Forum elements allow messages to be posted and kept on your website for future viewing.

A typical forum element.

Users can create and edit their posts by clicking on the appropriate hyperlinks within a forum element. However, website administrators can edit any forum post.

In message posts, text strings such as :) and :( are automatically replaced with small corresponding images known as smilies or emoticons. A list of standard smilies is shown below.

Text String	Smiley	Text String	Smiley
:)		:laugh:
;)		:mad:
;P		:confused:
:-D		:|
:(		X|
:((		:suss:
:-O		:cool:
:rolleyes:		:eek:

The standard set of smilies.

It is possible to format a message post by inserting tags into the message text. The following tags are supported:

Message Text	Displayed As
[B]This text is bold[/B]	This text is bold
[I]This text is written in italics[/I]	This text is written in italics
[CODE]This text is in a fixed-pitch font, and it preserves both     spaces and line breaks [/CODE]	This text is in a fixed-pitch font, and it preserves both spaces and line breaks
[URL target="_blank" href="http://www.riversideinternet.com"]Here is a link to Riverside Internet[/URL] Note: The target attribute is used to detemine where the target URL is opened. Use _blank to open the target URL in a new window  and _self to open the target URL in the same window it was clicked. The target attribute can be ommitted, in which case a default value of _blank is used.	Here is a link to Riverside Internet
[IMG src="http://www.riversideinternet.com/underground.jpg" alt="Underground" width="133" height="100"][/IMG] Note: The only mandatory attribute is the src attribute, which is used to specify the location of the image to display. The alt attribute is used to specify a short description of the image, while the width and height attributes tell the web browser the width and height that should be used when displaying the image.
[QUOTE alias="Mike Puddephat"]Forum elements allow messages to be posted and kept on your website for future viewing. Users can edit their own posts. However, users with administrator rights can edit and moderate any forum posts.[/QUOTE]	Originally Posted By: Mike Puddephat Forum elements allow messages to be posted and kept on your website for future viewing. Users can edit their own posts. However, users with administrator rights can edit and moderate any forum posts.

Tags that can be used to format message posts.

When in administration mode, click the Edit hyperlink above a forum to update it. Only the two fields that are common to all element types can be updated: Element Title and Display Title.

Finally, when you have finished updating a forum element, click the OK button to return to the previous page. You should not use your browser's back button.