Featured topics
The "featured topics" feature enables you to give more exposure to topics on your community by featuring them either on the top or on the bottom of your community.
Settings
To edit the settings of your featured topics, log in to your community and click on the admin link in your navigation bar.
From the control panel, click on 'display preferences' (In the community settings section) .
Scroll down on the page to your featured topics options.
Enable featured topics
Each new community has the featured topics enabled by default. Uncheck the box to disable the featured topics option.
Enable auto-featured topics
Check this box to enable auto-featuring of your topics after they have a certain amount of kudos.
Auto feature threshold
Specify the amount of kudos a topic must have in order to be auto-featured.
Display amount
Specify how many featured topics you allow on the main page and on the forum pages.
Featured topics type
Select either cloud display or classic display.
Classic display:
Cloud display:
Featured topics position
Check whether you want the featured topics displayed on the top or on the bottom of your board.
Top
The featured topics will be displayed between the domain announcement and the topmost form.
Bottom
The featured topics will be displayed between the last forum and the community statistics section.
Featuring topics
To feature a topic, go to the forum where the topic is located.
Check the box and open your topic tools.
select 'feature topics' from your tools and the topic will be featured.
Frequently asked questions
Are all featured topics displayed on the main page and in every forum?
All featured topics are displayed on the main page.
Each individual forum page only displays the featured topics that are located in that specific forum.
Will featured topics remain in their forum as well, or will they only be displayed in the featured topics section?
Featured topics will be displayed in the forum as well as in the featured topics section.
How do you control the order of featured topics?
The topic that was featured last will be located at the top. If you feature topics A, B and C in that order, they will be displayed as
C
B
A
If you wish to change the order of the topics, you can un-feature them and then feature them again in a different order.
What if I stick a topic in one of my forums that is featured, will it move to the top of the featured topics section?
Sticking a topic will not affect the order in which your topics are featured.
What happens when someone replies to a featured topic, does it move to the top?
Your featured topics list is static. When someone replies to one of the featured topics, the topics will not be moved out of order.
Also, when someone replies to a featured topic on the main page of your board, after the reply has been posted, they will automatically be taken to the forum of origin of the featured topic.
How do I remove a featured topic?
Go to the forum where the topic is located.
Check off the box next to the topic. Go to your topic tools and select "unfeature topic". The topic will be removed from the featured topics list but it will remain in its forum of course.
When a topic is featured, will it also be at the top in its forum of origin?
Unless the topic is sticky and already at the top, it will not move to the top. It will act just like any other topic in that forum.
Who can feature topics?
Board owner and administrators can feature topics.
Moderators can feature topics of the forums they moderate.
Is it possible to feature a topic that is in a private forum? If so, will all users see it?
Yes this is possible. You can feature topics from all forums, this includes MBA forums, invisible forums and forums with any kind of restrictions.
However, this is not a bright idea. Members of your board who do not have access to the forum where the topic is located will see the topic in the featured topics section. When they click on the topic they will be confronted with the forum restrictions and will be unable to read it. This is not recommended.
The "featured topics" feature enables you to give more exposure to topics on your community by featuring them either on the top or on the bottom of your community.
Settings
To edit the settings of your featured topics, log in to your community and click on the admin link in your navigation bar.
From the control panel, click on 'display preferences' (In the community settings section) .
Scroll down on the page to your featured topics options.
Enable featured topics
Each new community has the featured topics enabled by default. Uncheck the box to disable the featured topics option.
Enable auto-featured topics
Check this box to enable auto-featuring of your topics after they have a certain amount of kudos.
Auto feature threshold
Specify the amount of kudos a topic must have in order to be auto-featured.
Display amount
Specify how many featured topics you allow on the main page and on the forum pages.
Featured topics type
Select either cloud display or classic display.
Classic display:
Cloud display:
Featured topics position
Check whether you want the featured topics displayed on the top or on the bottom of your board.
Top
The featured topics will be displayed between the domain announcement and the topmost form.
Bottom
The featured topics will be displayed between the last forum and the community statistics section.
Featuring topics
To feature a topic, go to the forum where the topic is located.
Check the box and open your topic tools.
select 'feature topics' from your tools and the topic will be featured.
Frequently asked questions
Are all featured topics displayed on the main page and in every forum?
All featured topics are displayed on the main page.
Each individual forum page only displays the featured topics that are located in that specific forum.
Will featured topics remain in their forum as well, or will they only be displayed in the featured topics section?
Featured topics will be displayed in the forum as well as in the featured topics section.
How do you control the order of featured topics?
The topic that was featured last will be located at the top. If you feature topics A, B and C in that order, they will be displayed as
C
B
A
If you wish to change the order of the topics, you can un-feature them and then feature them again in a different order.
What if I stick a topic in one of my forums that is featured, will it move to the top of the featured topics section?
Sticking a topic will not affect the order in which your topics are featured.
What happens when someone replies to a featured topic, does it move to the top?
Your featured topics list is static. When someone replies to one of the featured topics, the topics will not be moved out of order.
Also, when someone replies to a featured topic on the main page of your board, after the reply has been posted, they will automatically be taken to the forum of origin of the featured topic.
How do I remove a featured topic?
Go to the forum where the topic is located.
Check off the box next to the topic. Go to your topic tools and select "unfeature topic". The topic will be removed from the featured topics list but it will remain in its forum of course.
When a topic is featured, will it also be at the top in its forum of origin?
Unless the topic is sticky and already at the top, it will not move to the top. It will act just like any other topic in that forum.
Who can feature topics?
Board owner and administrators can feature topics.
Moderators can feature topics of the forums they moderate.
Is it possible to feature a topic that is in a private forum? If so, will all users see it?
Yes this is possible. You can feature topics from all forums, this includes MBA forums, invisible forums and forums with any kind of restrictions.
However, this is not a bright idea. Members of your board who do not have access to the forum where the topic is located will see the topic in the featured topics section. When they click on the topic they will be confronted with the forum restrictions and will be unable to read it. This is not recommended.
