Discussion Forums

i-portal's threaded discussion forums reduce email noise by providing a structured, archived approach to member communications.

Create a forum for all your associations key issues.

Administrators have full control over who can read, post and moderate messages in an unlimited number of forums - which can be open to all, or targeted by group.

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  • Allow members who share the same goals to communicate on all the important issues
  • Provide a means of disseminating news and ideas - and get feedback instantly
  • Keep a history of conversations and brainstorming sessions - ideal if you want to be able to recall key decisions
  • Keep your members engaged - discussion rooms are extremely popular
  • Give your members an area for technical support questions

Practical Features

  • Unlimited rooms
  • Threaded conversations
  • Access controlled
  • Access levels
  • Full moderation
  • Multiple views
  • Stickies
  • Freeze threads
  • Read/Unread counters
  • Emoticons
  • Member Signatures
  • Integration
  • HTML Support
  • Subscribing
  • There is no limit to the number of forums you can create
  • Easily track the progress of a conversation, including all the replies
  • Create forums for all, or just for a group of people - the choice is up to you, you can mix and match how you like
  • Give some people read/write access, others read only access
  • You can edit or even delete postings if you wish - there is also a built in reporting system for your member to report postings that break your rules
  • You can view your forums and the postings in many different ways, each of your members can chose the view they like the best
  • Create threads that always stay at the top of the forum - for special announcements
  • Mark a thread as frozen and no one will be able to add another posting to it - great for the times you want to end a conversation on a topic!
  • Immediately see the postings you have yet to read, or show all the postings - the choice is yours!
  • A full range of animated icons to make your forums sparkle
  • Each of your members can have their own signature added to the bottom of each post they make
  • Integrated support with email and address book capability
  • Support for HTML messages and SmartIcons
  • Support for subscribe/unsubscribe model