Moderating Topics and Posts

Moderation is a feature that allows topics and posts to be approved or deleted by designated users assigned as moderators. Moderation can be enabled simply by assigning a user or users as moderator[s]. The steps below show how to configure moderation and then approve topics/posts.

!Only users with Full Control or above permission levels are allowed to add moderators.

Adding Moderators

1. Navigate to your Social Squared SPFx Client Side Web Part and click on the Settings cog icon.
   
   The Settings pane will appear on the right.
   
   
2. Next to the Forum Group that requires moderation, click View Forums. If no Forum Group exists, one must be created first. Click here to create a Forum Group.
   
   
   
   
3. Next to the relevant Forum, click Edit.
   
   
   
   
4. In the Moderators field, add desired users to be moderators and click Add or Update.
   
   
   
   
5. Close the Settings pane.

Approving Topics/Posts

1. Once a topic or post has been made by a user, there will be a red message at the top of the Forum
   
   
   
   
2. As a Moderator, you can approve/delete via one of the two following methods:
   
   
   1. Select the Topic or Post which requires approval, allowing you to read the topic/post first.
      
      
   2. Click on the Approve button in the bottom right, or alternatively, click on Delete Topic or Delete Post if you do not want to make the topic/post visible.
      
      
      
      
   3. Alternatively, you can click on the Key icon on the left navigation.
      
      
      
      
   4. Select either Approve or Delete to the right of the topic/post, or you can click on the document icon to read the topic/post.
      
      
      
      
3. The user that created the topic will also receive an email to let them know that their topic has been approved by the moderator.