Pre-Moderated Category - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p><strong>Pre-Moderated Category </strong>is an addon for your <strong>Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla)</strong> community that allows Admins to flag specific Categories as Pre-Moderated Categories. </p><ul><li>In this type of Category, <strong>all </strong>new discussions and/or comments are automatically blocked and sent to the Moderation Queue.</li><li>An Admin or Moderator can then decide whether to approve the content or delete it. </li></ul><h2 data-id="enable-the-addon">Enable the addon</h2><p>The Pre-Moderated Category addon can only be enabled by Vanilla staff; if you need it enabled, contact Vanilla Support.</p><h2 data-id="use-case">Use case</h2><p>This option is often used when an organization believes a Category's content may be particularly sensitive, or should otherwise be subject to review before it's available to the community.</p><h2 data-id="define-your-pre-moderated-categories">Define your Pre-Moderated Categories</h2><p>1. Access the Dashboard.</p><p>2. Navigate to <strong>Settings > Addons > Addons</strong>.</p><p>3. Locate the Pre-Moderated Category addon, and click the <strong>settings icon</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/13VKDX39K8LU/manage-premod-categories.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/13VKDX39K8LU/manage-premod-categories.png" alt="manage_premod_categories.png" height="462" width="1157" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>4. First decide what content to automatically moderate: <em>discussions </em>and/or <em>comments</em>. This choice applies to <strong>all</strong> of your Pre-Moderated Categories.</p><p>5. In the area below, all of your Vanilla community's Categories are listed. Check the boxes for the Categories you want to flag as Pre-Moderated Categories. </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/908/UNU1HMHA1T2P.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/908/UNU1HMHA1T2P.png" alt="Premoderated1.png" height="445" width="324" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h3 data-id="result">Result</h3><p>When users post in these Categories, they'll be notified that their content will need to be approved.</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/084/N4XQL6PW2PE0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/084/N4XQL6PW2PE0.png" alt="Premoderated2.png" height="71" width="742" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>📝 NOTE</strong>: With <strong>comments</strong>, a notification popup displays briefly at the bottom of the page.</p><h2 data-id="manage-your-moderation-queue">Manage your Moderation Queue</h2><ol><li>Access the Dashboard.</li><li>Navigate to <strong>Moderation > Content > Moderation Queue</strong>.</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/HOXI8WZIM5C1/access-moderation-queue.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/HOXI8WZIM5C1/access-moderation-queue.png" alt="access_moderation_queue.png" height="765" width="1154" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <ul><li>All moderated posts and comments are listed on this page.</li><li>The content in question is included, along with the author.</li><li>Select one or more pieces of content and click <strong>Approve </strong>or <strong>Delete Forever </strong>to perform the associated action.</li><li>You can filter the listed content by Category.</li><li>If there's more than one page of content, click the <strong>next/previous page </strong>buttons to view it.</li></ul><p><br></p> </article> </main>