Enable Wiki for a forum

**stev** · September 10, 2010

I get this notice when trying to enable a forum to wiki

The forum could not be added to the namespace. Create the forum with the Wiki mode disabled, and configure the namespace in the Namespace Manager to include this forum. You can then activate the forum's Wiki mode.

Is there an example somewhere or better instruction of what to create in the Namespace Manager for (let's say Toyota Car) forum?

**pegasus** · September 10, 2010

The forum has to be a sub-forum of an existing namespace, or you have to choose the forum as a new namespace using the Namespace Manager's Add New Namespace form.

**stev** · September 10, 2010

I appreciate your fast response, and I would appreciate more if you do a step by step example of how to turn - with illustrated pictures - a normal forum into a wiki forum with "Add New Namespace form".

The weakest link of our powerful vaultwiki is still its documentation

**pegasus** · September 10, 2010

1. Go to VaultWiki > Namespace Manager.
2. Click [Add New Namespace].
3. For "Top-Level Forum", select the forum you wanted to turn into a wiki.
4. You will also have to set the "Title" and "BB-Code Tag Name" fields before you can save.
5. Hit "Save".

**stev** · October 2, 2010

Originally Posted by pegasus

1. Go to VaultWiki > Namespace Manager.
2. Click [Add New Namespace].
3. For "Top-Level Forum", select the forum you wanted to turn into a wiki.
4. You will also have to set the "Title" and "BB-Code Tag Name" fields before you can save.
5. Hit "Save".

So if the forum's title is Bible, what's the BB-Code Tag Name should be?

Thanks

**pegasus** · October 2, 2010

You should name it "bible" if you can to make it easier for your users by having the title and the BB-Code the same. Sometimes this isn't possible, like if the Title is 3 words long.