Set the properties for a discussion web site
Do one or both of the following:
Modify the properties of the discussion group
- Open the page that contains the form for posting articles.
Note If you used the Discussion Web Wizard, the file name of this page contains _post.
- In Page view, right-click the form, and then click Form Properties on the shortcut menu.
- Click Send to other, and select Discussion Form Handler from the drop-down box.
- Click Options.
- Click the Discussion tab.
Specify one or more of the following (or you can use the default values). Many of these settings determine how the information will appear in the table of contents descriptions:
- Title Specify the name of this discussion group, which will appear on pages containing articles.
- Directory Specify the directory where you want to store articles posted by site visitors, such as _private.
- Form fields Choose which form fields you want to display. For example, you might display the subject and author fields.
Note Separate multiple field names with spaces.
- Time Select this to insert the time the article was submitted.
- Date Select this to insert the date the article was submitted.
- Remote computer name Select this to insert the name of the computer from which the article was submitted.
- User name Select this to insert the author's user name.
- Order newest to oldest You can specify the order in which you want to display submitted articles.
If this check box is not selected, the articles will be displayed oldest to newest.
- Get background and colors from page You can choose another page in the web site from which to use the background style and colors. Type the name of the file or browse to it.
Note Changing the value in this field affects only the appearance of new articles posted to the discussion group.
Modify the properties of discussion group articles
- Open the page that contains the form for posting articles.
Note If you used the Discussion Web Wizard, the file name of this page contains _post.
- In Page view, right-click the form, and then click Form Properties on the shortcut menu.
- Click Send to other, and select Discussion Form Handler from the drop-down box.
- Click Options.
- Click the Article tab.
- Set one or more of the following (or you can use the default values):
- Date Specify the format in which to display the date the article was submitted.
- Time Specify the format in which to display the time the article was submitted.
- Remote computer name Select this to insert the name of the computer from which the article was submitted.
- User name Select this to insert the author's user name.
Note You must publish your web site to a web server that has the FrontPage Server Extensions or SharePointTeam Services from Microsoft installed. Ask your web administrator or Internet Service Provider whether this software is installed on your web server. Once the web site is published, click Preview in Browser
to test the discussion group.