Other Administrative Tasks
This section covers other administrative details and tasks that might be of interest.
Database Reference
The following tables in the main JICS database store information specific to the Forums feature:
ICS_ForumCategory
ICS_ForumMessage
ICS_ForumMessageFile
ICS_ForumMessageImage
ICS_ForumSubscription
ICS_ForumThread
ICS_ForumTopic
ICS_ForumUser
ICS_ForumViewer
Note
If you see duplicate versions of some of these tables that end in “72”—for example ICS_ForumCategory_72—these were used by version 7.2 of JICS, and they remain in your database for historical reasons. However, when you upgraded to a version higher than 7.3, all of the data from these tables was transferred to the tables referenced above.
How To
For each instance of the Forums feature, you must decide whether anonymous posts will be allowed. By default, anonymous postings are not allowed.
Log in to the portal as a member of the Administrators role or someone with Can Administer Portlet privileges in the appropriate feature instance. Navigate to this feature instance.
Maximize the feature and click the Edit Forum button.
The system displays the Edit Forum page. At the top of the screen is a field labeled Allow Anonymous Posting, which includes a checkbox that allows users to post messages anonymously.
Select or deselect the checkbox as appropriate. The system automatically saves your selection as soon as you make it.
By default, the system has a 2 MB maximum for attachments and images that are attached to each post or reply. However, you can change this if appropriate. This configuration choice affects all instances of the Forums feature.
Note that if you change the maximum to zero, the system removes the file upload and image attachment features from the screen where users create posts and replies.
Log in to the portal as a member of the Administrators role or someone with Can Admin privileges in the appropriate context. Navigate to the appropriate feature instance.
Click the user icon and select Site Manager from the drop-down menu.
The system displays the Site Manager screen, with the Site settings tab selected by default.
Locate the Forum Portlet, Individual Post/Reply files and images label. Use the corresponding text box to specify the maximum size, in megabytes, for attachments for each post.
Click Save.
By default, the Search field in the Forums feature is set up to ignore certain words, including the following:
and
or
the
in
of
where
how
is
why
when
by
If desired, you can change this list. You do this by modifying the FWK_Globalization table. Locate the entry with the Text_Key of TXT_SEARCH_IGNORE_LIST. This entry includes a Text_Value field that lists all the keywords the system will ignore. Feel free to add or remove words as appropriate.