General Settings of Bulletin Board

On "General settings" screen of bulletin board, you can set basic bulletin board functions.

Steps:

  1. Click the administration menu icon (gear icon) in the header.

  2. Click Garoon System Administration.

  3. Select "Application settings" tab.

  4. Click Bulletin Board.

  5. Click General Settings.

  6. On "General settings" screen, set the initial state of allowing permissions to post comments in the field.

    Image of setting the initial status of comment permission field

    If you select the checkbox for "Request responses", the checkbox for allowing to post comments is selected on the screen to post topics.
    Image of setting the initial status of comment permission checkbox selected

  7. In the field to allow to use Rich Text Formatting, select whether to allow the feature.

    Image of configuring the permission to use Rich Text Formatting

  8. In "Allow the use of anchor links in comments" field, set whether to allow using the anchor feature in comments.

    Image with "Allow the use of anchor links in comments" feature

    The anchor feature is a feature that creates links to comments by describing numbers, for example ">>2" to comment number 2.
    If you allow using the anchor function, the anchor function can also be used for topics created before.
    Image with setting the anchor feature in comments

  9. In "Request acknowledgement status by default" field, set the initial status of "Acknowledgment status".

    Image of setting "Request acknowledgement status by default"

    By using Acknowledgment status, you can check when the users configured as notification recipients of the topic viewed the topic on the Bulletin.
    If you select the checkbox for "Request responses", the checkbox for "Request acknowledgment status by default" is selected on the screen to post topics.
    Screen capture: The "Request recipient's acknowledgment" checkbox is selected by default

  10. In "Manually enter "From" name" field, select the default value for "From".

    Manually enter "From" name

    When users are allowed to manually enter "From" name, any name, such as an organization name, can be assigned to the sender instead of the user name.
    You can select whether to use user names or alternate names in the post topics or change topics screens.
    Image with Manually enter "From" name allowed
    When users are not allowed to manually enter "From" name, the creator's name whose posted a new topic will be displayed as the sender of the topic.

  11. You can set whether to allow access permissions and notification recipients in the "Access permissions and notification recipients" field.

    Image of configuring the permission to use Rich Text Formatting

    If you allow users to use "Access permissions and notification recipients", they can check their permissions and notification recipients in the option in the screen for topic details.
    Image of a option dropdown list

  12. Confirm your settings and click Save.