Author
Patrick Bass Submitted
Sep 5, 2026 4:34am Summary
Family meal sharing tickets: the conditions behind the share button and the Share with family? switch, reading a "logged but not shared" report back to a member, sharing a saved meal without logging it, and what to escalate 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 with a name, description and sort order
- Reorder by dragging categories into the display order you want
- Min role to view restricts entire categories to certain roles
- No-index hides categories from the forum directory (e.g., user walls)
- Allow user forums lets members create forums in this category
Forum Management
- Create forums with a name, slug, description and category assignment
- Edit changes the name, description and settings
- Soft delete hides the forum (recoverable within 30 days)
- Restore brings back a soft-deleted forum
- Purge deletes permanently (irreversible)
Per-Forum Settings
Each forum has a settings page at /forums/{slug}/settings:
- Visibility is Public, Listed Private (preview only for non-members) or Hidden
- Community style shows the cover banner, icon, member count and tabs
- Anonymous posting lets members post without showing their identity
- Paid access charges for membership (monthly, yearly, or one-time)
- Brand color sets the accent color for the forum
- Topic templates pre-fill the post body for Question, Announcement, and Showcase thread types
- Trust-level requirements set the minimum trust level a member needs to post in the forum, to post links, or to view the forum at all. Use these to slow new-account spam without closing the forum. Moderators and admins are exempt. See Trust Levels & Roles.
Moderator Assignment
Assign moderators at /admin/mod-assignments:
- Forum moderator moderates a specific forum
- Category super-moderator moderates all forums in a category
- File moderator moderates a file exchange area
AutoMod Rules
Per-forum automated moderation at /forum/{slug}/mod/automod:
- Pattern matching uses regex rules that match post content
- Actions are auto-remove, flag for review and shadow-delete
- Testing dry-runs rules against sample text before you enable them
## 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** with a name, description and sort order
- **Reorder** by dragging categories into the display order you want
- **Min role to view** restricts entire categories to certain roles
- **No-index** hides categories from the forum directory (e.g., user walls)
- **Allow user forums** lets members create forums in this category
### Forum Management
- **Create forums** with a name, slug, description and category assignment
- **Edit** changes the name, description and settings
- **Soft delete** hides the forum (recoverable within 30 days)
- **Restore** brings back a soft-deleted forum
- **Purge** deletes permanently (irreversible)
### Per-Forum Settings
Each forum has a settings page at `/forums/{slug}/settings`:
- **Visibility** is Public, Listed Private (preview only for non-members) or Hidden
- **Community style** shows the cover banner, icon, member count and tabs
- **Anonymous posting** lets members post without showing their identity
- **Paid access** charges for membership (monthly, yearly, or one-time)
- **Brand color** sets the accent color for the forum
- **Topic templates** pre-fill the post body for Question, Announcement, and Showcase thread types
- **Trust-level requirements** set the minimum trust level a member needs to post in the forum, to post links, or to view the forum at all. Use these to slow new-account spam without closing the forum. Moderators and admins are exempt. See Trust Levels & Roles.
### Moderator Assignment
Assign moderators at `/admin/mod-assignments`:
- **Forum moderator** moderates a specific forum
- **Category super-moderator** moderates all forums in a category
- **File moderator** moderates a file exchange area
### AutoMod Rules
Per-forum automated moderation at `/forum/{slug}/mod/automod`:
- **Pattern matching** uses regex rules that match post content
- **Actions** are auto-remove, flag for review and shadow-delete
- **Testing** dry-runs rules against sample text before you enable them
