10 action items from The State of Online Branded Communities
Rosemary O'Neill
Community Management
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TipsA common approach with footers is to have 4 columns that contain segmented lists of links (product info, company info, etc.), logos, etc. You can still keep your four-column footer, but you'll want to make sure that it is responsive, automatically shifting columns for smaller screens. The overall goal is to have 4 columns on large grids (large screens), 2 columns on medium grids (like tablets), and 1 column on small grids (typically phones). To handle this, create nested grids- an outer grid...
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Crowdstack DiscussionHi, Will we be able to create a survey here in the Crowdstack "Hey Stack" community? I'd be interested in surveys like How old is your community? How long have you been managing it? How would you characterize your community Social Product Support Community of Practice Other What is your biggest challenge? What are you doing about it? What do you think? Thanks, ST
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Crowdstack DiscussionOkay, am I not online. I write a lot of replies in our community. I'd like to think I'm an original thinker, but it turns out a great deal of what I type is almost boiler-plate text. Here's something I wrote in 2018 in Library of stock messages/message This morning I documented how to make a post that had been forked to a new topic look like this. You can read about that here: Styling a post that has been forked to a new discussion There's a step where you have to edit the post and put some...
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Blog Post CommentJust to clarify what Jonmark said... the "mark as best answer" action is a feature in QuestionShark, our customer support product/module. Thus, sites that do not have QuestionShark enabled will never have that option available.
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Topic ReplyIt is the same thing, Neil. I used the term "Top Navigation Menu" to differentiate from the side navigation menu used in the admin control panel (and in our QuestionShark module/product). And in the Theme editor, we also use the term "Top Navigation Menu" as well, to differentiate from the Side Navigation Menu. But yes, the Top Navigation Menu is the same as the Community Menu. None of these menus are "breadcrumbs", however.
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Blog Post CommentSounds good! Yet I hope this 'phasing stage' allows us to make and test a new theme prior to the permanent rollout. Otherwise visitors might feel like they're visiting a different site instead of an updated version of the site they know. That's how important themes are. In my eyes, themes are a site's soul in an otherwise faceless body of information. Maybe make a 'test site' of some sort when the final product is ready? This would allow preparation of a fresh theme without your main site...
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Topic ReplyHi EL LORO, I tested this in Windows 10, all of these are working for me. Windows Edge Firefox Google Chrome Opera It also works in the mobile device emulators here: http://mobiletest.me/htc_one_emulator/ I don't own any Apple devices so I can't test or report on them from direct experience. Interestingly, I use a great product called ActiveWords . It allows you to create keyboard shortcuts. It is similar to AutoHotKey. When I created an ActiveWord for (Enter, Left Arrow, Enter x 3) the...
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Blog Post Comment❤️Thanks Hoopla....can't wait to play with all the new toys. Your great product and service just keeps getting better and better. The "wordlets" feature was an unexpected pleasure. I loved that about your older EVE platform and its great to see it back.
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Blog Post Comment❤️I super love this update! Thank you so much. As always, I'm very impressed so far with this product and all the updates that keep coming. And your customer service is second to none. Keep up the great work!
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Blog Post Comment❤️Congratulations on this achievement! Compared to the other solutions described in the Moblized article, Hoop.la would also be the easiest to setup and get familiar with as it requires no invoice or, harshly, a beg for information to actually know what the product is able to do in your situation. Keep in mind though that Hoop.la is not only convenient for commercial use, but also for non-profit organizations and hobbyists for the same reasons: to lay focus on content and community building...
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Blog Post Comment❤️Looking forward to learning the new admin layout, Ted. As a long time customer, I'm impressed with how often you not only improve the product but evolve it. I understand what you are changing "graemlins" to "emoticons" but hope it doesn't mean you're planning to someday retire the animated graemlins. I've always enjoyed them, think they're superior to boring emoticons, and consider them to be a bit of both your company's "DNA" and my own online