This article explains how to work with a discussion list for a community site in SharePoint 2013.

Step 1

Login to the SharePoint 2013 site as an administrator. Here I am logged in as Alan Wilkins User.

Step 2

Go to the site contents in the Community Site Portal.

site contents

Step 3

Click the Discussion List menu item.

List menu item

Step 4

Click the new discussion link. Enter the subject and body of the discussion. If you have a question then select the question checkbox then click the Save button.

Click Save button

Your discussion will show as in the following.

discussion

Reply for the Discussion

Click which discussion you need to reply to. Here I have logged in with another user (James Hopes).

Discussion page

general

Reply for the Discussion

Once entering into the reply text box click the Reply button.

click reply button

You also like and unlike the specific discussion comments. The like and unlike counts are also shown in the discussion list.

discussion list

Summary

In this article we explored how to work with a discussion list for the community site in SharePoint 2013.