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Adding Community to Your Site

This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to create and manage communities in Zenler

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Written by Zenler Support
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Log in to your site. Click Communities menu


Click the button Setup Community Site, and create a community site.


Logo: Upload the logo for your Community site.
Site Title: Enter the title of your site community
Private: Only members can view who’s in the communities and what they post.
Public: Anyone can view posts in public communities and members in it.

You can view the Go to Community button if you have already created a community site. Clicking this button will take you to the community area.

Now you have entered your community area.

In the Community area, you can view, create, and manage all the Communities.
After entering the community, you will see tabs on the left side, such as Home, Members, Manage, and Settings, along with a + sign to create a new community or category.

Home:
Your Feed: View all activities and posts in the community.

Getting Started: The sample category will help you get started.
Start here: The sample community to begin with.

Members:
The members of the community will be listed here.


Manage:
​In the Manage section, pending approval posts will be displayed if you have turned on Require Post Approval, and you can manage them from there.



​Settings:
In the Settings section, you can:

  • Edit the community site title.

  • Adjust the site access privacy between Private (only members can view who’s in the community and what they post) and Public (anyone can view posts and members in public communities).

  • Update the logo and color under Branding.


The Plus icon allows users to create a new category or a new community.


​When creating a category, you will need to enter the Category Name and Category Tagline/Subtitle.


Once a category is created, hovering over the category title will reveal three dots. Clicking on these dots will provide options like Add New Community, Edit Category, and Delete.

  • Add New Community: This option allows you to create a new community within the selected category.

  • Edit Category: This option enables you to modify the category name

  • Delete: Selecting this option will permanently delete the category, along with any associated communities.

Note: Deleting the category will result in the permanent loss of all data related to this category, including:

  • All communities under this category

  • Posts and comments from those communities

  • Members will lose access to those communities.

You can also set up a cover photo for the selected community.



To link a community to a pricing plan:

  1. Go to the Pricing section of the desired course or bundle.

  2. Select the Edit option for the specific pricing plan.

  3. Add the community to the plan and save the changes.

Students who enroll through this pricing plan will automatically be added to the community and gain access.

You also have the option to edit, add members, or delete the communities you have created. After creating a community, when you hover over the community title, three dots will appear. Clicking on these dots will show options like Edit Community, Add Members, and Delete.

Edit Community: You can modify the following settings:

  • Community Name & Icon: Edit the name and icon of the community.

  • Category: Change the category of the community.

  • Access: Adjust the access level for the community:

Private: Only members can view who’s in the community and what they post.

Public: Visible to all members of the site. If the site is public, non-members can also view it. Anyone logged into the community site can join the community directly.

Secret: Visible only to members who have joined. Only invited users or those added by the admin can access this community.

  • Manage Discussion: Control the discussion settings for the community, including selecting who can post (anyone in this community, only admins) and the option to turn off comments for non-admins.

  • Require Post Approval: Enable or disable post-approval requirements for content shared within the community. If enabled, posts by members must be approved by an admin before being visible.

Add Members: You can search for specific members and add them to the community.

Delete: You can delete the community if needed.

Note: Deleting the community will permanently remove all data associated with it, including:

  • Posts

  • Comments

  • Members will lose access to the community.

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