Create a topic and choose between question and discussion

[Reshift Digital B.V.]

If you create a new forum you can choose 4 types of forums. 'Discussion', 'Question', 'Category' and 'Referral'. If you have a question and answer community like me, 9 of the 10 times a topic is a question so you have the option to mark a comment as an asnwer.

But sometimes I want te create a sticky topic which I use as a FAQ or just a discussion. So that's not a question and answer topic. I'm wondering if it's possible to create a forum and determine per topic individual if it's an 'Question' or a 'Discussion'.

Example:

Forum: Smartphones

Topic: These are the best tips to add more storage space to your smartphone.

So in this example the topic is not a question. But in the same forum you want people to ask questions about smarthpones. And those topics will be 'Questions' so you can mark the right answers.

My question is: is it possible to create a forum where you can determine per topic if it's a 'Question' or a 'Discussion'? If it's not possible it would be a nice feature suggestion.

[Mark H]

2 hours ago, Paul Molenaar said:

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My question is: is it possible to create a forum where you can determine per topic if it's a 'Question' or a 'Discussion'? If it's not possible it would be a nice feature suggestion.

That's not possible at present, a forum can only be one type, Discussions or Q&A.

We're unaware of any 3rd-party item which can do this, though you may wish to check the Marketplace or inquire on the community in one of the peer to peer sections.

[Reshift Digital B.V.]

Thanks for your answer. I'm gonna check the Marketplace 🙂 

[Jim M]

You're very welcome.

There is alternatively, the ability to turn on the ability for the topic starter and moderators to mark a post in a Discussion forum as a "Solution." This is kind of a hybrid approach between the two and what we use here. It does not, however, include the other options in the QA forum style.