Community & Forums

Is it possible to change the Forum tab name with a different text?
Yes, this could be done with the help of Portal customisation feature which is available from the Estate plan onwards in Freshdesk. If you wish to make this...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Users are complaining that they are required to enter Captcha each time they start a Forum topic/ creating a ticket. How to have this disabled?
Mandating the users to enter a Captcha before creating a Forum topic has been put in place to deflect spam users from your account. However, if you wish to ...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:35 PM
How to disable forum moderation emails?
If Forum Moderation is turned on, you would receive notification emails for approval, whenever a new Topic is created. You can turn off forum moderation by ...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:36 PM
How to setup private forums?
You can restrict the visibility of forums to specific customers or keep it internal to just your agents, if needed. While creating a 'New Forum', yo...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:37 PM
How to automatically convert forum topics to tickets?
If you are looking to convert any forum topic to tickets, so that you could reply directly to customers, you could use the option "Auto-Convert Topics ...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:37 PM
How can I remove forum posts and stop customers from posting them again?
Forum topics can always be deleted from the Forums tab by an Admin. However, if there are spam posts being regularly posted, you can make use of the Forum M...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Is there a way to block people from creating Forum topics?
You would face instances where you receive Spam Posts or when you would like to monitor the content which is being added to your Forums. To achieve this, Fr...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:37 PM
How to disable Forums?
You can disable Forums from being available to both your agents and customers by turning the 'Forums' toggle OFF from under Admin > Account > ...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:39 PM
How do we approve forums in Freshdesk before they are published on the portal?
You could moderate and approve any forum topic that is newly created before it is published on your Freshdesk portal. To set up Forum Moderation, kindly nav...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:50 PM
What is the hierarchy of the community forums in Freshdesk?
Community Forums can be built with three levels of hierarchy. Categories-->Forums-->Topics. At the top level, you could have various Community...
Tue, 18 Jun, 2024 at 4:57 PM