Author Selector - Vanilla Success
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>The <strong>Author Selector </strong>addon allows admins and moderators to change the author of a:</p><ul><li>discussion, </li><li>question, </li><li>poll, </li><li>or idea.</li></ul><h2 data-id="before-we-begin...">Before we begin...</h2><p>Before admins and moderators can change the author for a piece of content, two prerequisites are required:</p><ul><li> The Author Selector addon must be enabled</li><li>These users must have the appropriate permission enabled for their Role(s)</li></ul><h3 data-id="enable-the-author-selector-addon">Enable the Author Selector addon</h3><p><strong>📝 NOTE</strong>: Author Selector is available <em>at all plan levels</em>. </p><ol><li>Access the Dashboard.</li><li>Navigate to <strong>Settings > Addons > Addons</strong>.</li><li>Locate the Author Selector addon and enable it.</li></ol><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/KJ5TDE4PQRPD/enable-authselctr-addon.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/KJ5TDE4PQRPD/enable-authselctr-addon.png" alt="enable_AuthSelctr_addon.png" height="662" width="1373" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h3 data-id="enable-the-role-permission">Enable the Role permission</h3><p>Even with the addon enabled, admins and moderators require the <strong>Default Category Permissions > Discussions > Edit </strong>permission before they can change an author.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/D6RFCUIHOACT/disc-edit-permissions.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/D6RFCUIHOACT/disc-edit-permissions.png" alt="disc_edit_permissions.png" height="237" width="886" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>✔️ TIP</strong>: This can also be controlled on a per-category basis by enabling the <strong>this category has custom permissions</strong> option for a Category.</p><p>Check out the following article to learn more about Roles & Permissions, and how to access and manage them. </p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Two of the most important aspects of your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community are Roles and permissions: Roles are like high-level categories in which your users are grouped. Each Role can be customized with a unique set of permissions to control what users with that Role can see and do in your community. 📝 NOTE:…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/39-roles-permissions","embedType":"link","name":"Roles & Permissions - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/39-roles-permissions" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/39-roles-permissions </a> </div><h2 data-id="change-an-author">Change an author</h2><p><strong>📝 NOTE</strong>: At this time, you can only change the author for discussions, questions, polls, and ideas; you cannot change the author for comments/answers.</p><p>With the addon and appropriate permission enabled, changing an author is simple:</p><p>1. From either the discussion list view or a discussion itself, click the <strong>(...)</strong> menu and select <strong>Change Author</strong>.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/SWCCSM2JJNEH/ellipsemenu-changeauthor.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/SWCCSM2JJNEH/ellipsemenu-changeauthor.png" alt="ellipsemenu_ChangeAuthor.png" height="471" width="935" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>2. On the resulting page, begin typing the name of the author you want to switch the content to; as you type, applicable user names will display.</p><p>3. Click to select the desired user, and click the <strong>Change Author </strong>button to finalize the change.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/EFQC7B3QIQAF/select-new-author.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/EFQC7B3QIQAF/select-new-author.png" alt="select_new_author.png" height="267" width="683" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> </article> </main>