Discussion boards provide forums for site participants to discuss topics with each other. Most site templates include the ability to create discussion boards, and many sites and workspace sites have a built-in discussion board called Team Discussion. We recommend that site owners perform the procedures described in this article on a regular basis to maintain the relevance and usefulness of your discussion board.

Reply to a discussion

Edit a discussion

Delete a discussion

Reply to a post

Edit a post

Delete a post

Reply to a discussion

1. On the Quick Launch, click the name of the discussion board that contains a discussion to which you want to reply.

   If the name of your discussion board does not appear, click View All Site Content, and then click the name of your discussion board.

2. Position the mouse pointer over the discussion to which you want to reply, click the arrow that appears, and then click View Item.
3. Click Reply, type your reply in the Body section, and then click OK.

Edit a discussion

Do the following to edit a discussion. Note that you can change the name of the discussion, edit the body of the discussion, and attach a file.

1. On the Quick Launch, click the name of the discussion board that contains the discussion that you want to edit.

   If the name of your discussion board does not appear, click View All Site Content, and then click the name of your discussion board.

2. Position the mouse pointer over the discussion that you want to edit, click the arrow that appears, and then click Edit Item.
3. Make the changes that you want and then click OK.

Delete a discussion

1. On the Quick Launch, click the name of the discussion board that contains the discussion that you want to delete.

   If the name of your discussion board does not appear, click View All Site Content, and then click the name of your discussion board.

2. Position the mouse pointer over the discussion that you want to delete, click the arrow that appears, and then click Delete Item.
3. Click OK to confirm.

Reply to a post

1. On the Quick Launch, click the name of the discussion board that contains the post to which you want to reply.

   If the name of your discussion board does not appear, click View All Site Content, and then click the name of your discussion board.

2. Click the discussion that contains the post to which you want to reply.
3. In the row of the post to which you want to reply, click Reply.
4. Type your reply in the Body section, and then click OK.

Edit a post

Do the following to edit a post. You might need to edit a post to delete inappropriate language, make corrections to technical content, or provide updated information.

1. On the Quick Launch, click the name of the discussion board where you want to edit a post.

   If the name of your discussion board does not appear, click View All Site Content, and then click the name of your discussion board.

2. Click the discussion that contains the post that you want to edit.
3. In the row of the post that you want to edit, click View Properties.
4. Click Edit Item, make the changes that you want, and then click OK.

Delete a post

Do the following to delete a post. You might need to delete a post if it is inappropriate for the discussion. If this is the case and the post is otherwise useful for your discussion board, you should consider copying the post and pasting it into a new discussion.

 Note    You can delete a post only if you have adequate permissions to also delete any replies to that post.

1. On the Quick Launch, click the name of the discussion board where you want to delete a post.

   If the name of your discussion board does not appear, click View All Site Content, and then click the name of your discussion board.

2. Click the discussion that contains the post that you want to delete.
3. In the row of the post that you want to delete, click View Properties.
4. Click Delete Item and then click OK to confirm.