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Author Selector
The Author Selector addon allows admins and moderators to change the author of: discussions, questions, polls, and ideas. Before we begin... There are two prerequisites for admins and moderators to be able to change the author of a piece of content: The Author Selector addon must be enabled The admins and moderators must…
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Ban Rules
You can set up Ban Rules in your community to deny site access to specified users and/or groups of users. Individual and group bans can be set by: IP address (see Ban Rules notes, below), email address, name, or fingerprint. 📝 NOTE: A "fingerprint" is a randomly-generated ID that Vanilla assigns to users at login and which…
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Civil Tongue
Civil Tongue is an addon for your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community that allows you to define a list of forbidden words that, when used, will be replaced with text of your choice. Enable Civil Tongue Access the Dashboard. Navigate to Settings > Addons > Addons. Click to slide the Civil Tongue toggle to the right.…
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Community Rules & Warnings
In any online community, civil and courteous behavior is necessary in order to foster an environment in which all users are comfortable participating. The reality, however, is that some users exhibit behaviors that are less than desirable. To help foster such an environment, Admins and Moderators in your Higher Logic…
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Keyword Blocker
Keyword Blocker allows you to define a list of forbidden words that, when used, will block the content (discussion, comment, poll, etc.) from being posted. Instead, the content will be sent to the Moderation Queue for an Admin or Moderator to decide whether to approve or delete it. Check out this article to learn more…
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Moderation Process & Tools
You can moderate the content that displays in your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community. This means that you can control what user-generated content does and doesn't appear in the community. Vanilla also simplifies this by providing some "automated" options (described below). Additionally, as an Admin, you can assign…
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Moderation Queue
In any online community, the possibility exists that someone will post a discussion, question, or comment that may go against your community's Code of Conduct or simply be inappropriate in some way. Because of this, Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) provides numerous ways to prevent such content from being seen by your users.…
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Pre-Moderate Content
As a community manager or moderator, it can be difficult to keep up with every post your users contribute, especially in large and busy communities. In some cases, this can result in inappropriate content finding its way into your discussions. For this reason, Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) provides several pre-moderation…
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Pre-Moderated Categories
One of the pre-moderation tools Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) provides is the ability to pre-moderate Categories in your community. In a pre-moderated Category, all new discussions and/or comments are automatically blocked and sent to the Moderation Queue. See Moderation Queue to learn more. An Admin or Moderator can then…
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Report Posts
The Report feature allows users with the appropriate permission to flag content they believe is inappropriate; this content remains in the community but a "copy" is sent to the Reported Posts Category, where an Admin or Moderator can decide what to do (e.g., edit the post, delete it, etc.). Enable the Reporting addon…