As an Administrator, you can specify ranks for your members. You can set a specific range within which a member can be assigned an appropriate rank. A rank denotes how active a user is within the forum. For instance, a member who posts a minimum of 5 posts can be recognized as a Beginner and those who post more than 50 posts as Advanced. Let us now examine the steps involved in the creation and management of ranks.
Firstly, navigate to the Dashboard by selecting the Control Panel link after logging in as an Administrator and click the link titled Administration. Pull down the Forums panel from the navigation bar located on the left-hand side and click Manage Ranks. You will see a new page with an empty grid. In order to create a new rank, select the Add A New Rank button and enter the required information on the pop-up dialog box as shown in the following screenshot. Click on the Save button to add the rank to the forum.
From the above screenshot, you...