2.2 Creating and Managing a Discussions Workspace

The Discussions workspace can be the home page for a set of discussion forums. You can also use the Discussions workspace to house other types of folders.

Discussions workspaces can be particularly useful for site administrators, or other Micro Focus Vibe users who are responsible for creating the overall structure of the Vibe site. For example, you can use a Discussions workspace to organize a set of company-wide discussions on various topics. This can help organize your Vibe site, so users know where they should go if they are looking for a particular discussion forum.

2.2.1 Creating a Discussions Workspace

  1. Navigate to the place in Vibe where you want to create the Discussions workspace.

    Depending on your rights, you might create this workspace at the Global level, if you are creating a company-wide Discussions workspace; or you might create this workspace in a lower-level workspace, if the Discussions workspace is intended for a smaller number of Vibe users.

  2. Click the Configure icon next to the workspace title, then click New Workspace.

    The New Workspace page is displayed.

  3. In the Workspace Title field, specify a name for the Discussions workspace.

  4. In the Workspace section, select Discussions Workspace.

  5. In the Workspace Folders section, select Discussion.

    You can add more Discussion folders after the workspace has been created.

  6. Click OK.

2.2.2 Using Discussions Workspaces to Create Hierarchies

Discussions workspaces in Vibe can be used to organize information inside of existing workspaces, which creates different levels of hierarchy within a workspace.

You can also use other types of workspaces to create hierarchies. For information on the advantages and disadvantages of using each type of workspace, see Section 2.7, Creating Workspace Hierarchies.