Advanced Forum
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Steps to creating the advanced forum.
If you do decide to use this, please watch this page (right) so you can be notified of changes.

Open Forum

Create main forum page: _forum

Add this code, change the "include" line appropriately (this can be done after you have added a section).

[[table style="width:100%; border: 1px solid silver; font-weight:bold; margin-top:1em; padding-left:0.5em"]]
[[row]]
[[cell style="width:76%; font-size:110%"]] Section [[/cell]]
[[cell style="width:12%; text-align:center"]] Last edit [[/cell]]
[[cell style="width:12%; text-align:center"]] open / closed[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[/table]]

[!--
name = page name
nameDisplay = what it should appear as on this page
shade = main shade colour
shadeopen = shade for open box
shadeclosed = shade for closed box
--]

[[include :myincludes:section:_summary | name=example-section-name | nameDisplay=SECTION NAME | shade=#eed6d6 | shadeopen=#EEEEEE | shadeclosed=#DDDDDD]]

[!-- Other shades you might like
#ded6ee
#d6d8ee
#eed6d6
#e4d6ee
#d6eee8
#dfeed6
#eee3d6
--]

[[collapsible show="Admin +" hide="Admin -"]]
[[include :myincludes:section:_admin]]
[[/collapsible]]

Create section:_template

Add this code:

[[include :myincludes:section:_template | stickybgcolour=#dddddd | normalbgcolour=#eeeeee | closedbgcolour=#cccccc]]

Create thread:_template

Add this code:

[[include :myincludes:thread:_template]]

These pages are also included but from this site and you are not required to create these pages:
section:_summary
section:_admin

Closed Forum: Thread creation blocked (great for announcements)

This is basically just a second forum that you can give different permissions to.

Add extra code to _forum

Add this code to the bottom of _forum (just inside the collapsible):

[[include :myincludes:sectionblocked:_admin]]

Create sectionblocked:_template

Add this code:

[[include :myincludes:sectionblocked:_template | stickybgcolour=#dddddd | normalbgcolour=#eeeeee | closedbgcolour=#cccccc]]

Create threadblocked:_template

Add this code:

[[include :myincludes:threadblocked:_template]]

These pages are also included but from this site and you are not required to create these pages:
sectionblocked:_summary
sectionblocked:_admin

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