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Analytics Articles Relocated
Higher Logic Vanilla's Analytics articles — for Advanced Analytics and Analytics Dashboard — 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…
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Announcements
When creating or editing a discussion, question, idea, or custom Post Type, you can flag it as an announcement. Doing so causes it to be "pinned" to the top of all posts in the Category where it resides (and even on the Recent Posts page, if desired). 📝 NOTE: Newer announcements will display above older announcements. What…
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Audit Logger
Audit Logger is an Admin-only tool enabling these power users to easily track activity in their community from a centralized location. It automatically logs various user- and Admin-related actions that occur in the community. Audit Logger also tracks Admin activity when spoofing users. It logs 30 days of activity for…
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Automatic Role Assignment
To streamline the process of assigning Roles to your users, Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) provides two automated methods of doing so: Via the Automatic Role Assignment feature Via email domain In this article, you'll learn how to do both. 📝 NOTE: To learn more about Roles, and their associated permissions, check out…
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Avatars
When it comes to determining how users can represent themselves with an Avatar (i.e., profile picture), Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) offers five options: Default Avatars Gravatar Vanillicons Avatar Pool Upload a custom Avatar 📝 NOTE: If you allow users to upload their own custom Avatars, they'll have a choice: either…
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Badges
Badges promote participation in and commitment to your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community, and they are a great way to recognize and reward accomplishments and community participation. Because of this, they're an important part of its social environment, as they give members extra incentive to be active and engaged.…
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Badgify Comments
The Badgify Comments addon allows you to assign custom badges to specific posts in your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community. These badges make it easy for you to reward users who comment in these posts, thereby encouraging engagement. The badges are created within, and are unique to, a post. Once this is done, you can…
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Ban Users
Occasionally, a user in your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community may break your code of conduct or community rules to such a degree that a ban is necessary to prevent them from participating any further in your community. In this article, you'll learn how to ban users from their profiles and the Dashboard. Before we…
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Best Of
One of the easiest ways to showcase the best content in your community is the Best Of feature. Members of your community vote on the best content, as do your moderation team and staff. You and your staff also have the ability to personally curate the Best Of page through the use of the Promote reaction, which will update…
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Browser-based Verification of New "Not Verified" Members
When users join your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community, they have to be "verified." This verification is a security measure to prevent automated spam attacks in your community. Admins can enable the Verify browsers of new members feature — and set a "number of days" threshold — so that new, not-verified members who…