Best Answer

This documentation page details the steps required to get started with Answers Best Answer, a sub-module of the Answers module. It is related to version 7.x-4.x and above, which is substantially different from prior versions.

This sub-module allows for marking any of the answers to a specific question as the best (accepted) answer. It displays the blue checkmarks to the left of each answer, and which is replaced by a green checkmark when an answer is marked as the best answer.

What does it mean when an answer is "best"?

When a user receives a good answer to their question, that user has the option to "best" an answer. Acceptance is indicated by a colored checkmark next to the answer that has been accepted by the author of the question.

Accepting an answer is not meant to be a definitive and final statement indicating that the question has now been answered perfectly. It simply means that the author received an answer that worked for them personally. Not every user comes back to accept an answer, and of those who do, they might not change the accepted answer even if a newer, better answer comes along later.

Often, accepting an answer corresponds to points gains.

If you accept:

• someone else's answer: You gain +2 points and the author of the accepted answer earns +15 points.
• your own answer: You gain 0 points.