Visitors to your site can take part in group-discussions on as many topics as you choose. Visitors and members can start threads for your approval. There are a number of configurable settings and permission levels for the discussion forum so you can present in real time or moderated format. This has a fantastic interactive capability that involves your members and visitors. It is well acknowledged that this sense of community creates the "stickiness" that is key to bringing visitors back to your website time and again. The longer that people stay on your site, the more willing they are to return. It is a great way to build content for your site and add the dynamics that people are looking for. If you add a login component, you can develop two areas for your discussion: one for the public and one for private discussions between colleagues.

• Control user access level (e.g. you can ban certain visitors from the Discussion Forum)
• Maintain content filter systems (e.g. you can filter out certain words, text, and URLs)
• Allow the public to post questions and comments
• Display and list messages
• Create new topics in the Discussion Forum