Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/catalog/forums.en_US.ISO-8859-1.xml
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/catalog/forums.en_US.ISO-8859-1.xml,v
diff -u -r1.26 -r1.27
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/catalog/forums.en_US.ISO-8859-1.xml	20 Mar 2005 00:11:35 -0000	1.26
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/catalog/forums.en_US.ISO-8859-1.xml	30 Mar 2005 18:33:47 -0000	1.27
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
   <msg key="Forums_Posting_hist_lt">Forums: Posting history for</msg>
   <msg key="forward">Forward</msg>
   <msg key="Fwd">Fwd:</msg>
+  <msg key="help_presentation">&lt;b&gt;Flat&lt;/b&gt; only allows replies at the end of a thread with no nesting or threading, &lt;b&gt;Threaded&lt;/b&gt; allows replies to be made to any post in the thread and the reply will be indented under the post they are associated with.</msg>
+  <msg key="help_posting_policy">&lt;b&gt;Open&lt;/b&gt; allows any users to post and have posts appear immediately, &lt;b&gt;moderated&lt;/b&gt; means posts must be approved by a moderator before others can see them, and &lt;b&gt;closed&lt;/b&gt; means only administrators may post.</msg>
+  <msg key="help_new_threads">If &lt;b&gt;No&lt;/b&gt;, users may only reply to existing posts not create new threads.</msg>
   <msg key="html">HTML</msg>
   <msg key="Last_Post">Last Post</msg>
   <msg key="Last_post_in_subject">Last post in subject</msg>
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/tcl/form-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/tcl/form-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/tcl/form-procs.tcl	20 Mar 2005 00:12:29 -0000	1.5
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/tcl/form-procs.tcl	30 Mar 2005 18:33:48 -0000	1.6
@@ -162,17 +162,20 @@
       -label [_ forums.Presentation] \
       -datatype text \
       -widget select \
+      -help_text [_ forums.help_presentation] \
       -options [list [list [_ forums.Flat] flat] [list [_ forums.Threaded] threaded]]
 
     template::element create $form_name ${prefix}posting_policy \
       -label [_ forums.Posting_Policy] \
       -datatype text \
       -widget select \
+      -help_text [_ forums.help_posting_policy] \
       -options [list [list [_ forums.open] open] [list [_ forums.moderated] moderated] [list [_ forums.closed] closed] ]
 
     template::element create $form_name ${prefix}new_threads_p \
       -label [_ forums.lt_Users_Can_Create_New_] \
       -datatype integer \
       -widget radio \
+      -help_text [_ forums.help_new_threads] \
       -options [list [list [_ forums.Yes] 1] [list [_ forums.No] 0] ] 
 }