The Groups and Events addon allows you to:
- Create Groups, which are member-driven "micro-communities" within your larger Vanilla community. They provide focused spaces where members can connect around shared interests, roles, or projects, enabling more intimate and targeted conversations outside your main public discussions.
- Create Events to showcase in your community Categories and Groups, allowing your organization to promote its upcoming events.
This article:
- describes how to enable the addon,
- provides an overview of the functionality that will be available with each after the addon is enabled, and
- includes links to KB articles that have more detailed information about each feature.
Enable Groups and Events
- Access the Dashboard.
- Navigate to Settings > Addons > Addons.
- Click the Groups and Events toggle to turn it ON.
After enabling the addon, the Groups option will display in your top-level navigation.
NOTE: This may not be the case if you have a customized theme, in which case you might have to navigate directly to the URL /groups from your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community domain (e.g., yoursite.vanillaforums.com/groups).
Groups overview
Groups give members a space to connect around a shared interest, role or project. Use the guides below for current configuration, permissions and member workflows.
IMPORTANT: If you enable Groups, review the permissions information in Roles & Permissions, Infrastructure Categories in order to prevent unintended view access.
Also review the Group-based permissions in the Permissions > Groups section of that article to learn about each available Group permission.
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Events overview
Create events in community Categories and Groups, and let members RSVP. Use the guides below for setup, management, event notifications and the Zoom integration.
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