Browse Community Content - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>There are two main pages where you can browse content in your <strong>Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla)</strong> community:</p><ul><li><strong>Recent Discussions</strong> page</li><li><strong>All Categories</strong> page</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/27KBDFKVUYR2/comm-nav-disc-cat-pages.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/27KBDFKVUYR2/comm-nav-disc-cat-pages.png" alt="comm_nav_disc_cat_pages.png" height="331" width="1014" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="recent-discussions-page">Recent Discussions page</h2><p>The <em>Recent Discussions</em> page lists <em>all </em>of your Vanilla community's discussions, <em>ordered by most recently commented</em>. In other words, it's the best way to quickly catch up on the latest conversations happening across your Vanilla community.</p><ul><li>Click a discussion to view it in full on its details page.</li><li>Each user will only see the discussions they have <em>access </em>to see, which is based on their Role <em>and </em>the associated Category's permissions.</li><li>Admins can flag a discussion as an <em>announcement </em>on the Recent Discussions page. Doing so causes it to be "pinned" to the top and have the "Announcement" indicator.</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/3H2D8SUD9RYW/recent-discussions-page.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/3H2D8SUD9RYW/recent-discussions-page.png" alt="recent_discussions_page.png" height="810" width="896" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h3 data-id="view-your-followed-discussions">View your Followed discussions</h3><p>By default, the page lists <em>all</em> discussions you have access to see; however, click the <strong>View </strong>dropdown and filter by <strong>Following </strong>to view only the discussions associated to the Categories you're following. </p><ul><li>In large communities, this makes it easier to browse for new activity in the discussions you're most interested in.</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/W4VROL6W0O4N/filter-list.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/W4VROL6W0O4N/filter-list.png" alt="filter_list.png" height="339" width="660" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h3 data-id="pagination">Pagination</h3><p>Your community Administrators can set the maximum number of discussions to display per page; any discussions above this number are accessible via the pagination buttons at the top left. </p><p><strong>📝 NOTE</strong>: There can be a maximum of <strong>10</strong>, <strong>15</strong>, <strong>20</strong>, <strong>25</strong>, <strong>30</strong>, <strong>40</strong>, <strong>50</strong>, or <strong>100</strong> discussions per page. </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/0CAWUXN8F7NM/pagination-buttons.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/0CAWUXN8F7NM/pagination-buttons.png" alt="pagination_buttons.png" height="269" width="657" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="all-categories-page">All Categories page</h2><p>This page displays the Categories that are set up for your Vanilla community. Categories are the high-level organizers of your discussions, and <em>each discussion must be placed in a Category</em>.</p><ul><li>While the <em>Recent Discussions</em> page is a great way to see discussion activity across <em>all </em>Categories, the <em>All Categories</em> page provides a more topic-based approach, allowing you to dive into specific topics that interest you and view <em>only</em> their associated discussions.</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/Q3QKOYBRGCVO/all-categories-page.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/Q3QKOYBRGCVO/all-categories-page.png" alt="all_categories_page.png" height="666" width="894" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h3 data-id="view-your-followed-categories">View your Followed Categories</h3><p>The <em>All Categories</em> page lists <em>all</em> Categories you have access to see, by default; however, click the <strong>View </strong>dropdown and filter by <strong>Following </strong>to view only the Categories you're following. </p><ul><li>In large communities, this makes it easier to browse for new activity in the Categories you're most interested in.</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/KMFG797ZRDCS/filter-list-allcats.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/KMFG797ZRDCS/filter-list-allcats.png" alt="filter_list-AllCats.png" height="259" width="536" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h3 data-id="category-actions">Category actions</h3><p>Each Category has an <strong>ellipsis (...)</strong> menu to the right, providing the following options:</p><ul><li><strong>Mark Read</strong> - As you can see in the image below, the <em>General</em> Category has bold text; this indicates unread comments in one or more of its discussions. If you want to quickly get a "clean slate" to make it easier to see whether there's new content in the future, use this option to flag all associated discussions as read at once.</li><li><strong>Unfollow</strong> - You can <strong>Follow</strong> Categories on their pages via the <strong>bell</strong> icon. This option allows you to unfollow one or more Categories easily from the All Categories page rather than visiting them individually to do so. </li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/SDFCYST33X73/all-categories-page-ellipsis-29menu.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/SDFCYST33X73/all-categories-page-ellipsis-29menu.png" alt="all_categories_page-ellipsis)menu.png" height="613" width="989" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p> </article> </main>