How to use the moderation functions?
1-
Edit a member's message : Click on the "edit" button at the top-right
corner of the message. A moderator can edit all messages, even the ones
he/she didn't write. His/her name won't appear in the message ecxept if
he/she puts "Message edited by... because..."
2- Delete a message : Click on the delete button at the top-right corner of a message.
3- Delete a whole topic : Click on Delete the topic at the bottom-left corner of the topic page
4-
Move a topic : Click on Move a topic, at the bottom-left, then choose a
forum where you want to move the topic. You can activate the "Leave a
shadow topic". To move a post from a topic to another, you must first
split the topic, then merge the post to another topic (see points 6 and
7 for more details)
5.1- Lock a topic : Click on Lock the topic button at the bottom-left corner of the topic page.
5.2-Unlock a topic : Click on Unlock the topic button at the bottom-left corner of the topic page.
6-
Split a topic : When a moderator clicks on the "Split the topic"
button, he/she can create 2 topics from a single topic. When he/she
clicks on the button, he will have to choose which messages will go to
the new topic, by ticking the checkboxes at the right hand side of the
messages. Then he/she puts a new title and chooses the destination
forum where the new topic will go, then he/she clicks on Split the
selected messages.
7- Merge a topic : When a moderator clicks on
Merge topics, at the bottom-left corner of the topic page, he/she can
merge two topics together. In the control panel window, you must first
give a name to the new topic (ex : Japanese cuisine recipes), put the
link or the topic number (displayed in the address, just after t=) of
the first topic you want to merge, and put the link of the destination
topic. Be careful, the posts will be shown in chronological order, so
this might bring some confusion in the discussion.
8- Ban a
member : This option is available only if the administrator enabled it
in the Security section in the admin panel. To ban a member, you just
have to view his/her profile from the forum and click on the "Ban this
member" button.