#TipTuesday

Picture this: you sit down with your coffee (or Celsius!) and open your community’s dashboard. Whoa? That’s a big jump in page views! Before you add that new number to your executive reporting let’s dive in and understand what might be going on. Recently, GrettaKraus started a discussion about noticing an uptick in…

Community Managers can use Vanilla’s API for everyday tasks too, and you can test requests directly from your Dashboard without writing any code. Head to Settings → API Integrations → API v2, choose an endpoint, and use Try It to see the results right in your community. This can be useful when you need to: Look up…

Hi Vanilla friends!👋🏼 Time for another episode of #TipTuesday where I plan to show you a super helpful shortcut that can save you a few clicks when updating your community. Ever open a community page, spot something you want to change, and then wonder which layout controls it? Vanilla’s admin bar can save you a few clicks!…

Hey, Success Community! Another Tip Tuesday coming your way, this time from your friendly Vanilla Support team. Have you ever wanted to display a user's role(s) next to their username on posts? Well, good news! Roles Titles is one of our more popular addons and it accomplishes just that. I'm here today to explain how that…

Governance is the overall framework that describes how a community is managed. Most communities have some form of Terms and Conditions or Guidelines. These are the member-facing policies within governance, but often, they are the only written component. Without clearly defining how potential violations should be handled,…

You ask the computer for something simple. “Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.” And instead of a perfectly reasonable cup of tea, you get… a lukewarm smoothie in a soup bowl with a garnish of CSS errors. That is sometimes what it feels like to ask AI for “a quick widget.” You might give it what sounds like an easy request: “Make me a…

Hello Vanilla friends! 😎🍦 Welcome back for another edition of #TipTuesday. One of the biggest challenges in any community is not getting someone to register. It is getting them to take that first meaningful action after they arrive. If a new member lands in your community and does not know where to go, what to click, or…

Spring is a great time to add a little personality to your community. In this #TipTuesday example, we’ll build a lightweight emoji spray that blooms across the discussion page when a member opens it. The effect is decorative, reusable, and configurable. You can use flowers, leaves, stars, butterflies, confetti, or any…

SSO issues can be frustrating, especially when some people can log in and others cannot. One important thing to remember: there are at least two possible sources of the problem—the Vanilla platform and your identity provider (IdP). Before opening a ticket, gather these four details: Who is affected? Is it one user, a group…

A field guide for those "Who do I ask?" moments You have a community question. Excellent! But where should it go? Should you contact your Success Advisor? Open a Support ticket? Search the knowledge base? Here's how to get your question to the right team, and get to an answer faster. The 10-Second TestASK YOURSELF: Am I…