Tutorials and tips for getting the most out of Vanilla. Learn how to setup your site in a way that best suits your unique community.
This article provides a high-level look at the various addons that are available in Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla). Addons notes Availability - Many of these addons' availability is restricted by plan level. If you're uncertain whether your plan includes a specific addon, contact your CSM or Vanilla Support. Enabling - If…
In your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community, Categories are the high-level organizers of your posts, and each post must be placed in a Category. You can view your community's Categories by clicking Categories in the top navigation available on all community pages. Managing a community's Categories involves, for…
The Subcommunities feature is one method of dividing your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community into multiple "mini communities" (often by language or product). Subcommunities are a great way to manage a community in multiple languages on the same instance. A subcommunity divides a single community or a node into…
Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) supports several default post types. In this article, we'll focus on the Questions & Answers (Q&A) post type, which makes it easier for users to have their questions answered and helps users to quickly locate questions that need to be answered. [info callout] NOTE: All communities have…
The posts in your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community are automatically arranged by most recent, either by post-creation date or most recent comment post date. This means that every time an existing post receives a new comment, it will again move to the top of the list; sometimes, however, a post may not receive…