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Moderators can split Posts made in Topics. This means they can take Posts in a Topic out of that original Topic and have the selected Posts in the original Topic form a new Topic. To split Posts from a topic:
To split posts from a topic, select the ''Split'' button from the top right hand corner of the post where you wish to start the split. You will then be asked to choose one of the following options:


Go to the Topic with Posts that should be split. To the right of every Post, you'll find a button that says ''Split.''. Selecting the ''Split'' button next to a Post will direct you to a screen that asks you what type of split you want to make. There are three options you can choice from.
'''Only split this post:''' Only the post which you selected will be split and become its own new topic.


'''The first option:''' Only split this Post, will only take the Post that you clicked the split button next to out of the Topic and have that Post become its own newly created Topic.
'''Split topic after and including this post:''' This will split the post which you selected, as well as all the posts which follow it, creating a new topic with those posts.


'''The second option:''' Split Topic after and including this Post, will split the Post that you clicked the split button on and all of the Posts made after the selected Post and create a new Topic with those Posts.
'''Select posts to split:''' This will take you to a screen where you can select individually the posts you want to split out of the topic. You will see two columns. The first one lists all of the posts in the topic which you want to split. To split a post, click on the arrow pointing towards the right column, and you will see this post in the right column where all of the posts to be split are placed. You can undo a post that you had previously selected to be split, by clicking on the arrow pointing to the left column.


'''The last option:''' Select Posts to split, will take you to a screen where you can select all of the Posts you want to split out of the Topic. On the Select Posts to split you will see two columns. The first one has all of the current Posts that are not currently selected to be split from the Topic. To split a Post, simply click on the arrow pointing towards the right column, and you will now see that Post on the right column where all of the Posts selected to be split from the Topic are placed. You can undo a Post you had previously selected to be split, by clicking on the arrow pointing to the left column, moving it back to the left column with the Posts currently not being split from the Topic are.
Once you have selected the post(s) that you wish to split, you can choose a new title for the topic if you wish, before clicking ''Split Topic''. You then have the option to either go to the ''Message Index'', return to the ''Origin Topic'', or visit the ''New Topic''.


When you've selected the boxes of the Posts to be split, click on Split Topic. You'll then have the option to either go to the Message Index, return to the Original Topic, or visit the New Topic.
[[Category:As a moderator]]
[[Category:As a moderator]]

Latest revision as of 21:01, 23 July 2014

To split posts from a topic, select the Split button from the top right hand corner of the post where you wish to start the split. You will then be asked to choose one of the following options:

Only split this post: Only the post which you selected will be split and become its own new topic.

Split topic after and including this post: This will split the post which you selected, as well as all the posts which follow it, creating a new topic with those posts.

Select posts to split: This will take you to a screen where you can select individually the posts you want to split out of the topic. You will see two columns. The first one lists all of the posts in the topic which you want to split. To split a post, click on the arrow pointing towards the right column, and you will see this post in the right column where all of the posts to be split are placed. You can undo a post that you had previously selected to be split, by clicking on the arrow pointing to the left column.

Once you have selected the post(s) that you wish to split, you can choose a new title for the topic if you wish, before clicking Split Topic. You then have the option to either go to the Message Index, return to the Origin Topic, or visit the New Topic.



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