Conference Name

First, select a brief name for the new conference. This name will appear in the conference listing, above the list of topics, and above each message that is displayed. You are limited to 255 characters. HTML and WebBoard tags are accepted. Required field Enter a description for the new conference. This description will appear in the conference listing, as well as in the conference profile. Use this description to give the user more detailed information about the conference. You are limited to 255 characters. HTML and WebBoard tags are accepted.

Mailing List

If checked, this conference will have an associated mailing list. Users will be able to subscribe to the mailing list and participate in this conference via email. Add Mailing List Support Enter a unique name for the mailing list. This name will be used to address mailing list messages, for example entering "cooking" as the unique name will result in a mailing list address of "cooking@yourdomain.com". You are limited to 20 characters. No HTML or spaces allowed.

Newsgroup

If checked, this conference will have an associated newsgroup. Users will be able to access the newsgroup and participate in this conference via their NNTP client. Add Newsgroup Support Enter a unique name for the newsgroup. This name will be used as the newsgroup name. To create a hierarchy of newsgroups, specify a common name, followed by a period. For example, entering "support.product1" as the unique name will create a "support" hierarchy. To add a newsgroup to an existing hierarchy, include the hierarchy name, "support.product2" for example. Do not include quotation marks in the name. You are limited to 255 characters. No HTML or spaces allowed.

Archiving

Message archiving allows you to keep your conference to a manageable size by keeping the number of messages displayed to a reasonable size. Archived messages can be retrieved at a later time by administrators or moderators of this conference. Enter "0" (zero) to specify no archiving for the desired option. Number of messages to allow in the active database for this conference before archiving: Number of days to keep messages in the active database before archiving:

Settings

If un-checked, all new messages must first be verified by a moderator, a manager or an administrator before it appears to other users. Automatically verify new posts If checked, the conference will only appear to users which an administrator specifies. Private (closed) conference If checked, the conference becomes a Read Only conference. Users cannot post in this conference, however administrators and moderators can. Read only conference If checked, spell checking will be enabled. Users will be able to use the internal WebBoard spell checker to verify the spelling of their messages. Allow spell checking

Active Links & Images

If checked, links typed into messages will be automatically turned into "active" links. This allows a user to type in "http://webboard.ora.com" and have it turn into "http://webboard.ora.com". Allow active links in messages If checked, image locations typed into messages will be automatically turned into "active" in-line images. This allows a user to type in a location such as "http://mydomain.com/image.gif", and the location will instead appear as an image. Allow active images in messages

Chat Settings
If checked, chat will be enabled. Users will be able to use the internal real-time chat feature in this conference. Allow chat If chat is allowed, the following additional options can be changed: Allow active links in chat mode Allow active images in chat mode Log chat dialogue to disk

File Attachments

If checked, file attachments will be enabled. Users will be able to attach files to messages they post in this conference. Allow file attachments You can limit the number of attachments allowed per message. Enter 0 for no limit, or a number between 1 and 255 to set a limit. Number of attachments allowed per message: You can limit the file size (in bytes) of attachments allowed per attachment. Enter 0 for no limit, or a number greater than 0 to set a limit (in bytes). Byte size of file attachments allowed per attachment:

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