Turning off forums in the CMS Portal

You can turn off forums in the CMS 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 the CMS Portal to complete this task.
Note: This module synchronizes the credentials of applications that are created by consumers in the CMS Portal site UI. It cannot synchronize the credentials for applications that are created by the provider in the API Manager UI.

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 the forums, complete the following steps.

  1. If the administrator dashboard is not displayed, click Manage to display it.
  2. Delete all Forums terms by completing the following steps:
    1. Click Structure > Taxonomy > Forums in the administrator dashboard.
      The list of Forums terms is displayed.
    2. 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.
  3. Disable the Forum module by completing the following steps:
    1. Click Extend > Disable module in the administrator dashboard.
    2. Select the Forum module, then click Disable.
    3. The display then shows a list of forum configuration that is removed when the Forum module is disabled. Click Disable again to confirm that you agree to this removal.
  4. Remove the Forums menu from the CMS Portal home page by completing the following steps:
    1. Click Structure > Menus > Main navigation.
    2. Click Edit menu in the Operations column.
      The Main navigation edit menu page lists all the menu options that are displayed on the CMS Portal home page.
    3. Clear the Enabled checkbox against Forums.
    4. Click Save to save the changes.

Results

You successfully turned off forums in the CMS 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.