Create a forum topic

Create a new forum topic to begin discussion of a new subject.

Topics start a message thread to which other users can reply. A forum can have any number of topics.
  1. Click Discussions in the project navigation bar.
  2. On the Forum Summary page, click the title of the forum in which you want to create a topic.
  3. On the Topic Summary page, click Create.
  4. On the Create a Topic page, describe the topic in the Subject field.
  5. Write the message in the Message field. After the topic is created, other users can reply to this message.
  6. To add an attachment to the topic, click Browse and select the file.
  7. Click Save.

The forum topic is created.

Note: On creating a topic in a moderated discussion forum, the topic is archived in an unmoderated state, until approved by a moderator. However, the forum topics created by trusted users do not require the moderator's approval.