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Drafts
Out of the box Vanilla Forums saves all of your Discussions, Questions, Ideas, and Comments automatically. You never have to worry about losing your post if you browse away, close your browser, or shut off your device, it will be saved! Vanilla also gives you the ability to manually save your post with the Save Draft…
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Deleting Discussions and Comments
Overview The ability to delete discussions and/or comments is a permission typically reserved for Admins and Mods. It is controlled with Roles and Permissions, and can be set on a per category level: I deleted a post accidentally! What can I do!? You can restore it from the change log. Please note that items deleted…
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Moving Discussions
In the course of regular forum maintenance, you may need to move posts from one category to another. There are a few ways that you can accomplish this: Using the the Cogwheel On the discussion list as well as on the discussion page itself, you will see a cogwheel with a 'move' option Once you click move, you will see a…
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Closing Discussions
Admins (and sometimes Mods) have the ability to 'close' discussions to new comments. This is controlled with Roles and Permissions. Please note that users who have the ability to close discussions also have the ability to comment on closed discussions.
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Sink
By default, Vanilla's recent discussions are ordered by most recent post (either discussion creation date, or most recent comment post date). When you sink a discussion it won't be brought to the top of the discussion list when new comments are added. You use this feature when you want a discussion to "go away" in a more…
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Editing Posts
Overview Posts can be edited by clicking the cogwheel next to the discussion: Permissions Permissions for editing can be controlled by role, by rank, or by posting settings. By role, ensure they have the 'edit' permission for comments/discussions for default categories or the category in question -- for more see the Roles…
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Announcements
Overview An announcement is a discussion that is fixed at the top of the all discussions list so that it never recedes down the page. Note, however, that newer announcements will appear above older announcements. Some people may know this is other forum software as a "Sticky" or "Pinned". An announcement in Vanilla is a…
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Emoji
Emoji is a way to express yourself in graphical form in your community. The following are the emoji and the code to use for them to appear when using the Wysiwyg, BBCode or Markdown post format. When using Rich Editor there is an Emoji button.
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Uploading Files
Enabling File Attachments This functionality is built into Advanced Editor, which is enabled in your community by default. If you are looking to embed videos, tweets, or other content into your post, we’ve documented that process here. Inserting Images and Uploading Files This icon indicates the Attach File tool. With…
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Smart-Embed
Smart Embed Vanilla automatically embeds content from many social media sites. When creating a post, simply paste the URL into the editor, like so: If the URL is from a supported site and has the proper identifier, the content will automatically embed into the post body when published. While some sites offer different…