Purpose

Create a forum for member conversations and control who can see, join, and post in it.

When to use this

Use Forums on the web when your page needs a dedicated conversation space.

Step by step

1. Open Forums and select Create forum.
2. Under Details, complete Name and optional Description.
3. Under Access, choose Visibility, Assignment mode, Posting policy, and whether comments are enabled.
4. Under Who can join, choose All authenticated users, Page members only, or Custom rules, then create the forum.
5. Under Members, use Invite members to search by name or email and select Add.
6. Under Posts, select New post, choose As the page or As you, write the post, then select Post.
7. Use Settings to save changes. Select Archive when the forum should be hidden from members.

Troubleshooting

• No matching members found. Change the member search.
• Failed to add member or Failed to remove member means the membership change did not complete. Retry it.
• Failed to create post means the post was not saved. Retry Post.
• Failed to update forum means settings were not saved. Retry Save changes.