that appears.

You can see the sticked topic in the top of the topics list.

When creating a new topic, you can also make this topic sticked by ticking the Sticky checkbox in the Options tab.

When there are two or more related topics, you may want to merge these topics into one.

1. Go to the topics list.

2. Select more than two topics to be merged by ticking their checkboxes.

3. Click on the forum Action bar.

4. Click Merge from the drop-down menu that appears. The Merge Topics form opens.

5. Select a destination topic which will be the main entry of the merged topic from the list of the existing topics.

6. Give one name for the new topic in the New Topic Title field if you want.

7. Click Save to accept.

After being merged, selected topics will be joined into one topic. All posts of the other topics are displayed as posts below the main entry.

A topic with more than two posts can be split into separate topics.

1. Go into the topic you want to split.

2. Click on the Action bar, and select Split from the drop-down menu. The Split Topic form opens.

3. Enter the name for the new topic in the New Topic field.

4. Select posts by ticking their respective checkboxes.

5. Click Save to complete.

The new topic will be displayed in the topics list with the new name. The last selected post will become the main entry of the new topic.

All posts in a topic that requires post moderation will not be viewable before approval. This function is to approve posts which are pending for approval.

You can select to approve a single post or multiple posts at the same time. The moderator can view the list of tasks to be moderated. See View all pending moderation tasks for more details.

The first way

1. Select the posts to approve.

2. Click on the Action bar, and select Approve from the drop-down menu.

The second way

1. Click on the Action bar, and click Approve from the drop-down menu. The Unapproved Topics List form opens.

2. Select checkboxes corresponding to the posts you want to approve. You will see the preview of the post when hovering your cursor over the post title.

3. Click Approve to accept your approval.

Approved posts are shown normally for regular users to view and take some actions.

The first way

1. Tick the checkbox corresponding to the post you want to delete.

2. Click on the Action bar, then select Delete from the drop-down menu.

3. Click OK in the confirmation message to accept your deletion.

The second way

1. Click under the post you want to delete.

2. Click OK in the confirmation message to accept your deletion.

You can move posts to a topic of your choice.

1. Select the post that you would like to move.

2. Click on the Action bar, then select Move from the drop-down menu.

3. Select a destination topic in the topics list that appears.

The moderator will be checked for "Move" permission. He can only move posts inside the forum that he manages. Therefore, at the destination topics list, only the topics which the Moderator has the "move" permission, are listed.

When a post is hidden, only administrators and moderators can view and manage it.

To hide a post, select on the Action bar, and click Hide from the drop-down menu.

After being hidden, the hidden post is marked with the 'Post Hidden!' label which cannot be viewed by regular users.

You can show a single or multiple hidden posts at the same time:

The first way

The second way

1. Click on the Action bar, then select Show from the drop-down menu.

2. Select hidden posts by ticking their checkboxes.

3. Click Show.

The administrators and moderators can uncensor all topics, posts containing censored keywords. These censored keywords are specified by Administrator. All topics and posts containing these keywords will be labeled with 'Pending and Censored' respectively.

The first way

1. Select censored posts/topics by ticking their checkboxes.

2. Select on the Action bar, then click Censor from the drop-down menu.

The second way

1. Click Moderation on the Action bar, then select Censor from the drop-down menu. A list of hidden posts appears.

2. Select hidden posts by ticking their relevant checkboxes.

3. Click Show.

In the Scoping tab, you can show/hide categories and forums in the Forum portlet by selecting or deselecting their respective checkboxes.

In the Panels tab, you can enable/disable some components in the Forum portlet.

Simply select/deselect checkboxes of the components that you want to enable or disable.

The following components can be enabled/disabled:

For example, if you have the Moderators or Show Statistics panel enabled, you will see it as below:

Forum Statistics

Before doing this function, you first need to have a knowledge of Ajax. Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is used in the Forum application, aiming at updating a whole webpage or a part of the webpage.

This feature defines how the links are generated in the Forum portlet. You can select to use Ajax or not.

Only when you are assigned as an administrator, you can do this function. Normally, one category is created as public and it allows everyone to access without any restrictions. Meanwhile, one restricted category only allows specific users/groups/memberships to access. Also, you can assign moderators to your category and specify a set of permissions for members in the category.

1. Click on the Forum Administration bar. The Category form will be displayed.

2. Enter the category title into the Title field which is required. Its length must be between 1 and 100 characters (Special characters and spaces are accepted).

In the Category tab, optionally you can also:

The first way

Enter names of users/groups/memberships that can access this category into the Restricted Audience textbox. The different values are separated by commas.

The second way

Use selectors next to the Restricted audience textbox.

i. Click to select a specific user from the groups list.

ii. Click to select all users with the specific membership in a group.

iii. Click to select a group of users.

Optionally, select the Permissions tab to specify the category permissions.

3. Click Save to finish.

1. Select a category to edit from the Forum homepage, then click on the Action bar when you are in the categories list.

2. Click Edit from the drop-down menu.

3. Make changes on the category properties.

4. Click Save to save your changes.

1. Select a category to delete from the Forum homepage, then click on the Action bar.

2. Click Delete from the drop-down menu.

3. Click OK in the confirmation message to accept your deletion.

Add a new forum to a specific category

1. Go into the category to which you want to add a new forum.

2. Click on Forum Administration bar;

Or, click on the Action bar and select Add Forum.

3. Enter the forum title which is required. Its length must be less than 50 characters, including spaces.

Optionally, you can:

• Enter the order for your forum that must be in the positive integer format.

• Select the forum state.

• Select the forum status.

• Give brief description for your forum.

4. Click Save to finish.

The administrators and moderators of a forum may want to get updated of what is new in forums under their management. This can be done when creating a new forum.

When creating a forum, you can set moderation-related options.

1. Select the Moderation Options tab in the Forum form.

2. Do actions in the relevant fields.

Details:

Only administrators can perform this action. When a forum is removed, all of its topics will then be deleted.

1. Go into the forum you want to remove.

2. Click on the Action bar, then select Delete from the drop-down menu.

3. Click OK in the confirmation message to accept your deletion.

In the Profile tab, you can promote your selected user to an administrator or a moderator by editing the following fields:

Field	Description
Forum Administrator	Grant the Administrator role to a selected user or not. The Administration role of the default administrator cannot be edited in the User Management form.
Moderator of Categories	The list of categories moderated by the selected user. Click to select a category.
Moderator of Forums	The list of forums moderated by the selected user. Click to select a forum.

Also, you can modify the user's profile in the following fields:

You can modify the forum settings set by your selected user by going to the Settings tab in the User Management form.

For the detailed descriptions in the User Settings form, see User settings.

This function is to ban users from the Forum application or specific forums and categories. To do so, go to the Ban User tab and tick the Banned checkbox.

Details:

See also

Click on the Forum Administration bar, then click Sort Settings from the drop-down menu. The Sort Settings form opens. Now, you can set properties for how forums and topics are sorted in Forum.

Censored keywords are those which are specified as inappropriate in the Forum application. If any topics or posts contain censored keywords, they will be hidden until being verified by Administrators or Moderators. Click on the Forum Administration bar and click Censor Keywords from the drop-down menu. The Censor Keyword form will be displayed.

Enter censored keywords in the Censored Keywords field. Keywords are separated by commas.

If there are new posts in the category or topic that a user has watched, the user will receive the email notification like this.

This section will describe how to create and edit the email templates that can be used to send email notifications to users.

Click on the Forum Administration bar and click Notifications from the drop-down menu to open the Notifications form.

The Notifications form consists of two tabs:

Details:

The followings are variables which can be used in the template:

The common variables for both tabs:

The variables used in the New Post Notification tab:

The variables used in the Moved Notification tab:

These variables are used to load the content dynamically. Thus, you should not edit them. In case the template is changed unexpectedly, you can go back to the default template by clicking . You can use the text editor to format the template as you wish.

By default, there are some default BBCode tags that are initialized via plugins: "[B]", "[I]", "[U]", "[FONT]", "[HIGHLIGHT]", "[IMG]", "[CSS]", "[URL]", "[GOTO]", "[QUOTE]", "[LEFT]", "[RIGHT]", "[CENTER]", "[JUSTIFY]", "[SIZE]", "[COLOR]", "[CSS]", "[EMAIL]", "[CODE]", "[LIST]", "[WIKI], "[SLIDESHARE]". You can add, edit or delete the BBCode tags.

Click on the Forum Administration bar, then select BBCodes from the drop-down menu to open the BBCode Manager form.

Here, you can do the following actions:

Add a new BBCode

1. Click Add BBCode in the BBCode Manager form to open the Add BBCode form.

2. Input values into the Add BBCode form.

Details:

Field	Description
Tag	This is the text for BBCode, which goes inside the square bracket.
Replacement	The HTML codes that replace the user-entered BBCode.
Description	The brief description about this BBCode tag.
Example	The sample of the BBCode in use.
Use {option}	Allow BBCode tag to have option or not.
Preview	Click this button to preview your rendered BBCode.
	Click this icon to see descriptions of each field.

3. Click Save to finish or Reset to clear all input fields.

Edit a BBCode

1. Click corresponding to the relevant BBCode tag in the BBCode Manager form.

2. Make changes on the BBCode tag.

3. Click Save to finish your changes

Activate/Deactivate a BBCode

Any BBCode can be activated/deactivated.

• To activate an existing BBCode tag, tick the relevant checkbox.

• To deactivate an existing BBCode tag, simply deselect the relevant checkbox. The entered BBCode will be displayed as the plain text.

The pruning allows you to clean a large amount of obsolete and inactive topics based on criteria.

1. Click on the Forum Administration bar and click Pruning from the drop-down menu to open the Auto Prune form.

2. Click corresponding to the forum you want to set the prune settings.

3. Specify the criteria.

4. Click to check how many topics will be pruned.

5. Click Save to accept settings.

After setting the prune successfully, the auto-prune will be run automatically on the forum that has been set to check for the inactivate topics.

The topic type is the visual indication for other users to know what is topic about at a glance. When creating a new topic, users can select the topic type that they are going to start. The administrator can define these topic types.

Click on the Forum Administration bar and click Topic Types from the drop-down menu to open the Topic Type Manager form.

The Topic Type Manager form lists all topic types and allows you to add new topic types, edit or delete the existing ones.

Click Add Topic Type in the Topic Type Manager form.

Click next to the Type field in the Option tab of the New Topic or Edit Topic form.

(Note that only administrators can see .)

2. Enter the topic name in the Type field, then select an icon for this topic type.

3. Click Save to accept adding your new topic type. You will see the new topic type added.

Administrators can ban IP addresses used by users who abuse the forum functions or violate the forum rules and policies. All banned IPs cannot be used to add posts to all forums in the Forum application. Any users who use banned IPs to add post, will be recognized as the banned user. As the result, the banned user can only view in Forum.

Click on the Forum Administration bar then click Banned IPs from the drop-down menu. The Banned IPs form appears.

Besides, you can also filter the banned IPs if there are so many banned IPs.

To filter banned IPs, enter a part of the IPs address into filter textbox, all IPs matching with filter term will be displayed.

The Export function is a best way to back up data in the Forum application. This function allows you to export categories and forums in the Forum application into the .zip or .xml file. When a category/forum is exported, all of its forum, topics, posts and properties are also exported. This exported file can be used to import into the Forum application.

Backing up a category & forum includes the following actions:

Export a category

1. Click on the Forum Administration bar.

2. Click Export from the drop-down menu to open the Export Categories form.

Details:

Field	Description
File Name	Enter the name of the exported file.
Export All	Check this option to export all data in Forum, such as all categories, user profiles and forum statistics.
Only Categories	Check this option to export the selected categories only.

3. Select categories and enter the file name into the File Name field.

4. Click Save.

Export a forum

This function is used to export forums and all topics inside the Forum application into the .xml or .zip file.

The first way

1. Go into a forum and click on the Action bar.

2. Click Export Forum from the drop-down menu to open the Export Forums form.

3. Input the file name.

4. Tick the Compress checkbox to export the file into the .zip file or leave it blank to export into .xml file.

5. Click Save to get and store the exported file in your local device.

The second way

1. Go into a category containing the forum you want to export.

2. Click on the Action bar, then click Export Forums from the drop-down menu.

3. Select a forum you want to export by ticking the relevant checkbox.

4. Select the Compress checkbox to export the file in the .zip format or leave it blank to export in the .xml format.

5. Click Save to get and store the exported file in your local device.

Import a category

1. Click on the Forum Administrator bar, then click Import from the drop-down menu to open the Import Category form.

2. Click Browse... or the Upload Files field to open the File Upload form. Browse and select the file to import.

3. Click Save.