Lesson 10.3: Customize Your List of Message Board Topics

Once a message board topic list is published, you can customize its display and other options.

Find the publishing page in your Web Site that contains the message board list you wish to customize.       Go to the Edit Page button . Make sure you are logged in as the Web Site Administrator.       Scroll down the edit/preview page until you find the posting that contains the message board topic list.   Click the "Format Discussion Topic" link below the message board topic list on the page.         View "Topic List Options" Page. From this page you can choose to edit the link style or edit which message board topics to link to on your Web Site.       Click the "Link Style" link.       View "Link Style" Page. There are several options that can be changed on this page.   Select Display Style. Click the radio button underneath the physical style that you want for your message board topic list.      Format Message Board Heading Name. Format Topic Link Text. Format Topic Description.   Format Topic Stats. (number of responses, date last updated, etc.) Select Bullet Style. (only applies to styles with bullets) Select Background Colors.       Click the Continue button at the bottom of the page.       Click the Done button at the bottom of the page when you have finished setting your message board topic options.       View changes to the message board links. You can now see what changes you made to your list of topic links. You can make changes to the physical appearance of this list as often as you wish.       Click the "Format Discussion Topic" link below the message board topic links on the page.       View "Topic List Options" Page. From this page you can choose to edit the link style or edit which message board topics are linked from this topic list.       Click the "Link to which topics" link.       Choose which message board topics you want your posting to link to. This page controls which topics will be linked to from this published message board topic list. Click on any topic or list of topics to move it from one column to the other. The left column lists "Available Topics" and the right column lists "Topics already selected."   Names of each message board topic available. All Topics.       Click the Done button at the bottom of the page when you have finished setting your message board topic options.