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Started a forum - it won't let me post to it

I registered a new account on my Friendica node, and selected the account type as "public forum".

I then logged in with my main account, sent the forum account a friend request (which it accepted).

Then I tried to post on the forum with my main account, but there was no button for posting with? (the button with the pen in it)

I had already made sure the forum account's setting for friends posting on your wall was switched on, and also that we were friends, so I don't understand why it won't let me post to the forum.

Have I done something wrong, or is there some kind of delay with the posting being activated?
Apr 7, 2018 at 7:40pmWeb
Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
That's odd... I recently setup a forum on my node and I didn't have the same issue. Perhaps you want to copy this message to !Friendica Support ?
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Show threadutzer [Friendica]Apr 8, 2018
@Adam Clark the message came in via !Friendica Support, if you use ! instead of @ I think it is shown differently, see the header of the post with the little #Friendica symbol an the "via Friendica Support" behind @Kristiina Kello.
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Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
Yes, I was responding on mobile in a near sleep state last night. The forum icon on her post was very subtle (especially on the small screen), I was left wondering afterward how I had even seen the post.

According to the information provided in the Help section, posting with ! seems to be a much more simplified method of posting to a forum, as using @ you have to pay attention to much more as far as the privacy settings goes. At least, that's what I get from the Help on the topic.
Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
The most common way to use a Forum is the the way that @Adam Clark just described: The mentioning of the forum via the exclamation mark from your account. Does this work with your forum?

Concerning the posting to a Forum directly on the Forum's profile: You did this with this posting, so it does work in general. But to make this work, you have to visit the remote site via a "magic link" (this /redir stuff). I guess the same is valid when the forum is on the same machine like your user account.
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Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
Ahaa... ok, this is something I did not know. I have never seen a forum where you have to mention it in a general post with a special character. I am used to forums where you go to the forum's page, and then there's a "start new topic" link or button or blank form or something which lets you post there.

The only way I knew how to post in this support forum is because the "new post" icon appears at the top of the sreen.

But unfortunately I do not see this "new post" button on my own forum, so I do not know how to post in it. Is there any way I can force it to appear? How do I do the "magic link" thing?

I think #FacebookRefugees like myself are expecting the forum page to have a button or box/form to fill in, because that's how we post to groups or other people's walls. I don't think we would intuitively realise that we have to use special characters in general posts. On FB that would just be a way of tagging someone, but not a way of posting on their walls.
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Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
Like @Michael Vogel already said. It is possible to post directly on the forum profile page.
You need to be connected with the forum (so the forum is a contact of yours). Go to your contacts page and click on the link with the forum name (the link should be like https://friendica.dandys.space/profile/krisse/redir/3579 - the number at the end can differ - this is a magic link). You should be redirected to the forum and a welcome message should appear. Normally there should be also a post button.

Note:
Links to profile pages which are directly in a post text aren't magic links at the moment
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Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
This is weird:

I am a contact with both Friendica Support forum and my own Film forum.

If I go to my Contacts page and click on the Friendica Support forum link, it takes me to the support forum profile and shows the post button.

If I go to my Contacts page and click on the Film forum link, it takes me to the film forum profile but does not show the post button.

Why do the forums behave differently when I take the same action?
Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
Going through the network gives me a general post button which automatically adds the ! mention of the forum name. But if I did not know about the ! system I would assume this was a form of tagging rather than posting?

The posting button on the Friendica Support profile page is less confusing for newbies, it gives me a blank posting box which goes to the forum's wall.
Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
@Kristiina Kello @Michael Vogel
Confirmed. There seems to be a problem when the user and the forum are on the same server (instance). I guess there is an issue with the permission check.
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Show threadFriendica SupportApr 9, 2018
OK, so it was not me being to stupid, I tried it with @Friendica Support and [email protected] the later one is on my server.
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Show threadFriendica SupportApr 13, 2018
@Kristiina Kello
we tried to address this forum bug github.com/friendica/friendica… . If you are on the latest develop code, you should be now able to write directly on the wall of a local forum.
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Show threadFriendica SupportApr 13, 2018
Have you already tested if the change fixes the issue?
Show threadFriendica SupportApr 13, 2018
yes of course 😀
Show threadFriendica SupportApr 13, 2018
@Michael Vogel how can you even ask that? 😁 SCNR
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Show threadutzer [Friendica]Apr 8, 2018
You just have to write a new post and mention the Forum in it, if you use the @ mention the post will be delievered to all you contacts and to the forum, if you use the ! mention the post will be delievered to the forum and the forum will then deliever it to all members of the forum. With the ! only one mention, the one with the ! should be used. I guess in most cases the @ metion is a good choice.

I hope I got you right, I understood you looked for some special "form" to write to the forum or write a post in the forum.
Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
It is much better to use the ! for forum posts.
Show threadutzer [Friendica]Apr 8, 2018
But this only permits to mention 1 forum in each post? Or was it even just one mention at all? I forgot this again.
Show threadFriendica SupportApr 8, 2018
Mentioning more than a single forum in a post creates some posting distribution chaos. Posting to multiple forums ensures that comments won't reach every subscriber. The forum where a user comments on depends upon the delivery speed of the forum servers, since the first one "wins".