This guide covers creating, configuring, and moderating Discord forum channels.
What Is a Discord Forum Channel?
This is where Discord forum channels come in.
Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek
These are channels that allow users to create posts where they can discuss specific subjects.
Anyone can join the post at any time and easily catch up from the beginning.
To create a Discord forum channel, smack the “+” button on any of your channel subcategories.
You will see your new forum beneath the category you selected.
To move the forum into a different channel category, click and drag it.
Let’s run through them.
First, click “Set Recommended Permissions.”
Click “Save” to return to the previous menu.
Back on the “Getting Started” menu, click “Create Post Guidelines.”
This brings you to a single screen where you could complete a variety of tasks.
Click “Save Changes” before following the next step.
Discord will not allow you to complete the next step until you do this.
Adding a few relevant tags right now is simpler.
Tags are a categorization tool and are especially useful in large forums.
Users can search for these tags within your forums or by using Discord’s general search function.
After all this, click “ESC” to return to the previous menu.
You’re now ready to make a forum post, so click “Make Your First Post.”
A menu opens at the top, prompting you for a title, a message, and tags.
Fill those out and poke the “Post” button to publish your first post.
you’re able to also search posts for keywords or phrases within this menu.
Pinning a post ensures it is always at the top of a forum channel.
you could only pin one post at a time.
If you pin a second post, it’ll replace the first.
Locking stops anyone from being able to reply.
It’s useful when the message is meant to be informative rather than foster participation.
Closing a post hides it from the forum channel menu, but the content within is still searchable.
Youve now created your first Discord forum channel.
