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This tab contains the main attributes of the topic.

• Enable HTML? - this check box enables or disables HTML code in the topic name. It does not affect the posts in this topic. When checked, it will render the HTML (for example, a <B> tag will actually make the text bold). When unchecked, it will display the HTML as regular text (the <B> tag will appear exactly as ‘<B>'). This is a very important setting, since some HTML tags can break the page layout, and in some instances can be a security concern (the Java Script, for example).
• Topic ID – this read-only field displays the unique internal system ID of the topic.
• Name * - this field contains the topic name, or subject.
• Posted by* - this field contains the name of the user who started the topic by posting the first message in it. This information will be displayed on the first post of the topic on the front-end, unless specified otherwise in the active theme. The administrator may change the topic author, by entering a different user name or by selecting it through a user pop up (shortcut to a user icon).
• Topic Locked – this field toggles the topic lock attribute. When a topic is locked, it is not possible to make new posts in it.
• Status – this field contains the topic status.
• New – this field controls how the topic ‘new' status is calculated by In-bulletin.
• Hot – this field controls how the topic’s ‘hot’ status is calculated by In-bulletin. In automatic mode, In-bulletin will consider as ‘hot’ the X number of topics with the most views. X is defined under the In-bulletin Output options.
• Popularity – this field controls how the topic’s ‘pop’ status is calculated by In-bulletin. In automatic mode, In-bulletin will consider those topics as “popular”, which have at least X number of votes and have a rating above the predefined threshold. The number of votes and rating threshold are defined in the Output options section.
• Editor's Pick – this flags sets the Editor's Pick attribute of the topic. This is very similar to the ‘sticky' feature of other bulletin boards.
• Priority - this field contains the numeric topic priority.
• Created on * - this field contains the creation date of the topic. It is automatically set by the system when the topic is created, however it can be changed by the administrator. The date can be entered directly into the field, or by using the visual calendar tool.
• Created at - this field contains the creation time of the topic. It is automatically set by the system when the first post is submitted, however it can be changed by the administrator.
• Modified on * - this field contains the modification date of the topic. It is automatically set by the system when the topic is changed, or any posts in it have changed, however it can be changed by the administrator. The date can be entered directly into the field, or by using the visual calendar tool.
• Modified at - this field contains the modification time of the topic. It is automatically set by the system when the topic is changed, or any posts in it have changed, however it can be changed by the administrator.
• Rating – this field contains the numeric rating of the topic. The rating is calculated as the average value of all ratings selected by users for this topic. The range of the value is predefined, and displayed to the right as a hint. The administrator can manually change the rating if necessary.
• Votes – this field contains the number of votes for the topic. Each time a user votes (selects rating) for the topic on the front-end, this value is incremented by one. This value is important for the rating calculating, it is used in the formula to calculate the average. The administrator can manually change the number of votes if necessary.
• Views – this field contains the number of topic's views. This value is incremented each time a user views the topic. The administrator can manually change the number of views if necessary.