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Bulletins
Page Structure
Page Structure Diagram

Four Bulletin Board Content Building Blocks

Building Blocks Description
Bulletin Menu: Bulletin Menu is one of the web site options and it directs site visitors to the bulletin board page. Bulletin Menu is also a main control of your online bulletin board. You can activate or deactivate bulletin menu at Website Access Options.
Bulletin Category: Bulletin Category block represents a grouping consists of a single or multiple topics. Category title defines the name for the grouping. When posting the topic and message, the category must be created first.
Bulletin Topic Bulletin Topic represents an individual discussion forum.
Bulletin Content: Bulletin Message is the message posted in the forums. Members can post their messages via WYSIWYG editor.


There is a hierarchical relationship among these 4 content building blocks:
Bulletin Menu (Highest) --> Bulletin Category --> Bulletin Topic --> Bulletin Message (Lowest)
  • A Bulletin Menu contains many Bulletin Categories.
  • A Bulletin Category contains many Bulletin Topics.
  • A Bulletin Topic contains many Bulletin Messages.
Click Add Category to add a new bulletin category.
A Bulletin Category Form will pop up on screen to collect category information.

Click Post a New Topic to post a new bulletin topic.
A Bulletin Form will pop up on screen to collect bulletin topic information.

Click Post a Reply to post a reply to a topic.
A Bulletin Content Form will pop up on screen to collect content data.

Click Choose Another Category to view a list of all of the bulletin categories.

Click List Other Topics to view a list of all of the forums under a particular category.

Click Printer Friendly Version to retrieve a printer friendly version of the page.

For each building block, the following operations can be performed:

  • Click to insert a bulletin category.
  • Click to edit.
  • Click to delete.
  • Click to broadcast a bulletin topic to certain member groups.
  • Click to post the notes.
  • Click to move up.
  • Click to move down.