You can control the groups within Bulletin Boards by managing groups on your website. Click here for instructions for managing groups on your website.

Steps: How to Configure the Bulletin Board

1. Click to add a check mark next to "Configure Blocks" under the Click to Preview button.

2. Click on the Config button in the bulletin board block.

3. Configure settings for the bulletin board.

• Basic – The basic settings let you rename the lable "Topic" to another name, select if topics are private, andchoose the order topics appear in.

• Publication – The publication settings determine what is shown or hidden. You can choose if a topic will be listed under the board name or if the name will be displayed alone as a link, choose how many topics are displayed, and choose if subscribers are published or not. 

• Content Display – The content display settings specify how the preview of an topic is shown within the list of topics on that board.

• Email – The email settings set prefix text appended to every email from the board (example: “HotDoodle User Board”) and setup replies. You can also place the board in newsletter mode See: Bulletin Boards Block as Newsletter 

• Signature – This text editor allows you to type a boilerplate message or personalized heading to appear on any email sent from the bulletin board.

4. Click the "Save" button.

Steps: How to Manage Categories

1. Click to add a check mark next to "Configure Blocks" under the Click to Preview button.

2. Click on the Config button in the bulletin board block.

3. Click on the "Manage Categories" link.

4. Click the "New Board" link to add a new category the the Bulletin Boards.

5. Click the "Edit" button next to edit an existing category, click the red "X" icon to delete a category, and/or click the green arrows to move a category up or down in the list.

6. Click "Return to Main Page" when complete.