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title: Reference - forum properties
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> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

When editing forums, you can adjust the following parameters:

| General                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Forum display name                   | The name of the forum that will be displayed on the website.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Forum code name                      | The name used in your code.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Description                          | Description of the forum displayed on the website.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Forum base URL                       | The URL of the page where the forum is placed, for example: _\~/MyForums/GeneralForum.aspx_<br>This is used by the system when creating URLs leading to the given forum.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Forum unsubscription URL             | URL of the page where users can unsubscribe from the forum.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Advanced settings                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Forum is open                        | Indicates whether the forum is visible and can be accessed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Forum is locked                      | If enabled, users cannot add new posts to the forum, but the forum is still accessible for viewing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Require email addresses              | Indicates if post authors must enter their email address.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Display email addresses              | Indicates if visitors can see email addresses of post authors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Forum type                           | **User can choose** – when creating a new thread, users can choose from the following two types.<br>**Discussion forum** – forum threads use a standard discussion format where users reply to previous posts.<br>**Question-Answer forum** – in forums of this type, the initial post of a thread is usually a question and the replies are attempts to answer it. The forum includes a voting feature that allows users to mark individual replies as helpful answers. Once a post receives the amount of votes specified in the **Minimum votes to mark post as answer** property, the post is designated as a valid answer and displayed accordingly. |
| Minimum votes to mark post as answer | Minimum number of votes that a post must receive to be marked as an answer in Question‑Answer type forum.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Maximum image side size              | Maximum size of a side of an image in pixels. If a larger picture is included in a forum post, it will be resized so that its larger side is equal to the entered value.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Attachment max. file size (kB)       | Maximum file size of forum post attachments in kilobytes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Security                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| User can edit own posts              | Indicates if users are allowed to edit their own posts when the posts are already on the forum.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| User can delete own posts            | Indicates if users are allowed to delete their own posts when the posts are already on the forum.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Use security code (CAPTCHA)          | Indicates if forum posting requires users to pass [CAPTCHA validation](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/securing-websites/designing-secure-websites/securing-and-protecting-the-system/spam-protection-captcha.md). This feature can help avoid spam in the forums.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Editor settings                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Enable WYSIWYG editor                | Indicates if visitors can use the WYSIWYG editor for entering text. For security reasons, we strongly recommend setting the value to _No_ for public forums.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Enable links in posts                | Enables BB code for links.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Enable images in posts               | Enables BB code for images.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Enable quotes in posts               | Enables BB code for quotes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Enable code snippets in posts        | Enables BB code for code snippets – monospaced text.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Enable bold font in posts            | Enables BB code for bold fonts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Enable italics font in posts         | Enables BB code for italic fonts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Enable underline font in posts       | Enables BB code for underlined fonts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Enable strike font in posts          | Enables BB code for strike-through text.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Enable font colors in posts          | Enables BB code for colored text.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Double opt-in                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Enable double opt-in                 | Specifies whether users need to confirm the validity of their email address before subscribing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Approval page path                   | Defines the path of the page that has the Forum subscription confirmation web part on it, which is used to confirm subscriptions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Send double opt-in confirmation      | Determines whether to send an email when a user successfully approves their subscription.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

Related pages

- [Creating predefined forums](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/community-features/forums/creating-predefined-forums.md)
- [Publishing a predefined forum on the website](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/community-features/forums/publishing-a-predefined-forum-on-the-website.md)