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Counters, Last Activity or Best Answer Look Wrong

Troubleshooting guide for the stored counters of Vitextra Discussions: why the Replies, Views and Likes counters, Last activity and Last reply by can lag behind or differ from the thread, why views are counted once per browser session and not for read-only visitors, how the best answer and the Answered state are derived from the accepted reply, what happens when the accepted reply is deleted or the topic is locked, and how to correct the values in the Discussions Topics list.

11/2/2026 Lidija Reising 27

Discussions in the SharePoint Mobile App and Teams Mobile

What the Vitextra Discussions web part offers on a phone: where it runs (the SharePoint mobile app, the browser of the phone, Microsoft Teams mobile as a channel tab or a personal app), how the topic list, the topic page and the reply thread adapt to a narrow screen, how to post a reply, insert a photo from the camera, attach a file and mention a colleague from a phone, what moderators can do on the go, what still needs a desktop browser and the limits of the editor on touch devices.

11/2/2026 Lidija Reising 38

Discussions Lists and Columns Reference

Complete reference of the SharePoint lists the Vitextra Discussions web part creates on a site - Discussions Boards, Discussions Topics, Discussions Posts, Discussions Subscriptions and the Discussions Assets library - with every Vtx column: display name, internal name, type, index, default value and allowed choice values, how the lists are recognised by marker columns, the list settings applied at creation, which columns the web part maintains and which ones you can edit safely.

11/2/2026 Lidija Reising 29

Discussions Web Part Settings Reference

Complete reference of the property panes of the Vitextra Discussions and Discussions Activity web parts: the Not Configured screen with New board and Existing board, the Board group (Board, Open List), the Appearance group (Default view, Topics per page, Show categories, Show reply and view counters, Show search box), the Activity settings (Board, Board page URL, Maximum items, Show board name), the About group, the command bar actions including the Board settings panel, the Edit and Delete commands of a topic, default values, supported hosts and the settings kept outside the property pane.

11/2/2026 Lidija Reising 35

Discussions: Frequently Asked Questions

Short answers to the common questions about the Vitextra Discussions web part for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: whether Viva Engage is needed, where the content is stored, renaming the lists, API permissions, who can read, post and moderate, guests, board modes and categories, approval and visibility, notifications, importing a classic Discussion Board, Teams and mobile, languages, limits, the trial and the plans.

11/2/2026 Lidija Reising 35

How to Import a Classic SharePoint Discussion Board into Discussions

Step-by-step guide to the built-in importer of the Vitextra Discussions web part: where the Import classic board button is, how to pick the site and the classic Discussion Board, what the dry-run summary shows, the Keep original authors and dates and Copy attachments options, the progress phases, the final report with warnings, and how to run the import again without duplicates.

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Limits and Performance: Large Boards, Long Threads and the List View Threshold

Reference for the limits of Vitextra Discussions: how the topic list is paged, which columns are indexed, how long threads are loaded, the 10 MB image limit and the folder-per-year layout of the Discussions Assets library, the caps of the moderation queue and the Activity web part, and recommendations for boards with more than 5,000 topics.

11/2/2026 Lidija Reising 33

Organizing Topics with Categories

How categories work in the Vitextra Discussions web part for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: defining the category list when a board is created, changing it later in the Board settings panel, choosing a category when starting or editing a topic, filtering the topic list with the category drop-down, what happens to topics whose category is renamed or removed, topics without a category, the Show categories setting and tips for a good category list.

11/2/2026 Lidija Reising 37

Theming: How Discussions Follows Your Site Theme and Fonts

Reference on the look of the Vitextra Discussions and Discussions Activity web parts: how the SharePoint site theme is copied into CSS variables on the web part, which theme slots colour text, links, buttons, dividers and badges, section backgrounds and full-width sections, the site font, the Microsoft Teams Default and Dark themes, right-to-left languages, the languages of the interface and what cannot be customised.

11/2/2026 Lidija Reising 28

Troubleshooting the Classic Board Import

Troubleshooting guide for the classic Discussion Board importer of Vitextra Discussions: the Import classic board button is missing, no classic boards are found on the site, errors when loading boards from another site, a slow or failing dry run, the warnings Author and dates could not be restored, Reply skipped: its topic was not imported and attachment errors, flat reply trees, duplicates after a second import, an interrupted run and Community Site boards - with the cause and the fix for each.

11/2/2026 Lidija Reising 35

Views, Paging, Search and Counters: Display Settings of the Discussions Web Part

How to tune what readers see in the Vitextra Discussions web part: the Default view (Recent, Unanswered, Answered, Featured, My topics), the Topics per page slider and the Load more button, the title search box, the category filter, the reply and view counters and the web part title. Where each setting lives in the property pane, what it changes on the page, the defaults and recommended combinations for a Q&A forum, a community board and a small team board.

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