Pre-Moderating Content - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>Pre-moderation of every post made to a community is not something we recommend as a general rule or best-practice. However, there might be communities or situations where doing so would be beneficial.</p><p>This article provides a list of tools that you can use to <em>pre-moderate content</em> in your community.</p><h2 data-id="civil-tongue-(swear-word-filter)">Civil Tongue (swear word filter)</h2><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Civil Tongue is an addon for your community that allows you to enter a list of forbidden words and have them replaced with text of your choice. You can enable this by going to your Dashboard, then Settings, then Addons, and selecting Civil Tongue. To edit what words are forbidden and what word they should be replaced with,…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/947\/TM5DAO1BWY5V.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/268-civil-tongue","embedType":"link","name":"Civil Tongue - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/268-civil-tongue" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/268-civil-tongue </a> </div><h2 data-id="keyword-blocker">Keyword Blocker</h2><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Keyword blocker is an addon that must be enabled by Vanilla staff. Please contact your CSM or Vanilla Support in order to have this enabled on your community. Keyword blockers allows you to select certain unacceptable words and have the entire post sent to the moderation queue. If you would prefer the post was simply…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/947\/TM5DAO1BWY5V.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/269-keyword-blocker","embedType":"link","name":"Keyword Blocker - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/269-keyword-blocker" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/269-keyword-blocker </a> </div><h2 data-id="pre-moderated-category">Pre-Moderated Category</h2><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"The Pre-Moderated Category add-on allows admins to set certain categories to flag all new discussions, comments, or both. This add-on must be enabled by your Vanilla Customer Success Manager. This option can be used when it is anticipated that content in a certain category may be particularly sensitive, or otherwise should…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/947\/TM5DAO1BWY5V.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/229-pre-moderated-category","embedType":"link","name":"Pre-Moderated Category - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/229-pre-moderated-category" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/229-pre-moderated-category </a> </div><h2 data-id="pre-moderating-a-role">Pre-Moderating a Role</h2><p>You can also moderate individual Roles by editing the Role and enabling the <strong><code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">Approval > Require</code></strong> permission in the Vanilla section.</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/7D7W6HRH89RG/approval-permission.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/7D7W6HRH89RG/approval-permission.png" alt="Approval permission.png" height="186" width="580" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>When this permission is set, unverified members' posts are put in the Moderation Queue and have to be approved before they are posted on the community.</p><p>To learn about <em>this and other Role-based permissions</em>, see:</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","embedType":"link","name":"Roles & Permissions - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/39" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/39 </a> </div><h2 data-id="resolved-discussions">Resolved Discussions</h2><p>The <strong>Resolved Discussions</strong> addon makes it easier to review and track every discussion posted in your Vanilla community. This is especially useful in highly-curated communities.</p><p>To learn how to <em>enable and use this</em><strong><em> </em></strong><em>addon</em>, see:</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"When the Resolved Discussions addon is enabled for your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community, a few important things happen: All discussions across your Vanilla community are automatically labeled as Unresolved. Staff users can now flag discussions as Resolved. The Resolved status is shared among all Staff users (i.e.,…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/178","embedType":"link","name":"Resolved Discussions - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/178" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/178 </a> </div><h2 data-id="additional-resources"> Additional resources</h2><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"A quick checklist of 4 things to consider before enabling any plugin for your community forum","photoUrl":"https:\/\/blog.vanillaforums.com\/hubfs\/Imported_Blog_Media\/press-the-button-4.jpg#keepProtocol","url":"https:\/\/blog.vanillaforums.com\/product\/4-things-to-consider-before-enabling-a-plugin-in-your-community-forum","embedType":"link","name":"4 Things to Consider Before Enabling a Plugin in Your Community Forum"}"> <a href="https://blog.vanillaforums.com/product/4-things-to-consider-before-enabling-a-plugin-in-your-community-forum" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://blog.vanillaforums.com/product/4-things-to-consider-before-enabling-a-plugin-in-your-community-forum </a> </div><p>Click the link below to access a video expanding on what you learned in this article.</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"For more information, please see:","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/GXW21TRYG1JP\/share-imagevanilla-community.jpg","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/466","embedType":"link","name":"Moderation Features [video] - HL Vanilla Community"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/466" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/466 </a> </div><p><br></p> </article> </main>