Create a New Discussion
Edit a Discussion
Delete a Discussion Post
Edit the Intro Page of the Discussion Tab
Topic View
Classic View
Subscribe to Discussion
Private Discussions
Reply to a Discussion Post
Reply with a Quotation
Insert Code Snippet in a Discussion
Copy to Issue Tracker
Add a Discussion Topic
Delete a Discussion Topic
Rename a Discussion Topic
Each CodePlex project has its own Discussions tab where you can post and read questions and answers about the project with project contributors and other CodePlex members.
To Create a New Discussion
Note: You can only edit a Discussion that you’ve posted.
Note: There are two places to edit a Discussion Post: the Message Body and the Title.
To edit the Message Body of a Discussion Post:
To edit a Discussion Title:
To delete a Discussion Post, you must be a Coordinator on that project.
To delete a Discussion Post
If the post is the only one in the thread, the entire thread is removed from the threads list.
Project coordinators can highlight important information about posting Discussions for their particular project in the Discussion page intro text. For instance, some may want to remind posters to search existing threads before posting a new thread, review
their FAQs, request that bugs or feature suggestions are opened in the Issue Tracker, and so forth.
Edit the intro page of the Discussion tab
Topic View extends tagging capabilities to allow discussions to be grouped by subject. Scoped navigation and notifications by topic are enabled on both Classic and Topic views, but when Topic view is enabled, the main discussion page will display your topic
list as navigation. This view is best for projects that have high discussion volume.
Before enabling this view, please note:
Classic view is the default view for discussions. Discussions are listed on the main discussion page, and use of topic tags is optional.
Subscribing by email to a Discussion will save you from having to check the website and refresh your Discussion to see if there's been a reply posted. With email notification, you'll know right away. You can opt to subscribe to a Discussion while creating
a New Discussion, or after one's already been created.
To receive an email notification once someone replies to your Discussion:
To subscribe to all of the Discussions in a project:
Discussions are typically public - viewable by all who visit a project's Discussion page. However, a Discussion can be made
private making it only viewable to project team members.
Note: A Discussion can only be made private at the time it is originally created. Once a Discussion is created publically, it cannot retroactively be edited to be made private.
Note: Project coordinators, developers, and editors can make a Discussion private.
To make a Discussion private:
To reply to a Discussion Post:
When replying to a Discussion Post thread, you can use quotation formatting to quote the pervious thread.
To reply to a discussion post with a quotation:
You can insert a code snippet in a new discussion or in a reply to an existing discussion.
To insert a code snippet:
Sometimes users will highlight bugs in discussion posts. To better track and fix bugs, project coordinators can copy a Discussion post to an
Issue in the Issue Tracker tab.
You must be a Coordinator on the project to Copy to
Issue Tracker.
To copy a Discussion post to an Issue in the Issue Tracker tab:
To add or remove a discussion topicto a CodePlex project, you must be a Coordinator on the project.
To add a Discussion Topic
To rename a Discussion topic