Hierarchy of Discussion Board Elements
A Discussion Board consists of a five-level hierarchy, illustrated below. Before creating a Discussion Board, it is important to understand the elements of the hierarchy.
Ektron CMS400.NET supports an unlimited number of Discussion Boards. Each board must follow the hierarchy. Below is the hierarchy with sample data, to explain how each element is used.
Within the Workarea, Discussion Boards appear as top-level folders in the folder structure. Forums appears under them. Both folders us this icon (
) to distinguish them from content and blog folders.
If you click a Discussion Board, you see its Subjects and Forums on the right side of the Workarea, as shown below.
If you click a Discussion Forum, you see its topics. If you click a topic, you see its posts, as shown below.
