Each wikidot wiki can have it's own forum. Wikidot forums do not use bbcode, instead they use wiki syntax.
Set Up a Forum
Forums are not activated by default — you have to activate yours using your Site Manager.
To use the Comments Module or Per-Page Discussion, the forum needs to activated first.
Starting a Forum
If you are building a community as well as a wiki, getting your forum started is important. Your wiki forum will be used by your members as the primary method of communicating.
Starting Activity
The first rule of all forums is :
- Members will not post unless there is already forum activity.
This means that you need to make as much as an effort as possible to post interesting topics in your forum, even if you expect no one to reply.
The second rule of of all forums is :
- Members will not join a small, mostly inactive forum.
To get out of this Catch-22, PM 
hartnell and he will help you get your forum started.
Recommended Forum Structure
This forum structure is recommended for all wiki forums.
- Community
- Introduce Yourself (Introductions) - Introduce yourself and make friends quickly!
- General Chat - talk about anything
- Wiki Chat - a place to talk about the wiki itself
Forum Structure
Forums are structured in this way :
- Forum
- Group
- Category
- Thread
- Individual Posts
- Thread
- Category
- Group
Categories
Moving Threads
Forum Administration
Private Forum
If your wiki is private, your forum will also be private. There is no current way to make one category or post private while keeping the rest private. We are unsure if this feature is in development. It is known to be highly requested.
Forum Notification and RSS
Posting Block
Known Problems
- [[toc]] (table of contents) does not work in forum posts. This is not an issue for most people, however, it could be useful to users who create long, informative forum posts for discussion, debate, and education.
Forum Modules
- ForumCategory Module - lists the threads in a forum category.
- ForumStart Module - displays the first page of your forum.
- ForumThread Module - displays a specific forum thread.
- FrontForum Module - can display forum threads like a blog.
- MiniActiveThreads Module - displays most active threads of a forum.
- MiniRecentPosts Module - displays a 'mini' of the recent posts of the forum.
- MiniRecentThreads Module - displays the most recent threads of a forum.
- RecentPosts Module - displays the most recent posts of the forum.
CSS
- td.last .odate - selects the 'X days ago' for the last post for categories in forum groups and threads in forum categories.
Related Pages
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