We will demonstrate the concepts with the help of a sample forum meant for developers. After the creation of the forum, you will be able to post and reply queries regarding various programming languages and technologies used by the majority of developers.
Before proceeding further you should log in to the Community Server as a user with administration privileges. This can be done by visiting the home page and signing in using the Administrator username and password you configured during installation.
As with blogs, forums also have a separate home page. For our sample forum, its web address will look like http://localhost/cs21/forums/default.aspx. The initial home page from the point of view of an Administrator will appear as shown below:
The page shown above will look similar for other users when they visit this page as they will be shown a list of forum groups. However, the list of forums may not be the same, as it depends upon the user's permission levels...