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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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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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Create User Accounts
Typically, new users will register for accounts via Vanilla's basic registration form to access your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community, or through single sign-on (SSO), if it's been configured. In these cases, users complete the process for themselves, requiring no assistance on your part (other than perhaps…
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Custom Profile Fields
🛑 IMPORTANT: The Profile Extender add-on and previous method of managing custom fields has been deprecated and replaced with the process discussed in this article. Any existing profile fields will be retained and migrated to the new system. Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) user profiles feature a default set of profile…
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Delete Users
Throughout the life of your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community, it's inevitable that you will have to occasionally delete user accounts. When you do, what happens to any content that the user has created? Vanilla gives you three options for how to handle deleted users' content. 📝 NOTE: You have to choose one of…
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Ignore Users
Are there users in your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community whose content you're not interested in viewing? If so, you can use the Ignore feature to bury comments from users you add to your Ignore List. 📝 NOTE: Only an ignored user's comments are hidden; you will still see discussion threads they post. This is…
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Import User Records
The Bulk User Import tool makes it easy for you to import a prepared file into your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community in order to manage multiple user records simultaneously. The file can be used to: create new user records, update existing user records, or invite users to join your community. Import methods You can…
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Manage Users
In this article, you'll learn how to manage your users via the Manage Users page to accomplish the following: Search for users Manage the list page's columns (add, remove, sort) to view the user data you need Filter the list of users Edit user accounts Export the user list 📝 NOTE: Creating, deleting, and spoofing user…
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Member Search
Higher Logic Vanilla's (Vanilla) latest search experience, Elastic Search, features a Members search feature. In this article, we'll focus on this aspect of your community search so you can learn how to easily find other members. Before we begin... Vanilla's Elastic Search was implemented in Spring 2021; it improves the…