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Browsing the discussion topics

The browsing feature in the discussions forum lets you filter the discussion topics so you can more easily navigate the content.
This task assumes you are in the discussions forum of the desired site.

The browsing pane on the left side of the page lets you display a subset of the discussion topics by selecting a specific view or a tag.

The Topics list in the browsing pane provides the following views:

New
Displays the topics created or updated in the past seven days
Most Active
Displays the topics with the most replies
All
Displays all topics
My Topics
Displays the topics created by the current user

The Tags list displays the tags currently associated with one or more discussion topics. The number following the tag tells you how many discussion topics are associated with the tag.

To browse the discussion topics:
  1. Select an option in the browsing pane:
    1. In the Topics list click a view to display the discussion topics in the current site that correspond to that selection.
    2. In the Tags list click the tag you're interested in to display all topics in the current site associated with that tag.
  2. Click Simple View to display only the basic topic information: title, creation date/time, and author.

    Click Detailed View to display the summary view.