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# Go to the topic you want to merge. At the bottom of the page, click the "Merge" button. | # Go to the topic you want to merge. At the bottom of the page, click the "Merge" button. | ||
# Select the location of the second topic in the "Target board" drop-down menu. This will generate a list of topics contained within the target board. | # Select the location of the second topic in the "Target board" drop-down menu. This will generate a list of topics contained within the target board. | ||
# Locate the correct topic in this list and press the "merge" button in front of the topic title | # Locate the correct topic in this list and press the "merge" button in front of the topic title. | ||
# From there, you can change the subject of the fully merged topic to either the subject of one of the merged topics or you can select a new subject. To change the subject, click on the drop-down box and edit the content as you wish. Upon selecting a new or pre-existing subject, you can make all posts in the newly merged topic share the same subject by checking the box next to "Change the subject of all the messages." Once you have made all the alterations, click on the button that says "Merge Topics". From there, you can go to the "Message Index" or to the "Newly Merged Topic". | # From there, you can change the subject of the fully merged topic to either the subject of one of the merged topics or you can select a new subject. To change the subject, click on the drop-down box and edit the content as you wish. Upon selecting a new or pre-existing subject, you can make all posts in the newly merged topic share the same subject by checking the box next to "Change the subject of all the messages." Once you have made all the alterations, click on the button that says "Merge Topics". From there, you can go to the "Message Index" or to the "Newly Merged Topic". | ||
An alternative way to merge topics is to type the ID of the second topic in the box ''ID of destination topic'' and click the merge topics button. | |||
If [[quick moderation]] checkboxes are enabled, you can merge any selected topics on the same board directly from the message index. To do so, check the boxes next to each topic you want to merge, then select "Merge Selected" from the drop-down box at the bottom of the page. | If [[quick moderation]] checkboxes are enabled, you can merge any selected topics on the same board directly from the message index. To do so, check the boxes next to each topic you want to merge, then select "Merge Selected" from the drop-down box at the bottom of the page. | ||
[[Category:As a moderator]] | [[Category:As a moderator]] | ||
Revision as of 12:25, 17 July 2014
You can merge topics into one by following these steps:
- Go to the topic you want to merge. At the bottom of the page, click the "Merge" button.
- Select the location of the second topic in the "Target board" drop-down menu. This will generate a list of topics contained within the target board.
- Locate the correct topic in this list and press the "merge" button in front of the topic title.
- From there, you can change the subject of the fully merged topic to either the subject of one of the merged topics or you can select a new subject. To change the subject, click on the drop-down box and edit the content as you wish. Upon selecting a new or pre-existing subject, you can make all posts in the newly merged topic share the same subject by checking the box next to "Change the subject of all the messages." Once you have made all the alterations, click on the button that says "Merge Topics". From there, you can go to the "Message Index" or to the "Newly Merged Topic".
An alternative way to merge topics is to type the ID of the second topic in the box ID of destination topic and click the merge topics button.
If quick moderation checkboxes are enabled, you can merge any selected topics on the same board directly from the message index. To do so, check the boxes next to each topic you want to merge, then select "Merge Selected" from the drop-down box at the bottom of the page.
