Overview
Since the introduction of our new Foundation Theming editor, Vanilla has been hard at work adding new components and widgets that are designed to work seamlessly.
As of Release 2021.008, Vanilla has a new Labs page within the Dashboard settings. Using this new Vanilla Labs feature, you can enable and test out new Vanilla features, pages, or components when they become available without fully switching to Foundation.
Who is it for?
Vanilla Labs is meant for customers using custom or legacy themes who are looking to start integrating some of our newest components and pages into their existing themes. If you are already using the Foundation theme, these features and components will be enabled by default and enabling them via Vanilla Labs is not necessary.
Vanilla Labs Features
These pages and components are enabled by default in Foundation-based themes, and can optionally be integrated into custom or legacy theme templates.
We will be continuing to add features to this page, keep an eye on the release notes or speak to your CSM to find out more!
Using Vanilla Labs
To enable features in Vanilla Labs, go to your forum’s Dashboard, then Settings and Navigate to Vanilla Labs
From here you can toggle on any of the features -- if your site is already live it is strongly recommended to do this on staging first to see if any theme tweaks will be necessary.
Once toggled, you can test them out right away.
If the toggles are on and greyed out, this means you are already using a Foundation theme which uses these features by default.
Theming
If you need to customize or tweak the look and feel of Vanilla Labs features, see main article on Integrating Foundation Components and Pages into your theme.
