

When you click on a forum's name, you are taken to the list of topics it contains. This can be replaced with an activity stream which shows a stream of the latest posts, photos and other items shared. Usually the community home page has a list of categories and forums, with basic statistics for each - including the number of topics and posts, and which member posted the most recent message. The bulletin board as a whole contains various categories (broad subject areas), which themselves contain forums (more specific subject areas) which contain topics (conversations or discussions) which are made up of individual posts (where a user writes something). They are used for support, to share ideas and for a variety of different topics. The content on a community bulletin board is often created by the users or members of the site. It may contain several categories, consisting of forums, topics and individual posts. It's sometimes also called a 'board' or 'forums'.

A community bulletin board is an online discussion site.
