Designate Community Settings early to manage and set boundaries for the Community and set how Users interact.
This article outlines the following concepts:
Access Community Settings
Go to Social > under the Community subsection, click Settings
Profile tab
In the Profile tab, set users' permissions to edit their profile. These settings include:
- Enable user profile edits - when enabled, the user may edit any field not marked read-only in User Profile Fields
- Edit profile pictures
- Select profile video - when enabled, users can upload a video introduction for themselves
- Edit account details
- Edit preferences
Stream tab
In the Stream tab, configure how users interact with the community feed, such as commenting, editing, and the alerts they receive.
General settings include:
- Comments may be edited
- Only friends can comment
- Only friends can comment on videos
- Only friends can comment on photos
- Only members can comment in groups
- Only responders can comment in event
- Auto refresh
- Time interval to refresh
Display options include:
- Number of displayed comments
- Number of previous comments to load
- Comment length (characters)
Stream Notifications
Admins can also control specific settings for stream notifications such as:
- Joined a group
- Community group updates
- Community event updates
- Group profile image updated
- New friends
Designate if users can report spam.
Social tab
Designate if the Friends function is enabled and friends are filtered alphabetically.
Designate which items display “likes.” Items include:
- Groups
- Events
- Photos
- Videos
- Profile
Social Sharing
Designate if users can share their profile via social media and email.
Designate if users can message between each other and if they can share files (and the max file size).
Notifications tab
In the Notifications tab, enable various alerts via email and/or notifications in the LMS.
Privacy tab
In the Privacy tab, set the display level of the following items:
- Profile
- Friends
- Photos
- Video
- Group List
Items can be set to Public, Members, Friends, or only viewable to the user.
Set if admins are shown in the user lists.