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   <p>Project Discussion Forums allow project members to communicate without transmitting
     any sensitive information over email. Members can post new messages, add attachments,
     reply to existing messages, and read messages from other project member. The
     discussion forums operate similarly to bulletin board.</p>
   <p>Clicking the <b>Discussion forum</b> link will take you to the Discussion
     forums page for the current project. On this page, you can see all of the
     forums associated with the project. You can add new forums, search forums,
     subscribe to forums, or select a forum to view. </p>
   <h3><a name="add">Adding new forums</a></h3>
   <p>To add a new discussion forum, click the <b>Add new forum</b> link on the
     Discussion forums page. This link will take you to the <b>Add discussion forum</b>
     page. Enter a name and description for your forum in the fields provided and
     click the <b>Add forum</b> button. An email message will be sent to all members
     of the project notifying them that a new discussion forum has been created.</p>
   <h3><a name="search">Searching forums</a></h3>
   <p>To search for information in discussion forums, click the <b>Search forums</b>
     link on the <b>Discussion forums</b> page. This link will take you to the
     <b>Search discussion forums</b> page. Enter the keywords you wish to search
     for and click the <b>Search</b> button. Keywords must be more than three characters
     in length and entered <i>exactly</i><b> </b>as they appear in the discussion
     posts. Search will return results for all messages that contain the entered
     keywords in the subject or body of messages across all forums to which you
     have access.</p>
   <h3><a name="subscribe">Subscribing to forums</a></h3>
   <p>You can subscribe to a forum by clicking the <b>Subscribe</b> button on either
     the <b>Discussion forums</b> page or the <b>Discussion forum messages</b>
     page. Once you have subscribed to a forum, you receive an email notification
     each time a new message is posted to the forum and messages in the forum will
     appear in the <b>My discussion forums</b> section of your start page. This
     gives you quick access to those forums you are most interested in. You can
     view forum messages from your start page by simply clicking on the subject
     name. </p>
   <p>You can unsubscribe from any discussion forum by clicking the <b>Unsubscribe</b>
     link anywhere within the forum.</p>
   <h3><a name="viewing">Viewing messages</a></h3>
   <p>To view and post messages in an existing forum, click on the forum name on
     the <b>Discussion forums</b> page. This link will take you to the <b>Discussion
     forum messages</b> page where you can view, sort and post messages. This page
     provides drop down boxes that allow you to customize your view and sort messages.
     The <b>Show</b> drop down box allows you to choose the level of detail you
     wish to have displayed in the message list. To change your list view or sort
     messages, select the desired view and click the <b>Update view</b> button.
     The following options are available:</p>
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     <dd>
       <dl>
         <dt>Overview of discussion threads</dt>
         <dd>This view shows the threads of discussion within the forum, the number
           of replies to each thread, and the date of most recent posting within
           each thread. </dd>
         <dt>Summary of all messages</dt>
         <dd>This view shows a list of all messages in the forum with the subject,
           poster, and date Depending on the sorting paramaters, the list may use
           indentation to show replies. Unread messages are marked with an "unopened
           envelope" icon. Message with attachments show "paperclip" icons for
           each attachment. </dd>
         <dt>All messages with body text</dt>
         <dd>This option displays the poster, date and body test of all messages
           in the forum. </dd>
       </dl>
     </dd>
   </dl>
   <p>You can sort messages in either ascending or descending order by selecting
     one of the sort options from the <b>Sort by</b> drop down box and clicking
     the <b>Update view</b> button. The available sort options are <b>Thread/subject</b>,
     <b>From</b>, and <b>Date</b>.</p>
   <p>In all views and sorts, unread messages have a closed envelope icon beside
     them. When you view a message, it is automatically marked as read and the
     icon disappears; however, you may want to mark a message as unread so that
     it will continue to appear in the list of unread messages on your start page.
     Likewise, you may wish to mark an unread message as read to remove it from
     your list of unread messages. To mark messages as read or unread, click on
     the check box next to the message then click the <b>Mark as read</b> or the
     <b>Mark as unread</b> button.</p>
   <p>To view an individual message, click on the subject name. The full message
     is displayed along with a listing of all messages in the thread. Messages
     that you posted will also include the Message tracking tab where you can see
     which other project members have read your message. The message tracking tab
     lists all members for who the message is marked as read, whether the member
     has read the message or manually marked the message as read.</p>
   <h3><a name="posting">Posting messages</a></h3>
   <p>You can post message to a forum either by starting a new thread or replying
     to a previously posted message.</p>
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	<h2>About the Project Discussion Forums</h2>
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	<ul>
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	for members</a>
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	<li><a href="/nonav/docs/ProjectHome.html">Project Home Page</a></li>
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	<li><a href="/nonav/docs/ProjectSource.html">Project Source Code</a></li>
	<li><a href="/nonav/docs/ProjectIssues.html">Issue Tracking</a></li>
	<li>Discussion Forums
	<ul>
	<li><a href="#add">Adding new forums</a></li>
	<li><a href="#search">Searching forums</a></li>
	<li><a href="#subscribe">Subscribing to forums</a></li>
	<li><a href="#viewing">Viewing messages</a></li>
	<li><a href="#posting">Posting messages</a></li>
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	<li><a href="/nonav/docs/ProjectAdd.html">Creating a new project</a></li>
	</ul>
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	<p>Project Discussion Forums allow project members to communicate without transmitting
	any sensitive information over email. Members can post new messages, add attachments,
	reply to existing messages, and read messages from other project member. The
	discussion forums operate similarly to bulletin board.</p>
	<p>Clicking the <b>Discussion forum</b> link will take you to the Discussion
	forums page for the current project. On this page, you can see all of the
	forums associated with the project. You can add new forums, search forums,
	subscribe to forums, or select a forum to view. </p>
	<h3><a name="add">Adding new forums</a></h3>
	<p>To add a new discussion forum, click the <b>Add new forum</b> link on the
	Discussion forums page. This link will take you to the <b>Add discussion forum</b>
	page. Enter a name and description for your forum in the fields provided and
	click the <b>Add forum</b> button. An email message will be sent to all members
	of the project notifying them that a new discussion forum has been created.</p>
	<h3><a name="search">Searching forums</a></h3>
	<p>To search for information in discussion forums, click the <b>Search forums</b>
	link on the <b>Discussion forums</b> page. This link will take you to the
	<b>Search discussion forums</b> page. Enter the keywords you wish to search
	for and click the <b>Search</b> button. Keywords must be more than three characters
	in length and entered <i>exactly</i><b> </b>as they appear in the discussion
	posts. Search will return results for all messages that contain the entered
	keywords in the subject or body of messages across all forums to which you
	have access.</p>
	<h3><a name="subscribe">Subscribing to forums</a></h3>
	<p>You can subscribe to a forum by clicking the <b>Subscribe</b> button on either
	the <b>Discussion forums</b> page or the <b>Discussion forum messages</b>
	page. Once you have subscribed to a forum, you receive an email notification
	each time a new message is posted to the forum and messages in the forum will
	appear in the <b>My discussion forums</b> section of your start page. This
	gives you quick access to those forums you are most interested in. You can
	view forum messages from your start page by simply clicking on the subject
	name. </p>
	<p>You can unsubscribe from any discussion forum by clicking the <b>Unsubscribe</b>
	link anywhere within the forum.</p>
	<h3><a name="viewing">Viewing messages</a></h3>
	<p>To view and post messages in an existing forum, click on the forum name on
	the <b>Discussion forums</b> page. This link will take you to the <b>Discussion
	forum messages</b> page where you can view, sort and post messages. This page
	provides drop down boxes that allow you to customize your view and sort messages.
	The <b>Show</b> drop down box allows you to choose the level of detail you
	wish to have displayed in the message list. To change your list view or sort
	messages, select the desired view and click the <b>Update view</b> button.
	The following options are available:</p>
	<dl>
	<dd>
	<dl>
	<dt>Overview of discussion threads</dt>
	<dd>This view shows the threads of discussion within the forum, the number
	of replies to each thread, and the date of most recent posting within
	each thread. </dd>
	<dt>Summary of all messages</dt>
	<dd>This view shows a list of all messages in the forum with the subject,
	poster, and date Depending on the sorting paramaters, the list may use
	indentation to show replies. Unread messages are marked with an "unopened
	envelope" icon. Message with attachments show "paperclip" icons for
	each attachment. </dd>
	<dt>All messages with body text</dt>
	<dd>This option displays the poster, date and body test of all messages
	in the forum. </dd>
	</dl>
	</dd>
	</dl>
	<p>You can sort messages in either ascending or descending order by selecting
	one of the sort options from the <b>Sort by</b> drop down box and clicking
	the <b>Update view</b> button. The available sort options are <b>Thread/subject</b>,
	<b>From</b>, and <b>Date</b>.</p>
	<p>In all views and sorts, unread messages have a closed envelope icon beside
	them. When you view a message, it is automatically marked as read and the
	icon disappears; however, you may want to mark a message as unread so that
	it will continue to appear in the list of unread messages on your start page.
	Likewise, you may wish to mark an unread message as read to remove it from
	your list of unread messages. To mark messages as read or unread, click on
	the check box next to the message then click the <b>Mark as read</b> or the
	<b>Mark as unread</b> button.</p>
	<p>To view an individual message, click on the subject name. The full message
	is displayed along with a listing of all messages in the thread. Messages
	that you posted will also include the Message tracking tab where you can see
	which other project members have read your message. The message tracking tab
	lists all members for who the message is marked as read, whether the member
	has read the message or manually marked the message as read.</p>
	<h3><a name="posting">Posting messages</a></h3>
	<p>You can post message to a forum either by starting a new thread or replying
	to a previously posted message.</p>
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