Set Up and Manage the Message Board

The Message Board section allows admin to customize the message appearing at the top of the Member Center Message Board Home Page, publish new subjects for discussion, and search existing messages.

Customize the Message at the Top of the Member Center Message Board Home Page

To customize the message that will appear above the message board itself, go to Information Boards > Message Board.

Scroll down and, using the editor, enter your desired message into the field Message To Appear At Top of Member Center Message Board Home Page.
Select Update to save changes.

A green confirmation message will appear at the top of the screen when changes have been successfully saved.

Post a New Subject Message

To post a new subject message, which users can reply to, go to Information Boards > Message Board.

Select the New Subject tab.
Enter the Subject as well as your Email Address and Name.
Select Continue; a new page will display the next step of the form.
Fill out the form fields:

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- Defaults to the same text you entered for Subject; can be changed to something more specific.
Message
- The body of the message.
Notify me by email whenever a message is posted to this thread
- Check this box if you'd like to receive email notification as the label states.

Select Submit.

Search Existing Messages

To search existing messages, go to Information Boards > Message Board. The default view will be of the Message Board Home tab, and from there you can either filter by subject title or initiate a search of all messages (subject and body):

To filter by subject title, enter text into the Title Contains field and select an Age from the drop-down menu, then select Filter; results will display below, and you can select the links in the Subject column to see more detail.
To search all messages (subject and body), select the Search tab, enter text into the Search For field, then select Search; results will display below, and you can select the links to see more detail.

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