Posts and Tags: Post settings

[Jay Moonah]

1) Settings > Groups

• Click SETTINGS on the top navigation to reveal the drop-down menu, then click Posts.

2) Post Sorting

• Includes:
  • Default Post Sorting
  • Default Topic Sorting

3) Post Restrictions

• Includes:
  • Seconds between Posts
  • Seconds between Posts for New Users
  • Reputation threshold before this restriction is lifted(In other words, when a user is no longer considered “new” for the purpose of posting)
  • Seconds be new users can post
  • Number of seconds users are allowed to edit posts after posting
  • Minimum Title Length
  • Maximum Title Length
  • Minimum Post Length
  • Maximum Post Length
  • Days until Topic is consider stale

4) Teaser Settings

• Teaser Post
  • The teaser is shown at the right hand side for forums using the Persona theme.

5) Unread Settings

• Unread cutoff days
  • Posts older than this will not appear in user’s unread list.
• Minimum posts in topic before tracking last read

6) Signature Settings

• Disable signatures (toggle)
• Disable links in signatures (toggle)
• Disable images in signatures (toggle)
• Maximum Signature Length

7) Composer Settings

• Show “Help” tab (toggle)
• Allow plugins to add content to the help tab (toggle)
• Custom Help Text
  • This is the text for the Help button shown at the top right corner of the compose message area.

8 ) IP Tracking

• Track IP Address for each post (toggle)

9) Save changes

• The ‘disk’ button at the bottom of the page saves any changes. Changes that are not saved will be discarded after leaving this page.