Re: Moderating free forum

Posted by GregChapman on Oct 08, 2011; 9:54pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Moderating-free-forum-tp6873076p6873302.html

amitsarvaiye wrote

Hello. I just plan to use your free forum for our website. Is there an option for moderating posts...approve or disapprove any post??

No!

Nabble does not operate like a mail list. It operates as a forum. You approve (and trust) users not individual posts.

Bear in mind that a mail list has a single level. Anyone can join, using any mail address, even a false one, and post. Hence the need to moderate individual posts.

On a forum a user must provide a valid email address when they register, so it is more secure and the user easier to trace. This is why registration to is used to allow people to post and as they become trusted, you then grant them permission to post at ever deeper levels. Hence moderation of individual posts should never be necessary.

Is there any way of creating sub-forums in your free forum?

Yes! Login as an administrator and select OPTIONS > STRUCTURE > CREATE SUB-FORUM (Create as many levels as you wish!)

Also can there be customization of the free forum?

Yes! There's a huge range available, affecting the nature of the Nabble application, general layout, considerable customisation using CSS, and more! (and shortly, through NAML, Nabble's own markup language, even more control of appearance.