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# Creating Boards

Boards are the foundation of FeedbackFlow, allowing you to organize feature requests by product, project, or category.

## What are Boards?

Boards are separate feedback portals, each with:

* Unique branding (colors, images, text)
* Custom form labels
* Independent feature requests
* Own settings and statuses

**Example boards:**

* "Mobile App Ideas"
* "Website Features"
* "API Requests"
* "Bug Reports"

## Creating Your First Board

### Step 1: Navigate to Boards

1. Log in to admin dashboard
2. Click **Boards** in sidebar
3. Click **Add Board**

![Create Board Button](/products/feedback-flow/public/screenshots/add-board.png)

### Step 2: Basic Information

Fill in the board details:

| Field           | Description               | Required               |
| --------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| **Board Name**  | Display name              | ✓ Yes                  |
| **Slug**        | URL-friendly identifier   | ✓ Yes (auto-generated) |
| **Description** | Brief explanation         | Optional               |
| **Heading**     | Header text on board page | Optional               |

**Example:**

```
Board Name: Product Feature Requests
Slug: product-features (auto-filled)
Description: Submit and vote on new features for our product
Heading: What features would you like to see?
```

![Board Basic Info](/products/feedback-flow/public/screenshots/create-board.png)

### Step 3: Introduction Section

Add an introduction shown at the top of the board:

| Field             | Description                     |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------- |
| **Intro Heading** | Section title (e.g., "Welcome") |
| **Intro Text**    | Description or guidelines       |

**Example:**

```
Intro Heading: Share Your Ideas
Intro Text: We value your feedback! Submit feature requests,
           vote on ideas you love, and help shape our roadmap.
```

### Step 4: Form Customization

Customize the feature request submission form labels:

| Field                 | Default                 | Customize                  |
| --------------------- | ----------------------- | -------------------------- |
| **Title Label**       | "Feature Title"         | Your custom text           |
| **Title Placeholder** | "Enter a title..."      | Your custom placeholder    |
| **Body Label**        | "Description"           | Your custom text           |
| **Body Placeholder**  | "Describe your idea..." | Your custom placeholder    |
| **Footer Text**       | (none)                  | Additional info below form |
| **Button Text**       | "Submit Request"        | Your custom button text    |

**Example customization:**

```
Title Label: What's your idea?
Title Placeholder: Briefly describe your feature request...
Body Label: Tell us more
Body Placeholder: Provide details about how this feature would help you...
Footer Text: All submissions are reviewed within 24 hours.
Button Text: Share My Idea
```

![Form Customization](/products/feedback-flow/public/screenshots/customize-board.png)

### Step 5: Board Settings

Configure board behavior:

**Visibility**

* **Public**: Anyone can view and submit (default)
* **Private**: Only logged-in users can access

**Enable Voting**

* Toggle on/off to allow upvoting/downvoting on this board

**Default Status**

* Choose which status new feature requests receive automatically
* Example: "Under Review", "Submitted", "Open"

![Board Settings](/products/feedback-flow/public/screenshots/setting-board.png)

### Step 6: Save Board

Click **Save Board** to save.

You'll be redirected to the board's feature request list.

## Accessing Your Board

After creation, users can access the board at:

```
https://yourdomain.com/board/{slug}
```

Example:

```
https://yourdomain.com/board/product-features
```

## Creating Multiple Boards

Create as many boards as needed:

**Common use cases:**

* Separate boards per product
* Different boards for features vs bugs
* Internal vs external feedback boards
* Department-specific boards

**Example structure:**

```
├── Mobile App Features
├── Web Platform Ideas
├── API & Integrations
└── Bug Reports
```

## Board Slug Guidelines

Slugs must be:

* Lowercase
* URL-friendly (no spaces or special characters)
* Unique across all boards
* Permanent (changing breaks existing links)

**Good slugs:**

* `product-ideas`
* `mobile-features`
* `api-requests`

**Bad slugs:**

* `Product Ideas` (contains spaces and capitals)
* `features!!!` (special characters)
* `temp` (not descriptive)

## Default Data

Each new board inherits:

* System-wide statuses (from satus table you can set order of status also)
* Default priority levels
* Tag system

You can customize these per-board if needed.

## Board Permissions

By default:

* **Admins**: Full access to all boards
* **Users**: Can submit Feature request to public boards
* **Guests**: Can view public boards (based on board visibility setting)
* **TeamMembers**: Full access to all boards (based on roles and permissions assigned)

## Next Steps

After creating a board:

* [Board Customization](/products/feedback-flow/features/boards/customization) - Advanced branding and customization
* [Board Settings](/products/feedback-flow/features/boards/settings) - Detailed board configuration