Forum Administration

Forum Administration

Manage forums and categories from the admin panel.

Category Management

Categories are top-level containers. Access at /admin/forums or through forum settings.

• Create categories — name, description, sort order
• Reorder — drag categories to change display order
• Min role to view — restrict entire categories to certain roles
• No-index — hide categories from the forum directory (e.g., user walls)
• Allow user forums — let members create forums in this category

Forum Management

• Create forums — name, slug, description, category assignment
• Edit — modify name, description, settings
• Soft delete — hide the forum (recoverable within 30 days)
• Restore — bring back a soft-deleted forum
• Purge — permanently delete (irreversible)

Per-Forum Settings

Each forum has a settings page at /forums/{slug}/settings:

• Visibility — Public, Listed Private (preview only for non-members), Hidden
• Community style — show cover banner, icon, member count, tabs
• Anonymous posting — allow members to post without showing their identity
• Paid access — charge for membership (monthly, yearly, or one-time)
• Brand color — accent color for the forum
• Topic templates — pre-fill the post body for Question, Announcement, and Showcase thread types

Moderator Assignment

Assign moderators at /admin/mod-assignments:

• Forum moderator — moderate a specific forum
• Category super-moderator — moderate all forums in a category
• File moderator — moderate a file exchange area

AutoMod Rules

Per-forum automated moderation at /forum/{slug}/mod/automod:

• Pattern matching — regex rules that match post content
• Actions — auto-remove, flag for review, shadow-delete
• Testing — dry-run rules against sample text before enabling

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