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Author Selector
The Author Selector addon allows admins and moderators to change the author of a: discussion, question, poll, or idea. Before we begin... Before admins and moderators can change the author for a piece of content, two prerequisites are required: The Author Selector addon must be enabled These users must have the appropriate…
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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, email address, name, or fingerprint. 📝 NOTE: A "fingerprint" is a randomly-generated ID that Vanilla assigns to users at login and which is used to determine whether…
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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 is an addon for your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community that 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…
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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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Pre-Moderated Category
Pre-Moderated Category is an addon for your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community that allows Admins to flag specific Categories as Pre-Moderated Categories. In this type of Category, all new discussions and/or comments are automatically blocked and sent to the Moderation Queue. An Admin or Moderator can then decide…
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Pre-Moderating Content
Pre-moderation of every post made to a community is not something we recommend as a general rule or best-practice. However, there might be communities or situations where doing so would be beneficial. This article provides a list of tools that you can use to pre-moderate content in your community. Civil Tongue (swear word…
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Report Posts
The Report feature allows all 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…
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Resolved Discussions
When the Resolved Discussions addon is enabled for your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community, a few important things happen: All discussions across your Vanilla community are automatically labeled as Unresolved. Staff users can now flag discussions as Resolved. The Resolved status is shared among all Staff users (i.e.,…