The forum format is a perfect choice for organizing a community with people posting on different subjects. It works similarly to a Facebook wall where you can add specific tags to help your community sift through the content.
Ideal for threaded discussions and peer dialogue.
How to create a forum space
You also have the option to keep this space Open or Private. Or to schedule this space to be published on a specific date and time.
Once everything is set, click on the Create space button
How to create a post
To create your first post, enter the Forum space and follow the steps below:
Click on the Create post box
Enter your post title and its main content.
Use formatting bar to format your text by selecting “A”
Add content such as hyperlinks, images, videos
Note: On Forum spaces, comments will be enabled by default in Post format, but as Manager you can disable this setting if you don't want to allow participants to comment on your posts.
Edit a post
It is possible to edit a post after you’ve published it.
A participant can edit their own post.
A manager can edit participants’ posts.
To edit your post:
Locate your post
Click on the three vertical dots
Choose Edit option
Forum settings
To adjust the Forum settings, click on the gear icon in the Create post box.
Here are the settings options:
Display as
You can choose to display your posts in a list or grid view:
You can choose to sort posts by date created, last active, or alphabetic:
Display options
The display options will be set as below by default, but you can choose to disable them.
New post format
Posts: Create posts on specific topics in a format similar to a Facebook feed or a blog
Discussions: Start separate discussions on specific topics
Link: Share links from other spaces and events (Example: https://sutra.co/space/pgwstm/events)
Template: Template spaces can either be direct subspaces of this space, or they can be linked spaces. Linked spaces are independent top level spaces that will show up on this page. The creator of the space will become a full manager of the space that they create.
Tags
You can pre-create tags that can be added to each post by the members to help them filter the messages by specific topics:
And that's the view they will get when writting a new post:
And when navigating from the Forum/Community space, they will have the option to click in one of the tags to filter all posts that were created using that tag:
Troubleshooting
Participants can't comment on a post — Comments are enabled by default in Post format, but a manager may have disabled them. Open the post's settings and re-enable commenting.
You need to fix a post after publishing — Posts can be edited after they're published. Locate the post, click the three vertical dots, and choose Edit. Managers can edit participants' posts.
Tags aren't available when creating a post — Tags must be pre-created in the Forum settings before members can apply them. Open the gear icon in the Create post box to add them.
What's next
Once your forum is set up, organize discussions with the tag feed and invite people to start posting.