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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…
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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…
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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…
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Category as Link
The Category as Link addon allows admins to configure a Category to display on the main All Categories page that has a custom URL. Enable the addon 🛑 IMPORTANT: This addon is not fully supported, and may not work with all other addons. It is strongly recommended that this is tested thoroughly on your staging site before…
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Groups and Events
The Groups and Events addon allows you to: Create Groups to enable users to form and manage their own discussion groups. These Groups are designed to give a smaller subset of your community a (public or private) space to have discussions about a particular topic that doesn't necessarily fit in an existing Category. Create…
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Invisibility Cloak
The Invisibility Cloak addon allows you to hide your public Higher Logic Vanilla community from the prying eyes of search engines and bots while you set it up. It achieves this by setting all of your community's content to noindex, noarchive. ✔️ TIP: This is particularly useful if you want to be able to view your…
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Link Types
When enabled, the Link Types addon automatically opens links that are not on the same domain as your Higher Logic Vanilla community (i.e., external URLs) in a new browser tab. ⭐️ EXAMPLE: If a user is on higherlogic.vanilla.com and clicks a link to visit a third-party integration web site, it will open in a new tab;…
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MailChimp Push
MailChimp is a leading email-marketing platform, allowing organizations to send newsletters and automated messages, and set up targeted campaigns to help their business. Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) includes the Mailchimp Push addon, which synchronizes the email addresses of your community’s users with a MailChimp…
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Multilingual Addon
Our Multilingual addon allows users to translate the interface of the community by selecting their preferred language. You must manually enable which languages will be available to your users, and each will be displayed in the footer (by default) for them to choose. 📝 NOTE: The Multilingual addon only translates your…
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No Index
The No Index addon allows admins, moderators, and curators to mark a discussion as noindex/noarchive. This forces Higher Logic Vanilla to not index a particular discussion, meaning it will be hidden from the prying eyes of search engines and bots. This is a great way to make specific content "invisible" from outside your…