Discussion Groups Setup

You can set up as many discussion groups as you want by logging on as an administrator and clicking Discuss.

Each discussion group contains the following configuration options:

Full Name - a complete name for the discussion group which will appear as a headline

URL Name - a short name for the discussion group which lets you make a simplified URL people can use to access the discussion group. For example, if your URL name is cats and your web server is running at http://fogbugz.example.com, this discussion group will be located at http://fogbugz.example.com/?cats (notice the question mark).

Tagline - a brief description of the discussion group, which will appear below the headline. May contain HTML tags.

Sidebar - text which will appear in the left-hand sidebar of the discussion group. May contain HTML tags. This can be used to make links to other popular locations, to provide guidelines and FAQs, or for a picture of your cat.

Posting Guidelines - text which will appear right below the message text entry field telling people some basic rules for posting to the discussion group.

Days on Home Page - A number determining how many days worth of topics will be listed on the main page. For busy discussion groups, use a low number like 7 to keep the main page manageable. For new discussion groups, 30 is a good start. Anything older than this number of days will disappear from the main page (although it will still be visible in the archive).

Sort Posts - determines whether FogBugz will automatically attempt to delete posted spam and hold suspicious posts for moderator approval. More about moderation

Open to Public - determines whether you need to be logged onto FogBugz to participate in the discussion group. Of course, your FogBugz server needs to be on a public-facing website on the public Internet.