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Managing Roles with SSO
There are several ways that roles can be managed in Vanilla: Scenario 1: The mainsite or IDP controls the roles The mainsite or IDP has data on what roles that users should have, and will pass that over SSO to Vanilla. If a role needs to be changed, it should be done on the mainsite or within the IDP (outside of Vanilla)…
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Defer Javascript Loading Configuration
Starting in Release 2020.001 new Vanilla Sites defer script execution by default. Due to potential compatibility issues with existing Pockets & custom themes existing sites have the feature disabled. See the "What else needs to be done" section before enabling this for the first time. What is deferred script execution?…
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Vanilla Technology Stack
Vanilla uses modern technology across our software application, hosting environment, monitoring tools and security tools. The main technolgies we use are: REACT - a javascript library used for the interfaces (front end) PHP - the main programming language NGINX - the web server software Percona (a version of mySQL) - the…
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Dates, Timestamps & Timezones
Overview By default, dates and times will default to the logged in user's timezone as set on their computer. How can I set the default timezone? This can be set by your CSM or Vanilla support, simply select timezone from this php timezone support list: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php and email your CSM or…
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Email deliverability
In any community, email is an essential tool to communicate with your members. Sometimes it may get overlooked as a feature but there are some important aspects regarding email and email settings that are important to take note of. See main topic on changing the look and feel of your email notifications Outgoing Email…
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Private Communities
Vanilla offers a "Private Communities" mode to allow sites to remain visible only to its members. When under this mode, access to content and users is limited to only to those with an active account on the site. Anyone attempting to access the site without an account will be redirected to the sign-in page. Users will also…
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Vanilla's Password Strength Requirements
Vanilla's password strengths have two requirements: length and complexity. The default password length must be a minimum of 6 characters, but can be increased as a support request using the Garden.Password.MinLength setting. The default password complexity is set to 2 which is fairly low, but we don't recommend changing…
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Cookies used in Vanilla
One of our software's fundamental principles is not collecting or storing personal information that isn't central to the platform's functionality, and that extends to our use of cookies. We do not foresee this changing. Any major functional changes to our cookies would appear in our release notes. List of cookies your…
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Setting up Custom SSL (HTTPS) with Vanilla Cloud
Setting up Custom SSL (HTTPS) with Vanilla Cloud All Vanilla Cloud communities are automatically protected by SSL from the moment they are created. We have partnered with Cloudflare to offer simple SSL certificate issuing services to our all of our customers. This means that we’re able to automatically issue SSL…
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Embedding your Forum
Embedding Vanilla Forums works by putting a snippet of code on your website page, and may be a choice if you want to insert your forum into a site quickly. The snippet points to some javascript and the forum is embedded into the page using an iframe Embedding Checklist Choose the embed friendly theme. This theme has…