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Welcome back for another edition of #TipTuesday. Let's stop the scroll!! Featured Collections are your secret weapon to keeping eyes focused on what's important to your users. Instead of letting valuable resources get buried, you can spotlight key discussions, articles, or resources right where members will see them first.…
Can you edit quick links on a category page? I'd like to be able to either get rid of the "All Categories" quick link or prioritize tags above the all categories quick link. Thanks in advance for the help!
Hi there! I'm looking to learn from fellow community managers: What are your best practices for making important announcements stand out in your community? Whether it's product updates, policy changes, or promoting biggest event of the year, how do you ensure your members see and engage with the announcement? (Aiming to be…
I'd love to learn more about how you use these in your communities and how you determine when to ban a user vs delete their account. Are there some benefits for choosing either of these options or what would be the downfalls of choosing one versus the other?
One of my awesome teams has developed a AI Chatbot for their alumni and students to use. They would love to see it embedded in the Community to entice their students & alum to use it. Of course, we love that here on the Kaplan Community team so wanted to see if anyone implemented something similar? It's being built similar…
Hey everyone! 🙋♀️ Happy Wednesday! You might notice the homepage and discussions page are suddenly looking a little extra spiffy! 🎨 That's because we've added two new widgets - Featured Collections and a Leaderboard. I'm incredibly excited about using Vanilla's new Featured Collections – it's a great way to showcase…
AI search is changing how people discover answers online, and community content is increasingly part of the source material AI systems rely on. For community teams, that creates a new visibility challenge: how do you make trusted discussions, accepted answers, and real-world expertise easier for AI systems to find,…
Hey Vanilla friends 👋 Spring has been slow arriving here in Canada this year (and very rainy), but the flowers are finally starting to bloom 🌸 Let's take a look at what's been happening in the Success Community this month: 🍦 Vanilla Updates 🎉 Introducing the Higher Logic Vanilla MCP! A New Support Communication Channel!…
Hey Vanilla friends 👋 We have some exciting news to share! In the next couple of weeks, we’ll be opening up parts of the Higher Logic Vanilla Community to people who are not currently HL Vanilla customers. This is a new step for our community, and one we’re taking with a lot of intention. By welcoming additional…
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…
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