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== What is it for? ==
The town forum is a place for town members to communicate. To open the town forum, click the "Town Forum" button located on the left side of the screen.  
The Town Forum is a chat board for the town. The founder of a town may create this forum when he founds the town.


It is useful for announcements, voting, and just general chat. Although it is not quite the same as the chat board at the bottom of the screen.
==Creating and Editing Forums==
In order to use the town forum a forum must be created first. To create a forum, click the "Manage Forum" link at the bottom right of the page. At the top of the new page, in the box labelled "Create Forum", simply type in a name for the forum and click OK. You may create multiple forums here, as well as manage and delete existing forums.  


== Editing ==
Town management has the power to edit and delete posts, as well as edit, move, lock, and delete threads. In addition, town management may start polls and label a thread as "Important", which will keep it listed at the top of the forum. However, only founders can access the Manage Forum page.  
Only the town founder may create new forums, but the counselors may edit, delete, and create surveys.  


== Hidden Forum ==
==Hidden Forums==
In case you didn't know this, there is a hidden forum for the founder and his counselors. Other citizens cannot see this forum. In Fact, some may not even know it exists!
Hidden Forums are forums that are only visible to the town's founder(s) and counselors. The button leading to the forum will appear to all members of the town; however, members ranked citizens will be lead to a page stating: "You cannot access the internal forums."


To create a hidden forum, simply check the "Hidden Forum" box to the right of where you enter the name.  To make an already existing forum a hidden forum, change the Access from "Town Forum" to "Hidden Forum."  You may also make hidden forums town forums in the same way.


== National Forums ==
==Sharing Forums==
In the forum, the founder may invite a foreign town into the forum. These are called "National Forums." These are useful for alliance conversations or if your friends are in another town, you may still interact with them.
Towns have the option to share their forums with other towns.  To invite foreign towns to your forums, go to the bottom half of the Manage Forum page, type in the name of the town you want to invite, and select which forum you want to invite them to. Here you can also accept and decline invitations from other towns, as well as delete invitations you sent to other towns. You can invite multiple towns to a single forum and share more than one forum with another town.


--[[User:Ollieman|Ollieman]] 20:42, 18 September 2010 (CEST)
--[[User:FReddy|Freddy =/]] 20:51, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
--[[User:FReddy|Freddy =/]] 20:51, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Revision as of 18:42, 18 September 2010

The town forum is a place for town members to communicate. To open the town forum, click the "Town Forum" button located on the left side of the screen.

Creating and Editing Forums

In order to use the town forum a forum must be created first. To create a forum, click the "Manage Forum" link at the bottom right of the page. At the top of the new page, in the box labelled "Create Forum", simply type in a name for the forum and click OK. You may create multiple forums here, as well as manage and delete existing forums.

Town management has the power to edit and delete posts, as well as edit, move, lock, and delete threads. In addition, town management may start polls and label a thread as "Important", which will keep it listed at the top of the forum. However, only founders can access the Manage Forum page.

Hidden Forums

Hidden Forums are forums that are only visible to the town's founder(s) and counselors. The button leading to the forum will appear to all members of the town; however, members ranked citizens will be lead to a page stating: "You cannot access the internal forums."

To create a hidden forum, simply check the "Hidden Forum" box to the right of where you enter the name. To make an already existing forum a hidden forum, change the Access from "Town Forum" to "Hidden Forum." You may also make hidden forums town forums in the same way.

Sharing Forums

Towns have the option to share their forums with other towns. To invite foreign towns to your forums, go to the bottom half of the Manage Forum page, type in the name of the town you want to invite, and select which forum you want to invite them to. Here you can also accept and decline invitations from other towns, as well as delete invitations you sent to other towns. You can invite multiple towns to a single forum and share more than one forum with another town.

--Ollieman 20:42, 18 September 2010 (CEST) --Freddy =/ 20:51, 28 July 2010 (UTC)