Vanilla Labs - Vanilla Success
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>The <strong>Vanilla Labs </strong>feature allows you to enable and test new Higher Logic Vanilla features, pages, and components when they become available without needing to switch to <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/theme-guide" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Foundation</a>.</p><h2 data-id="who-is-it-for">Who is it for?</h2><ul><li>Vanilla Labs is particularly useful for customers using custom or legacy themes who want to integrate our newest components and pages into their existing themes. </li><li>Vanilla Labs is not necessary if you're already using our Foundation theme, as these features and components are enabled by default.</li></ul><h2 data-id="vanilla-labs-features">Vanilla Labs features</h2><ul><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/322-user-cards" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">User Cards</a></li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/396-elastic-search" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Search Page</a></li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/365-customizing-the-quick-links-menu" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Quick Links</a></li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/416" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">New Post Menu</a></li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/545" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Layout Editor</a></li></ul><p><strong>📝 NOTE</strong>: These pages and components are enabled by default in Foundation-based themes, and can optionally be integrated into custom or legacy theme templates. </p><p>Additional features will be added to this page in the future.</p><h2 data-id="access-and-use-vanilla-labs">Access and use Vanilla Labs</h2><ol><li>Access the Dashboard.</li><li>Navigate to <strong>Settings > Addons > Labs</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/JQM8514C6LSD/access-vlabs.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/JQM8514C6LSD/access-vlabs.png" alt="access_vlabs.png" height="362" width="1130" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>From here, you can toggle on any of the features and test/use them immediately. Refer to the <strong>Vanilla Labs features</strong> section above to learn more about each feature.</p><p><strong>🛑 IMPORTANT</strong>: If your community is already live, we strongly recommend that you first test these features on <strong>staging </strong>to see if any theme tweaks will be necessary. </p><p><strong>📝 NOTE</strong>: If the toggles are on and greyed out, this means you're already using a Foundation theme, which uses these features by default.</p><h2 data-id="theming">Theming </h2><p>If you're using a legacy theme and need to customize or tweak the look and feel of Vanilla Labs features, check out the article below.</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Our new theme editor is designed to allow you to easily configure and customize our Foundation themes, pages, and components. If you are not using Foundation, and are using a legacy theme, such as Keystone, Bootstrap3, or perhaps a custom theme, you have the option to start integrating Foundation-based pages and components…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/403","embedType":"link","name":"Integrate Foundation Pages into your Legacy Theme - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/403" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/403 </a> </div><p><br></p> </article> </main>