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Community by Design: The Essential Foundation Framework [ 🎥 recording ]
Community planning doesn’t start at launch. It starts the moment you define its purpose and role in your customer experience. In this session, Izzy Neis, Head of Digital at ModSquad, and Heather Wendt, Senior Community Strategist at Higher Logic, walk through the full arc of community building, from early structure and…
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Has anyone used their Community (specifically Groups) to host Beta testing feedback?
Hello! We're transitioning to hosting all of our beta testing in our Community using the Groups function so that we can centralize feedback and communications and ensure a repeatable and standardized experience for our beta testers. I'm wondering if anyone else has implemented anything like this and if you have any advice…
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Integrating an LMS into Vanilla
Hi everyone! We are considering integrating an LMS into our community. We would like to be able to easily link to courses, have badges earned in the courses link back to the community, and be able to possibly award "points" for attending/completing courses. Does anyone else currently do this in their community and if so,…
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Private Group vs Restricted Category: your recommendations please
Good day Community, Has anyone utilized a Category for focused, and private conversations instead of a Group? Are there functionalities (or other benefits) of a Category that would make it superior to a Group other than page design? My concern with a Category over a Group is the management of membership: a private Group…
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Tip Tuesday: The Custom Fonts Talk.
You want to funkify your site. You've put your heart into the visual presentation of your Vanilla community. You're comparing it to other communities and you're pretty sure your's is a 10. But then you notice, there are some other 10s out there. You want to go up to 11. You're thinking web fonts! (OK, the real story is…
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How are you ensuring you are meeting actual customer needs?
Hey all! Have been doing some thinking about the importance of understanding your customer journey from both an organizational and community standpoint, and this means first knowing the real needs of your audience. And that starts with talking to them…so here is my question…HOW are you talking to your members? A survey?…
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Can we remove the "Updated [time] by [user]" ?
I love the transparency when someone edits another person's post but I'm wondering if this notification can be restricted by role? There are times when our members post discussions in the wrong places and a simple move to a new category will show up as if the post was updated, potentially creating confusion with our…
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Update on the future of this blog
Hello everyone! We launched this blog back in October of 2023 with the intention of keeping folks "dialed in" to new and updated articles in the Vanilla knowledge base. Over time, we have come to realize this avenue of communication has become redundant and is no longer needed. Here's why: @Val and @Shauna post detailed…
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April Success Community Roundup! 🐰 🐣 🪺 🌷
Hey Success Community! 👋 The Easter Bunny has come and gone, the snow has finally melted and the tulips are starting to blossom. Let's take a look at what's been happening in the Success Community this month: 🧭 Community Strategy 🎯 What has been the biggest impact of having a Super User program? Monthly Metrics: April 2025…
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#TipTuesday : Quick Rank Label Styling for Non-Developers
Hello Success community, Who's ready for another #TipTuesday? As you may know, Ranks are a tool that allow you to either grant or restrict specific community privileges to your users based on their activity on the site. (Need a refresher on Ranks? Check out this article for more info.) Each Ranks has a label that will…