View Topic

In order to start viewing a topic, you should click on its subject. The window shown below will appear:

Information about the topic (its author, date of creation and category) is displayed under the topic subject. The pop-up help box containing information about the author of the topic and his or her picture will appear, if you point the cursor over the author's name. If you click on the category name, you will move to the corresponding category of the Board. The # sign is displayed to the right of the number of comments in the topic and to the right of the date of each comment. It is a permanent link to the topic or comment in it. This link can be copied via the context menu and inserted to your messages.

The edit, close and delete buttons appear to the right of the comments counter. You will see them, if you are the author of that topic or if you have administrator access rights for this. You will be moved to the topic-editing window, if you press the "Edit" button. Usage instructions are given in the "Creation of a New Topic" section.

You can close discussion in the topic by pressing "Close". Once you've pressed it the users will not be able to add comments to this topic anymore. Closed topics are displayed in the list marked by special icons. The topic can be opened again by pressing the "Open" button that appears instead of the "Close" button.

You can delete the topic by pressing the "Delete" button. The box containing the question: "Do you want to delete the message?" will appear if you press it. Press "OK" to confirm deletion.

If there are more than 25 comments in the topic, a line for switching between pages will appear under the first message of the topic and under the last comment on the page. You can move up and down on the page using the scroll bar located in the right part of the window, or using the scroll wheel of your mouse.

In order to return to the list of topics, press the "Back to list" button located in the upper part of the tab.

Adding Comments

If you want to add a comment, you should enter the necessary topic and press New comment. This button is located in two places of the window: under the first message of the topic and under the last comment on the page. As soon as you press it, the window of the message editor will appear. Once having written the text of your comment, you should press the "Add" button to save your comment in the topic. If you press "Cancel", the message editor window will be closed without saving your comment.

Replying to a Comment

If you want to reply to a comment, you should press reply that appears to the right of the comment author's name, if you point your mouse cursor over it. If you press this button, the window of the message editor will appear. The only difference from the above case is the presence of an automatically prepared quotation of the commented message in the message editor window:

If you move your cursor to your comment, the additional buttons, edit and delete, will appear. They are used for editing and deleting your comments, respectively.

Manipulations with Attachments

If a board topic contains attached files, you can copy them to the "Documents" module right from the topic-viewing mode by pressing the button that appears to the right of the attached file name when you point the mouse cursor over it. This function is available if you have access to the "Documents" module.