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Crowdstack Discussion
Making your Crowdstack site fill more of the browser window
DoJo Hi Rich and Neil, Is there any more documentation on this? I've been playing around with the CSS but my expertise in coding isn't good enough to get the desired effect. Getting closer to 100% of the screen width would be great. Anyway, don't hesitate to post back if you found some clever fixes 🙂 Regards, Dominic Jorge CTO Flower delivery Spain Madrid [ more ]
neil I have been able to figure out of couple of odd layout issues created by the site widening, but this one has me stumped (and may only be something Crowdstack can adjust). I haven't been able to figure out how to get IMAGES to automatically fill the width of a posting window when attaching them to a post. The images in question are wider than 600 pixels, but when I attach them and check "insert...large" they only display at 600px, which is less than the width of the posting window. Whereas,... [ more ]
Rich Melvin Thanks, Neil. Things are going well over at OGR. Traffic is stable and there's a lot of posting going on there. I'll play with this CSS and see what happens. [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
Examples of Crowdstack community?
Rosemary O'Neill Hi Claudio, thanks for reaching out! There isn't a list of sites, but here are some public examples: Kids with Food Allergies Extension Connect WIne Spectator We don't offer pre-translated versions of Crowdstack Pro, but you do have the ability to upload your own translation of the platform (we make the word file available to customers). If you're interested in talking with our team about your specific project, please feel free to email [email protected] and we'd be happy to answer any ... [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
Subgroup Alerts
Joey W Thanks by the way. stucco installation masonry contractor [ more ]
irritatingverb Members have the ability to adjust their own preferences for each subgroup, in a manner that is analogous to how it operates at the top level. When a member accesses their profile, there is a tab titled "Subgroups" that may be found under the "Settings" menu under "Notifications." slope game [ more ]
Lori Hi, there! Yes, you (and your members) can get notifications for subgroups in the same way you do the main site: in your own account, go to Settings>>Notifications, and you'll see a tab for "SubGroup Follows". You can choose which subgroup, and set up your notifications as you wish. Hope that helps! Lori [ more ]
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Suggestions
Notifying Members When Banning
nanalyly Clearly state the reason for the ban. Use specific language to explain the violation of rules or policies that led to the decision. Transparency helps members understand the situation. connections [ more ]
Rich Melvin ❤️
LanceOwners I would also like to support this suggestion. I would also add that this same behavior should take place when declining an applicant to our forums. I would actually like to see that any time you perform a negative action, the admin is presented with a choice to notify or not. Thanks for suggesting this @GidgetKat . Great suggestion. [ more ]
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Add additional members to private message thread
Maria Oah Yes @tabla8719 !! Exactly. [ more ]
tabla8719 Currently the volunteers will send private messages to folks to remind them/gather conversation ideas. In an ideal world, we could have one private message group thread for these updates (so not to spam the full community). We want to be able to continue to add people and let them drop out of the private chat if they want, similar to FB messenger group chats. Currently, we can't add more people after a group message has been started. [ more ]
El Loro I think that "Friends List" is referring to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/204604196335128/ [ more ]
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Suggestions
Please Add Ability to Clone Database Structures
Julia M Usher I am just talking about cloning the database setup/structure (not the data in it), so it is ready to receive new data. I use the same structure over and over for different online events that I run. [ more ]
Rosemary O'Neill There may be a misunderstanding here...in Crowdstack databases there is no scripting. The interface for creating and managing databases is simply a series of checkboxes and menus, meant to be used by non-coders. I'm not sure what you're referring to as 'scripting'. [ more ]
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Tips
Add an Image Carousel or Slider to Crowdstack
Mindy Atwood Hi! I've been trying to get the carousel running but it just comes up static. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> .pc-events { width: 40%; margin: auto; } .slick-next.slick-arrow::before {color: #000000; background-color: #cccccc; border-radius: 3px 3px 3px 3px ;} .slick-prev.slick-arrow::before {color: #000000; background-color: #cccccc; border-radius: 3px 3px 3px 3px ;} </style> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"... [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
Are you doing anything different in your community given the radical changes in our day to day lives recently? (COVID-19)
fnafgm I have to work from home and can't go to the gym anymore, so I follow workout youtube sites and do home workouts. Although it doesn't really work, I still maintain a healthy lifestyle five nights at freddy's [ more ]
Radio2021 Instead of going out, the impact of covid made me stay at home and follow the news with online radio stations. [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
My website is down
Brian Lenz Hi Sandy, You can email [email protected] for support inquiries. We are currently experiencing performance issues with the Crowdstack Pro shared hosting environment. It's related to a partial hardware failure, and we are actively pursuing possible resolutions. I don't have an ETA as to when it might be resolved, but know that we will be working on it until everything is back to normal. Thanks for your patience and understanding, Brian [ more ]
Chris Wings Am I at the right place? I dont see a way to post privately for help? [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
Styling a post that has been forked to a new discussion
coapvid Thanks, that CSS worked for me. vidmate w3toys/instagram [ more ]
ST If you are one of those hyper-productive people using ActiveWords There's a step where you have to Edit the Forked Post . It took only a couple of minutes to automate that with an ActiveWord. If you're already using ActiveWords, here is the script for an ActiveWord called "fade box" <div class="fade-box"> {control down}{v}{control up}{control down}{enter}{control up} <p class="read-more"><a class="button" href="#">Read More. Don't reply to this post.</a></p>... [ more ]
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Links via email alerts granting access to other user profiles
picopa88 Maybe that group of guests have visited the same server and the auto-login memo data is still ongoing, just set the logout and limit to one login device and it will work properly. [ more ]
Thomas David 👍
Lori Hi, Caitlin: Do both of users involved share a computer? If so, what may be happening is that the forwarder is logged in on your community site on the computer in question, and when the forwardee sits down and clicks the email, it'll open in the forwarder's account automatically. If this is not what happened (e.g. there is no sharing of machines), please email us at [email protected] or [email protected] so that we can discuss the specific details in a private support ticket. [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
API access
Brian Lenz Hi @squidwurrd , The API documentation you linked to is for Crowdstack Pro . It looks like you're using Crowdstack , which does not have an API, which is why you can't find it in the control panel. Sorry for the confusion! Brian [ more ]
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Suggestions
Guest sign in option on RB Crowdstack
Thomas David Thanks [ more ]
Rosemary O'Neill Hi Amy I'm going to answer in the support email we have going, but just in case anyone else had a similar question....go to your Settings, under Basics, and choose "Private" rather than "Public." That will put the entire community behind a login, so that "guests" or "visitors" can't see anything without registering. If you want to prevent new registrations, or limit to invitation-only, you can also go in Settings, to Registration Settings, and tick the box to restrict those options as well. [ more ]
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Add Convenient Permissions Notes to Forum Topics View in Control Panel
frederickeroberts 👍
neil Thanks. That's a helpful reminder... but it's definitely a lot to wade through and not quick to get through and scroll down through. Whereas, as seen in the screenshot below, you have given us this other ubiquitous link to a "Configure..." our categories and forums --that leads to a much better/easier page layout of the categories and forum to manipulate and also lets us change permissions. I use the ubiquitous link almost every day, which is why I wish it has the existing permission info... [ more ]
Brian Lenz Hi @neil , I think all of the details you're looking for are already available in the Settings > Permissions > Topics section of your control panel: /cp/permissions/topics That page gives you a breakdown of all categories and forums, along with their permissions. It's not exactly the format you're describing, but it contains all of the info you're looking for. Note that it's a single page with all of your forums listed, so if you have a large number of forums, you'll have to be patient... [ more ]
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More Info in the RECENT POSTS Widget
neil On a related note, it would be great if the Recent Post widget displayed a link to "See More Recent Posts" (than what you set to appear in the widget). The old display posts/replies feature had a "display all" link and it was very handy. Currently, you preset the widget to display a fixed number of posts (up to 50), but invariably our leaders are looking for something that posted "a few days ago" and it has scrolled off the "show last 10" setting we have for that widget. (Yes, we could... [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
SSO login
Brian Lenz Hi @Harvey Mercado , The issue is that you have duplicate signing keys specified in the XML. You'll need to remove one of them, as it's not valid to have multiple signing keys. Hope this helps! Brian [ more ]
Harvey Mercado Thanks @Brian Lenz . One more thing, I am trying to upload a new metadata however, I'm getting the error below saying its invalid but cut short of telling me what exactly is invalid with this file and how to address it. I have attached the new metadata file here, in case you have the chance to check it out. Thanks again. [ more ]
Brian Lenz Hi @Harvey Mercado , There's a "backdoor" login form that you can use to sign in as an administrator to your Crowdstack: https://manchesterunity.crowds...n?showLoginForm=true You should be able to sign in there with your original Crowdstack email address and password, which should allow you in to the control panel to make further changes to your SSO integration. Hope that helps! Brian [ more ]
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Issues with SEO problem solving... HELP!
Brian Lenz You're welcome! [ more ]
DBenoit That's tremendously helpful. The k tou so much, Brian! [ more ]
Brian Lenz Hi Derek, You can set a sitemap.xml via the robots.txt file, which is configurable in your Crowdstack control panel under Settings > Analytics & Ads > Robots.txt. Here's some info about that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...ion_standard#Sitemap https://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html Hope this helps! Brian [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
Google adsense and other ad sites don't see my home page.
Rosemary O'Neill Don't worry, we've got your back! [ more ]
Phil St. Romain OK, I started a support ticket and might need guidance on how to proceed. [ more ]
Rosemary O'Neill Hi Phil, and thanks for being such a long-time customer! Looks like you need to get SSL enabled on your site; there were some changes in the last few years on that front ( https://hey.crowdstack.com/blo...y-for-your-community ). If you'd like us to add an SSL certificate for your site, just click this link to start a support ticket . [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
Using Crowdstack Blog to publish a club magazine?
Ted @ Crowdstack ❤️
Rosemary O'Neill Super cool idea John! Hopefully someone will chime in here...offhand, I like the way that @Paul Heymont at TravelGumbo incorporates the blog with their forums, maybe he could share a little insight. You can definitely copy in text and images to your blog, and organize the posts into "collections" with tags and dates. You can also store your PDFs in the Resource area, and those PDFs are indexed inside Crowdstack's search function (all of the text inside the PDFs). Crowdstack's notifications... [ more ]
Rosemary O'Neill ❤️
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Tips
Add Custom Icon To All Member Titles
Lori Hi, @Valerie Krist : I just saw this and wondered if you'd gotten an answer someplace else? If not, you'll want to go to Settings>>Design>>Display Settings, and add that CSS to the field marked "Custom CSS". [ more ]
Valerie Krist I'm trying to figure out where to put this CSS. I asked about adding badges to title names and I got this response and link to this article. I somehow got to Automation Rules, then creating a rule for Activity Milestones using triggers, but I don't see where to add CSS. Can you point me to where I can do this so it can be based off of points or triggers? Thanks! [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
Deprecating the Activity Stream
neil @Rich Melvin While I appreciate your appreciation, Rich, my reading of various posts from Julie, Plance, and you at OGR suggest that y'all are using the A.S. differently than we do (used to). Seems like you folks want some of the A.S.' functionality on User Profile Pages, whereas we liked it as a look-see widget on our homepage and embedded on a custom page. My eulogy doesn't mention your User Profile functions. That said, yes, I would love to see the "activity" publicly visible... [ more ]
Rich Melvin "...can you be more specific about what you're missing from the Activity Stream?..." Read Neil's post in this thread . He did a much better job of explaining this than I could ever do. ALL THAT is what's missing! [ more ]
Plance @Brian Lenz , I, and our forum, will be happy if the new Posts tab will be as functional and we can copy/paste it into future posts as live links to members' valued content as we could before. Thank you for your response! [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
What are you guys and gals using for HTML and CSS changes?
DBenoit Rosemary, I do have access to customizable CSS. I'm assuming that this also means I can customize some of the HTML. I'll be doing some research this evening on both via this forum! [ more ]
DBenoit Thank you, by the way, for your help in getting me going in the right direction! [ more ]
DBenoit I'm trying to optimize the community for advertising, affiliate relationships, blogging, content posting, and of course, SEO optimization. [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
Calculating advertising space, affiliate capacity, and resources to properly price per industry?
DBenoit Hi Rosemary, I'd be looking to run ad offerings for paid sponsors/adspace buyers, and not necessarily Google AdSense advertisements. I have to admit, I have not yet reviewed the blog regarding advertising on crowdstack! For the purpose of creating financial projections for my business plan, I need to know how to figure out how much advertising space exists/can be created with the foundation plan (to start) from which I can figure out advertising rates based on traffic rates and industry. [ more ]
Rosemary O'Neill Are you looking to run your own ad offerings, or insert programmatic ads like Google AdSense in the community? Off the top of my head, I'd think @Yasmin might have some insights on how ads can work within Crowdstack. [ more ]
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Crowdstack Discussion
New digest version
Chris Wings Ok thankyou Ted. [ more ]
Ted @ Crowdstack Note: in my screenshot, the "All New Content" option is checked, but that is not checked by default. Members would have to opt into that option. However, "All New Content By Members You Follow" is checked by default. [ more ]
Ted @ Crowdstack Hi Chris- The main difference is that members cannot subscribe based on content type (in the new "digest" mode). Members can still choose to be notified instantly about all new posts, or about new comments/replies to posts they are following. Here's hwo the notification settings look when you switch to this mode: [ more ]
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