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The Forum node is defined as a child node of category and allowed adding child nodes as Topic and RSS
type. The node type of Forum is exo:forum. The Forum node is stored in
/exo:applications/ForumService/ForumData/CategoryHome/%Category-id%/%Forum-id%
and its node type has the following properties:
| Properties name | Required type | Multiple | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| exo:id | String | false | The forum Id. |
| exo:owner | String | false | The forum creator. |
| exo:path | String | false | The node path of the forum. |
| exo:name | String | false | The forum title. |
| exo:forumOrder | Integer | false | The order number in the list of forums. Forum with smaller number will get higher order. |
| exo:createdDate | Date | false | The date and time when the forum was created. |
| exo:modifiedBy | String | false | The Id of user who modified the category. |
| exo:modifiedDate | Date | false | The time of modification, including date, time and time zone. |
| exo:lastTopicPath | String | false | The Id of the last topic in the forum. |
| exo:description | String | false | The description of forum. |
| exo:postCount | Long | false | The total number of submitted posts in the forum. |
| exo:topicCount | Long | false | The total number of created topics in the forum. |
| exo:isAutoAddEmailNotify | Boolean | false | Enables/Disables the notification email to moderators. |
| exo:notifyWhenAddTopic | String | true | Email addresses to notify when there is a new topic in the forum. |
| exo:notifyWhenAddPost | String | true | Email addresses to notify when there is a new post in the forum. |
| exo:isModerateTopic | Boolean | false | All new topics will be moderated if the value is set to "true". |
| exo:isModeratePost | Boolean | false | All new posts will be moderated if the value is set to "true". |
| exo:isClosed | Boolean | false | The forum status: closed/open. Forum is closed if the value is set to "true". |
| exo:isLock | Boolean | false | The forum status: locked/unlocked. Forum is locked if the value is set to "true". |
| exo:createTopicRole | String | true | The list of Ids of the users or groups who can create topic in the forum. |
| exo:poster | String | true | The list of Ids of the users or groups who can submit post in the forum. |
| exo:viewer | String | true | The list of Ids of the users or groups who can view posts in the forum. |
| exo:moderators | String | true | The list of user Ids who are the moderators of forum. |
| exo:tempModerators | String | true | The list of user Ids who are the temporary moderators. |
| exo:banIPs | String | true | The list of banned IP addresses. |
The
exo:forum
can add the
exo:forumWatching
mixin type. See its properties here.
The exo:pruneSetting child node has the following properties:
| Properties name | Required type | Multiple | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| exo:id | String | False | The forum Id. |
| exo:inActiveDay | Long | False | The number of days/weeks/months that the topics in forum have not been active. |
| exo:periodTime | Long | False | The number of days/weeks/months that the prune job will be executed to check for the old topics and deactivate them. |
| exo:isActive | Boolean | False | The current status of the prune job. If the value is set to "True", the prune job will be run. |
| exo:lastRunDate | Date | False | The date that prune job runs for the last time. |