Discussions Console

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Oracle WebCenter Portal has deprecated the support for Jive features (announcements and discussions). If you have upgraded from a prior release to Release 12c (12.2.1.4.0), Jive features remain available in your upgraded instance but Oracle support is not provided for these features. In the next release, Jive features will not be available even in the upgraded instances

The Discussions console provides access to all the forums available to a portal or all the topics available under a particular discussion forum. Whether topics or forums are displayed depends on how the portal or the connection to the discussions server was configured.

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The Forums page and forums appear if Support Multiple Forums for the Portal is selected from the portal's Tools and Services page. More

This page describes what is presented in both scenarios:

Forums Page

The Forums page provides access to all the discussion forums you are authorized to view in the current portal. Additionally, it provides controls for creating, viewing, and refreshing the current portal's discussion forums.

Element	Description
Create Forum	(You might not see this option if you don't have the required permissions.) Click to create a discussion forum. More
Recent Topics/Forums list	Select the number of topics or forums to display; for example, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100. If you select 25, then when you click the More link, the next 25 topics appear. The system administrator can configure this list and the More link.
Refresh	Click to refresh your view of the Discussions console.
Forums	Links to each discussion forum. Columns include: Forum —A linked list of discussion forums. Click a forum name to access its topics. Last Post —The date and time the last information was posted to the associated forum. Topics —The number of topics associated with the forum.

Topics Page

The Topics page provides access to all the topics available under a particular discussion forum. Additionally, it provides controls for managing the forum, including creating and viewing topics; editing, watching, and deleting the forum; refreshing the forum; and obtaining a forum RSS feed (if RSS is enabled).

Element	Description
Forum: forum_name	The name of the currently displayed discussion forum. More
Create Topic	Click to initiate the creation of a topic under the currently displayed discussion forum. More
Edit Forum	(You might not see this option if you don't have the required permissions.) Click to edit the forum name or description. More
Delete Forum	(You might not see this option if you don't have the required permissions.) Click to delete the forum. More
Watch Forum (or Remove Watch)	Click to add (or remove) the currently displayed forum to your Watched Forums list. Toggle to remove the watch. More
Topics list	Select the number of topics to display; for example, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100. If you select 25, then when you click the More link, the next 25 topics appear. The administrator can configure this list and the More link.
Subscribe	RSS feeds must be enabled for the current portal to view the RSS Feed icon. Click to initiate a news feed subscription to the current portal's discussion forum topics list. More Right-click the icon and select the copy-link-location command (that is, Copy Shortcut, Copy Link Location, or some other equivalent command) from your browser's context menu. Use the copied URL to configure a discussion forums news feed in your favorite RSS 2.0 reader. Note that your reader must support basic/HTTP authentication. For more information, see RSS Manager.
Refresh	Click to refresh your view of the current discussion forum.
Topic Columns	Informational columns providing details about each discussion forum topic. Columns include: Topic —The topic title and the user name of the person who created the topic. The topic title is linked to topic details, which display the topic message along with all topic replies. Click the topic title to access topic details (see View Topic). The user name is linked to a context menu with options for contacting the user instantly via instant messaging. Click the user name to access the context menu. Replied by/on —The date and time the last reply was posted and the user name of the person who posted it. Click the user name to open a context menu with options for contacting the user instantly via instant messaging. Replies —The number of replies associated with the topic. More