Social Media Connections - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p><strong>Higher Logic Vanilla</strong> (<strong>Vanilla</strong>) offers several addons that you can use to connect to other accounts that you have. These Social Connect Addons are listed below and some are described in more detail in dedicated sections.</p><h2 data-id="manage-your-social-media-connections">Manage your Social Media Connections</h2><p>1. Access the Dashboard.</p><p>2. Navigate to <strong>Settings > Connections > Social Media</strong>.</p><p>The Social Connect Addons page lists the available connections.</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/8K2UO7E6FRKI/social-connect-options.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/8K2UO7E6FRKI/social-connect-options.png" alt="Social Connect options.png" height="241" width="839" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>On this page you can:</p><ul><li>click the <strong>document</strong> icon to access the associated knowledge base article,</li><li>see whether the addon has been configured,</li><li>click the <strong>settings</strong> icon to access the addon's <strong>Settings</strong> dialog, and</li><li>slide the toggle right to enable, or left to disable, the addon.</li></ul><h2 data-id="social-connect-addons">Social Connect addons</h2><ul><li><strong>Facebook Social Connect</strong> - Users can sign in to your Vanilla community via their Facebook account and, optionally, share forum content there.</li><li><strong>LinkedIn Social Connect</strong> - Users can sign in to your Vanilla community via their LinkedIn account.</li><li><strong>Microsoft Account</strong> - Users can sign in to your Vanilla community using their Microsoft account credentials.</li><li><strong>OpenID</strong> - Users can sign in to your Vanilla community with OpenID. <strong>NOTE</strong>: This has to be enabled in order to use the Google SignIn and Steam Connect connections.</li><li><strong>Snap Kit Log In</strong> - Users can sign in to your Vanilla community via their Snap Chat account.</li><li><strong>Twitter Social Connect</strong> - Users can sign in to your Vanilla community via their Twitter account.</li><li><strong>Google SignIn</strong> - Users can sign in to your Vanilla community via their Google account. <strong>NOTE</strong>: The <strong>OpenID</strong> addon on this page must be enabled.</li><li><strong>Steam Connect</strong> - Users can sign in to your Vanilla community via their Steam account. <strong>NOTE</strong>: The <strong>OpenID</strong> addon on this page must be enabled.</li></ul><h3 data-id="issue-case-management-addons">Issue & case management addons</h3><ul><li><strong>GitHub</strong> - Staff users can <strong>create issues</strong> from discussions and comments.</li><li><strong>Pega</strong> - Staff users can <strong>create cases</strong> from discussions and comments.</li><li><strong>Zendesk</strong> - Staff users can <strong>create tickets and cases</strong> from discussions and comments.</li></ul><h2 data-id="github">GitHub</h2><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Github This plugin allows you to submit user discussion and comments as GitHub issues. What is Github? GitHub has become one of the most popular code repository services in the world. Developers use it to store source code and it allows developers to contribute code to a common source code. Integration between Vanilla…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/947\/TM5DAO1BWY5V.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/358-integrating-with-github","embedType":"link","name":"Integrating with Github - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/358-integrating-with-github" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/358-integrating-with-github </a> </div><h2 data-id="zendesk">Zendesk </h2><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Overview This plugin allows you to: Link your Zendesk account to your Vanilla user profile. Submit users’ discussions and comments as tickets to your hosted Zendesk. Setup If you already have an account you need to enable API Access for this plugin to work. Login to your Zendesk Site. Go to the Admin Setting. Under…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/947\/TM5DAO1BWY5V.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/25-zendesk","embedType":"link","name":"Zendesk - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/25-zendesk" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/25-zendesk </a> </div><h2 data-id="twitter">Twitter</h2><p>To learn how to set up the link between Twitter and your Vanilla community account, see:</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Vanilla Forums integrates with a number of social applications that you can use as SSO solutions, this article focuses on that usage. You can find an overview of our social integrations here for applications other than as method of sign in. Facebook Facebook Connect allows users to sign in using their Facebook account. You…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/36-social-connect-options#twitter","embedType":"link","name":"Social Connect Options - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/36-social-connect-options#twitter" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/36-social-connect-options#twitter </a> </div><p>The set-up process is necessary only if you want your users to be able to connect their Twitter accounts to their community profiles, which makes it easier for them to publish content on Twitter without having to go to Twitter.</p><p>📝 <strong>NOTE</strong>: This is required for <strong>Social Sign In</strong> as well as for <strong>Automatic Social Share</strong> and is recommended for a better user experience.</p><h3 data-id="social-reactions">Social Reactions</h3><p>Social reactions adds a Twitter share option to your community so that users can share posts directly to Twitter.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ff2e3OXqvbUOjXnJBLRJvaSdkoNCL2c3u_kB-JRiznYIzMTkKipJtPMu5JydPuuz0X_rk43QU7keGRfJ3HdBAfyDoahi3a1Q0LFqsnoVI9xv8QdIa8O1zH9chRjvM07FNIlcdAoj" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ff2e3OXqvbUOjXnJBLRJvaSdkoNCL2c3u_kB-JRiznYIzMTkKipJtPMu5JydPuuz0X_rk43QU7keGRfJ3HdBAfyDoahi3a1Q0LFqsnoVI9xv8QdIa8O1zH9chRjvM07FNIlcdAoj" alt="ff2e3OXqvbUOjXnJBLRJvaSdkoNCL2c3u_kB-JRiznYIzMTkKipJtPMu5JydPuuz0X_rk43QU7keGRfJ3HdBAfyDoahi3a1Q0LFqsnoVI9xv8QdIa8O1zH9chRjvM07FNIlcdAoj" height="180" width="320" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>If your Vanilla community is not connected to Twitter, your community users:</p><ul><li>will have to log in to Twitter whenever they click this icon and</li><li>will not be able to link their forum and Twitter accounts.</li></ul><h3 data-id="automatic-social-share">Automatic Social Share</h3><p>To learn about this feature, see:</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"With automatic Twitter social share, community content can be published simultaneously to your community and Twitter.","photoUrl":"https:\/\/blog.vanillaforums.com\/hubfs\/Imported_Blog_Media\/Automatic_-_Canva-5.png#keepProtocol","url":"https:\/\/blog.vanillaforums.com\/product\/how-to-enable-automatic-twitter-social-share-in-vanilla","embedType":"link","name":"How To Enable Automatic Twitter Social Share in Vanilla"}"> <a href="https://blog.vanillaforums.com/product/how-to-enable-automatic-twitter-social-share-in-vanilla" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://blog.vanillaforums.com/product/how-to-enable-automatic-twitter-social-share-in-vanilla </a> </div><h2 data-id="facebook">Facebook</h2><h3 data-id="social-sign-in">Social Sign In</h3><p>To learn how to set up the link between Facebook and your Vanilla community account, see:</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Vanilla Forums integrates with a number of social applications that you can use as SSO solutions, this article focuses on that usage. You can find an overview of our social integrations here for applications other than as method of sign in. Facebook Facebook Connect allows users to sign in using their Facebook account. You…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/36-social-connect-options#facebook","embedType":"link","name":"Social Connect Options - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/36-social-connect-options#facebook" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/36-social-connect-options#facebook </a> </div><p>The set-up process is necessary only if you want your users to be able to connect their Facebook accounts to their community profiles, which makes it easier for them to publish content on Facebook without having to go to Facebook.</p><p>📝 <strong>NOTE</strong>: This is required for <strong>Social Sign In</strong> as well as for <strong>Automatic Social Reactions</strong> and is recommended for a better user experience.</p><h3 data-id="social-reactions-1">Social Reactions</h3><p>Social reactions adds a Facebook share option to your community so that users can share posts directly to Facebook.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KxlJZPQKdogtR5ZTGKevpaTzwiLR4YYOMdIylzxtpJ0ixsDtkS7zWd0s8z_ioRyHXm3nKnlqR7Ssfy519UmhrIYGhZ4JJyf3DHO_H-_E1e4Gy7m_N1kDGf-Z7_6GiTFmUYOjj-om" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KxlJZPQKdogtR5ZTGKevpaTzwiLR4YYOMdIylzxtpJ0ixsDtkS7zWd0s8z_ioRyHXm3nKnlqR7Ssfy519UmhrIYGhZ4JJyf3DHO_H-_E1e4Gy7m_N1kDGf-Z7_6GiTFmUYOjj-om" alt="KxlJZPQKdogtR5ZTGKevpaTzwiLR4YYOMdIylzxtpJ0ixsDtkS7zWd0s8z_ioRyHXm3nKnlqR7Ssfy519UmhrIYGhZ4JJyf3DHO_H-_E1e4Gy7m_N1kDGf-Z7_6GiTFmUYOjj-om" height="180" width="320" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>If your Vanilla community is not connected to Facebook, your community users:</p><ul><li>will have to log in to Facebook whenever they click this icon and</li><li>will not be able to link their forum and Facebook accounts.</li></ul><h2 data-id="social-section-of-user-profiles">Social section of user profiles</h2><p>When any one of the social connection addons is enabled, the <strong>Social</strong> section will display in users' profiles. </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/FX-bwcXQPB2xn5Em4y28NseB1gfQJrnN_220EKyb3HUMv5qNzhXFVbPXB4hWntzsMbfNiwsJAILD2YiZBvsRRjc4tj7eFI9ZvpASTekQg01u7tEa6lKeFgtxFStTB7KyEhWWDKZM" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/FX-bwcXQPB2xn5Em4y28NseB1gfQJrnN_220EKyb3HUMv5qNzhXFVbPXB4hWntzsMbfNiwsJAILD2YiZBvsRRjc4tj7eFI9ZvpASTekQg01u7tEa6lKeFgtxFStTB7KyEhWWDKZM" alt="FX-bwcXQPB2xn5Em4y28NseB1gfQJrnN_220EKyb3HUMv5qNzhXFVbPXB4hWntzsMbfNiwsJAILD2YiZBvsRRjc4tj7eFI9ZvpASTekQg01u7tEa6lKeFgtxFStTB7KyEhWWDKZM" height="180" width="320" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>Here, users can self-manage the connection between their social media accounts and their forum account. </p><p>📝 <strong>NOTE</strong>: If you have not fully connected your social app, this page will display an error. It is recommended that you complete the integration or hide this section from profiles via CSS.</p> </article> </main>