Testing the installation

Use the following steps to test your Social Squared installation:

1. In the Web applications where you have deployed Social Squared, choose a site where you will create a page to test the Web Part.
   
   
2. In the browser, open the top level site of the site collection where you will test Social Squared.
   
   
3. Activate the Social Squared site collection feature.
   
   
4. Configure the connection string to point to the Social Squared SQL Server database where the forums for this site collection will be stored.
   
   
5. Create a test Forum Group and a Forum.
   
   
6. Navigate to the site in the site collection where you are going to test the usage of Social Squared.
   
   
7. Create a new page.
   
   
8. Add the Social Squared Forum Web Part to the page.
   
   
9. Configure the Web Part and stop editing the page.
   
   
10. Add a post.
    
    
11. Review the page and check that the Web Part is displayed as expected.