Pick Discussion, Blog, Idea, or Question before you write. Forum admins choose which post types are available, and which of those types each category offers.
Select New post and choose a type. You can change that choice in the composer before you post.
Choose a type
- Select New post.
- If a menu opens, choose the type. If the composer opens and shows more than one type at the top, choose one there.
- Write the title and the body. You can switch the type in the composer before you post, when more than one type is shown.
- Select Post. Select Save draft to keep the post without posting it.
Tip: When only one type is available, New post opens the composer. There is no menu, and you cannot switch types.
Note: If you do not see New post, you cannot start a post from that page.
Which types appear
Forum admins choose which post types are available. On each category, Allowed post types sets which of those types appear as options. Not every category offers every type.
- In a category, you see the types selected for that category.
- From a page with no category selected, such as the discussions home, you see every type that at least one category you can post in allows.
A type that is turned off does not appear, even on a category that used to allow it.
When you start from the discussions home and then change the type, a category that does not allow the new type is cleared. Choose a category that allows it before you post. When you start inside a category, the list is already limited to that category, so the category stays.
What each type is for
These are the default names. Your community may rename them.
| Default name | Choose it when |
|---|---|
| Discussion | A standard thread. Replies stay in the conversation. |
| Blog | A longer post with a wide banner at the top of the composer. Image sizes are in Prepare images for forum posts. |
| Idea | A suggestion people can vote up or down. |
| Question | A question where a reply can be marked as the correct answer. |
Change the type after you post
Changing a published post to another type is in About post type conversion. The post stays in its category and keeps its replies.