-
A Guide to Vanilla Knowledge
Vanilla Knowledge is a feature that you can use to create custom knowledge bases in and for your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community. Highlights Vanilla gives you the ability to: create either of two types of knowledge base ( KB ) to ensure you can offer whichever better suits the needs of your community. Refer to…
-
Account Password Overview
This article covers everything you need to know about passwords in Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla). Password requirements Password strength in your Vanilla community is determined by its length . The default minimum password length is 12 . Numbers and special characters (!, @, etc.) are not required. Are these default…
-
Addons in Vanilla
In this article, we'll take a high-level look at the various addons Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) offers. Before we begin... Many of these addons are restricted by plan level. If you're uncertain whether your plan includes a specific addon or feature, contact your CSM or Vanilla Support. To have an addon enabled that does…
-
Addons Overview
In Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla), an addon (also known as a plugin) is a feature or tool that can be added to your Vanilla community to customize and enhance the overall experience. Some addons are geared toward community users. An addon might, for example, give them more profile-avatar options by means of adding an…
-
Advanced Editor
Advanced Editor provides a set of formatting and style controls that can be used to customize the appearance of a discussion post. 📝 IMPORTANT: The Advanced Editor has been moved to the Maintenance status. Customers who are using it can continue to do so; however, Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) recommends switching over to…
-
Advanced Logging with Event Log
Your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community has additional event logging for auditing purposes. 📝 NOTE: Event logging is available only with our Corporate, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus plans and is not enabled by default. Event Logs page The event activity described in this article is available on the Event Logs page…
-
Allow Third-party Script Execution
To enhance the flexibility and security of your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community when incorporating third-party content, Vanilla provides an option to conditionally include the "strict-dynamic" directive in your community's Content Security Policy (CSP). This allows you to effortlessly manage scripts and their…
-
An Overview of Vanilla Integrations
Your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community is designed to integrate with a number of third-party applications, some of which you might already be using. Vanilla's ability to integrate with other applications means that you can more easily share information between multiple systems and, in some cases, centralize your…
-
Analytics Articles Relocated
Higher Logic Vanilla's Analytics articles — for Advanced Analytics and Analytics Dashboard Beta — have been moved to a new, dedicated knowledge base. Analytics Documentation, https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/analytics The new KB has several categories that have enabled us to: better organize the increasing number of…
-
Announcements
When creating or editing a discussion post, you can flag it as an announcement. Doing so causes it to be "pinned" to the top of all discussions in the Category (and even on the Recent Discussions page, if desired). 📝 NOTE: Newer announcements will display above older announcements. What they look like As shown below, an…