You can turn off forums in the Developer Portal by
disabling the Forum module. This action prevents users from viewing, and contributing to,
forums.
Before you begin
You must have administrator access to complete this task.
About this task
To turn off forums, you must first remove all Forums terms, and then you can disable the
Forum module.
Procedure
To turn off forums, complete the following steps.
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If the administrator dashboard is not displayed, click Manage to display it.
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Delete all Forums terms by completing the following steps:
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Click in the administrator dashboard.
The list of Forums terms is displayed.
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For each item in the list of terms, select Delete from the drop-down
list in the OPERATIONS column, and then click Delete
again to confirm.
All of the Forums terms are deleted.
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Disable the Forum module by completing the following steps:
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Click in the administrator dashboard.
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Select the Forum module, then click
Disable.
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The display then shows a list of forum configuration that will also be removed if the Forum
module is disabled. Click Disable again to confirm that you agree to this
removal.
Results
You successfully turned off forums in the Developer Portal.If you want, you can enable the Forum module again by clicking Extend,
selecting the Forum module on the List tab, and clicking
Enable.