Merged K 3.0: How do I create announcements?

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Hello,

I'm using Joomla 2.5.19 and Kunena 3.0.5.

I'm in need of adding an announcement to my main forum page, but despite the fact of searching the documentation, FAQ, and forums I cannot figure it out! (Announcements is set to Yes)

Could someone please give me a 'For Dummies' walkthrough on how to do so without using a module position (It has to match the forum template, not the site template).

Thank you in advance!

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Sincerely,

Cassandra

G'day, Cassandra, and welcome to the forum.

Cassandra wrote: Could someone please give me a 'For Dummies' walkthrough on how to do so without using a module position (It has to match the forum template, not the site template).

I suggest you start here: K 3.0: How do I create announcements?

Hello,

Sometimes we need to inform all of the user about something and we dont mean to bug them with mailings. I have seen the we can post announcements in the top of the forum as a different category.
What I need is to lear how to create/post topics that anyone shall see them when they visit our forum, like "A new version of Kunena released"

They are called "Announcements". If you log in as administrator, you are able so see a link to announcements just below the Kunena menu (look the right side of the profile box if you're using default template).

Matias wrote: They are called "Announcements". If you log in as administrator, you are able so see a link to announcements just below the Kunena menu (look the right side of the profile box if you're using default template).

Thank you again.

I didn't know announcements were for that :dry: :blush:

Is there anyway to configure the categories they shall be shown? Sometimes not all of the announcements are meant to be shown in all of the categories