{"id":64422,"date":"2016-02-24T05:22:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T10:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=64422"},"modified":"2017-07-25T10:29:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T14:29:07","slug":"joomla-3-x-how-to-work-with-kunena-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/joomla-3-x-how-to-work-with-kunena-forum.html","title":{"rendered":"Joomla 3.x. How to work with Kunena forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial is going to show you how to work with Kunena forum in Joomla 3.x.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=54A5saLPoMk?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">Joomla 3.x. How to work with Kunena forum<\/a>\r\n<p><strong>Kunena forum<\/strong> is a plugin used for the discussions in Joomla sites. To configure Kunena forum extension:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li><p>Log into your Joomla backend.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Navigate to <strong>Components<\/strong> ><strong> Kunena forum<\/strong> > <strong>Dashboard<\/strong> page:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_1-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_1-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_1-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_1-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\">General settings configuration<\/h3>\r\n<p>Open <strong>Configuration<\/strong> section on <strong>Kunena Forum<\/strong> page in your admin panel to customize forum settings to your needs:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_2-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_2-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_2-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_2-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p>You will see several tabs available here:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n\t<li><p><strong>General<\/strong>. This section allows you to change Basic, SEO and Caching settings.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p><strong>Frontend<\/strong> tab allows you to manage page layout, hide\/show posts, change time format and posts number.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p><strong>Users<\/strong> tab allows you to work with the forum users settings.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Also, you can manage forum <strong>Security<\/strong> settings.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Change users <strong>Avatars<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Manage files and images size, dimensions and type under the <strong>Uploads<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Disable\/enable ranking and rank images under the <strong>Ranking<\/strong> section.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>You can manage <strong>BBCode<\/strong> settings.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Set up RSS under <strong>RSS<\/strong> tab.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p><strong>Extra<\/strong> tab allows you to change Userlist, Statistics and Poll settings.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\">Create Categories<\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li><p>Go to <strong>Components<\/strong> > <strong>Kunena<\/strong> > <strong>Category Manager<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Click <strong>New Category<\/strong> button in the top left corner:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_3-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_3\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_3-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_3-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_3-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Enter general category settings under the <strong>Category Name and Description<\/strong> tab:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_4-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_4\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_4-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_4-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_4-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t<ol>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p>To create a section, choose <strong>Top Level<\/strong> as parent. A section is a container for categories. Messages can be only posted to categories within sections. Or you can choose the Section you created earlier.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p>Enter category <strong>Name<\/strong> and <strong>Alias<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p>Make sure category is published.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p>Fill in the category description and title to the corresponding fields.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p>You can add custom css class for your category. <strong>Category CSS suffixes<\/strong> are applied to index, showcat, view, and allow for different designs per category.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ol>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Click the <strong>Permissions<\/strong> tab to define permissions for categories:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_5-300x98.jpg\" alt=\"Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_5\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_5-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_5-150x49.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_5-1024x334.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t<p>You can see two options available here:<\/p>\r\n\t\t<ul class=\"list\">\r\n\t\t\t<li><p><strong>Access Control Type<\/strong> to be used in this category.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p>The <strong>Access Level<\/strong> Group that is allowed to view this category. You can define your own access levels in <strong>Users<\/strong> > <strong>Access Levels<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p><strong>Category Settings<\/strong> tab:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_6-300x126.jpg\" alt=\"Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_6\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_6-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_6-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_6-1024x431.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t<ul class=\"list\">\r\n\t\t\t<li><p><strong>Locked<\/strong>. Set it to <em>Yes<\/em> if you want to lock the category. Site Moderators and Admins are the only ones who can create new replies to the locked category.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p><strong>Review posts<\/strong>. Set to <em>Yes<\/em> if you want posts to be reviewed by moderators prior to publishing them in this category.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p><strong>Allow anonymous messages<\/strong> option lets you enable\/disable anonymous messages for the category.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p><strong>By default post replies as<\/strong> option. If anonymous messages have been enabled, this option selects the default choice for the user. Regular users can later edit their own posts to be anonymous, but only moderators have the ability to edit anonymous posts.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li><p>You can <strong>Allow Polls<\/strong> for the category you create.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p><strong>Moderation settings for this category<\/strong> tab displays all category moderators:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_7-300x99.jpg\" alt=\"Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_7\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_7-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_7-150x49.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_7-1024x337.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_7.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\">Add Forum page to the menu<\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li><p>Open <strong>Menus<\/strong> > <strong>Main Menu<\/strong> > <strong>Add New Menu Item<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_8-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_8\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_8-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_8-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_8-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Select <strong>Menu Item Type<\/strong> on the next screen.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Select Kunena Forum menu type from the popup window you will see:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_9-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_9\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_9-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_9-150x55.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_9-1024x376.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Joomla_3.x._How_to_work_with_Kunena_forum_9.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Change menu item settings, save menu and check your site.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=54A5saLPoMk?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">Joomla 3.x. 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