To add a new moderator, go to
Forums & Moderators > Forum Manager > Add Moderator in the Moderator column.
- Forum – the forum that this user will moderate. He or she will also be able to moderate any child forums.
- Moderator Username – the name of the user that will become the moderator.
- Change Moderator’s Primary Usergroup to – if you wish to change the user’s usergroup when the become a moderator, you may do so here. The most common setup is to put all moderators into a Moderators usergroup that will then have access to a special forum.
- Make Moderator a Member of – if you do not wish to move the moderator to a different usergroup but instead wish to add that user to one or more groups, making them a secondary user in those groups, you may do so here.
- Post / Thread Permissions – this is a group of permissions that defines what the moderator may do with posts and threads in this forum (and child forums). These options refer to all posts or threads within this forum.
- Forum Permissions – these permissions refer to forum-level actions that are performed in the moderators’ control panel.
- User Permissions – these permissions refer to user-level actions that are performed in the moderators’ control panel.
- Receive Email When a New Thread is Created – allows this user to be automatically notified when someone posts a new thread in this forum and all subforums.
- Receive Email When a New Post is Created – allows this user to be automatically notified when someone makes a new post in this forum and all subforums. This includes new threads.