Sticky [Merged topic] The great, frequently-asked, "I cannot create a new thread in my forum" question

I do have sh404SEF enabled, I received the loop too, but then purged sh404SEF and it worked. I was able to post, but you are right it looks funky.

I do not recall having errors when I installed.

I did try to use it with Community Builder.

Can you recommend a step by step procedure for setting up the forum? I have tried to find info in the documentation and have not had much luck.

What template do you recommend? I just set it to default.

It looks like it is using the css from the joomla template and not the Kunena template?

I finally was able to post, but that feature is buried in the system.

Help!

pagecafe wrote:

The page I am referring to is located at:
www.pagecafe.org/din/component/option,co...func=showcat&catid=1

Thank you for providing us with a picture!

pagecafe wrote:

It says Post to Forum at the top, but there is no area to submit content or a link on the Post to Forum text.

The "Post to Forum" text is part of your site's breadcrumb trail .

pagecafe wrote:

I am not sure what you mean by "When users want to start their own discussion topics, like you have done here, things get a bit trickier. To start the process they need to be viewing a "forum"." What is a forum?

When I wrote "when users want to start their own discussion topics, like you have done here, things get a bit trickier" I meant that it's more difficult to provide instructions to a beginner user on how they have to get to a place in Kunena where they have the ability to create a . As johnnydement wrote ( #10492 ), there are plans to make this more accessible in the future.

Regarding the other matters I raised, I tried to illustrate what I meant by the narrow meaning of the term "forum" - I meant that in a Kunena sense - the URL reference I provided is an example of a "forum". Perhaps someone else has a better word?

grumblemarc wrote:

You have other problems. No graphical elements showing. CSS doesn't look like it's loading.

Leaving aside the other observations he's made, it's reasonable to conclude that pagecafe has attempted to use the "Joomla style" CSS to render his forum.

@pagecafe: can I make a couple of simple suggestions? Go to your backend and select Components » Kunena Forum » Kunena Configuration » Frontend and make the following changes:

• Joomla Mambot Support = no
• Template = default_ex
• Image Sets = default_ex
• Default Kunena Page = Recent Discussions
• Use Joomla Style = no

These changes will probably solve most of your current problems

That really helped - Thank you!

Now - what do you recommend on settings or instructions to the forum visitor that they need to go to Board Categories, General Discussions, Test Forum to start posting.

Is there anyway to make posting more visable? Or reduce the number of levels? Or a way to post instructions on the entry page of the forum so they can figure it out?

You have been extremely helpful.

You can help your users if you write a "help page" - create one as a Joomla article taking note of the article ID - and then, make the following changes to the following Kunena Configuration » Frontend settings:

• Enable Help Page = yes
• Show help In Kunena = yes
• Help Content ID = <article ID>

For an example of what you might put in your help page, have a look at www.enduring.com.au/40P_demo/forum?func=faq

As far as your other questions are concerned

Is there anyway to make posting more visable ... or reduce the number of levels?

the best suggestion I can make is for you to look at what other people have done and experiment yourself.

Good luck

hi i am beginner . i just installed latest version with joomla.
i unable to find newtopic button. so i cannot create new threads pl help me in this issue