Time for action - creating a forum

Now, let's go ahead and see how we set up the legal forum for Janet:

1. 1. From the group homepage, click on the Forums tab.

2. 2. You will probably see that there are currently no forums in your group. Let's quickly change that by clicking on the New Forum button.

3. 3. The add forum page is now open. Give your forum a relevant Title.

4. 4. Then fill in the Description giving a simple explanation of what the forum will be used for.

5. 5. You will also see a little button that says Settings; click it. There is an option to automatically subscribe users; if this is set to Yes then all group members will start receiving e-mail updates about this forum. Janet wants her users to decide for themselves if they would like to subscribe so we leave it set to No.

6. 6. There is also an option to add Moderators for the forum. Moderators are non-admin members who you have confidence in to edit and delete other peoples' topics or posts. Janet has decided that she would like to have one Moderator...