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One of the first tasks you may want to do after enabling the forum module<\/a> and configuring its basic settings<\/a> is add another forum. This is because the only forum you currently have is General Discussion<\/strong>. In the following Drupal 7 tutorial we\u2019re going to show you how to add another forum called Food Discussion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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  1. Log into your Drupal 7 dashboard<\/li>\n
  2. In the top menu click Modules<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Next to Forum<\/strong>, click Configure<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Click Add forum<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. \"drupal_forum_config_2\"<\/a>\n
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    In the Forum name<\/strong> type in the name of the forum. Our forum will be Food Discussion<\/strong><\/p><\/li>\n

  6. The Description is an optional field, and will show under the Forum name when forums are listed. Type is a description<\/strong> of the forum as needed<\/li>\n
  7. In the Parent<\/strong> drop down, select the forum or container that this belongs to. If this forum is not related to another other container or forum, leave it as root<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. Set the Weight <\/strong>of the forum<\/li>\n
  9. Click the Save<\/strong> button to complete the configuration.\n

    Your Drupal 7 website now displays two forums, the defaul General Discussion forum and the Food Discussion forum we just created.\"drupal_forum_config_4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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