In this Customization Guide , we cover everything that you need to know to customize your community built on the Telligent Evolution platform. New in Telligent Evolution 5.6: Capitalization in URLs is standardized in CSS in this release. Since search engines can count multiple URLs (i.e....

We support four application types: Name Description Typical uses Blogs Short name for weblog. Location for an author or more than one author to write commentary on a specific topic or area of expertise. Readers of the content can typically comment on the content. Personal...

In addition to the site-wide permissions , the system administrator can assign permissions to the user roles at the application level, for all applications at the site root and then again for individual applications. Telligent Evolution can be configured to handle membership in one of two ways: ...

Telligent Evolution uses templates to send system emails or notifications to community users about ongoing activity in Telligent Evolution, such as friendship requests and approvals, new accounts, password requests and changes and more. The email templates are contained in the [Telligent Evolution...

Groups define the areas of interest for your community and allow you to control the type of content and the access to that content for community members. We provide many tools for you to help you understand how best to structure your community. You can define a group hierarchy with any number of groups...

In Telligent Evolution 5.5, the capability to reorder applications on the Applications page was removed. The Applications page is accessible through the group editing functionality. The Applications page allows you to access the applications that have been configured for the group so you can edit...

The Permissions page is accessible through the group edit functionality. The page allows you to control the group user roles and assign privileges to the roles. You can modify the default permissions for the default roles; but we recommend that instead of changing the default permissions, you customize...

Permissions can be granted to site-wide and group roles to control access to each area of the community. This document describes what each permission, if granted to a role, allows anyone in that role to do. Permissions are grouped into six categories: Site Group Blog Forum Media Gallery...

There are two limits that restrict files that can be uploaded: Maximum file size - This is a hard limit on the file size that can be uploaded (Default: 20MB) Maximum time - This is a limit on the amount of time it can take to upload a file (Default: 5 minutes) In this Article Setting the...

New in Telligent Evolution 5.5: Blog Administration - Enable Anonymous Email Subscriptions options and descriptions are renamed. Manage Application pages now all have paging to help with large sites. Membership Administration - Edit User page now has custom fields. Users are warned that...

The group functionality helps you organize your Web site's content and enhance communication between the members of your community. In this Article Parent/child group architecture Support for multiple instances of applications Topic-driven navigation architecture Administrative functions separated...

Media gallery is a core application that displays multiple types of files, images and videos and makes them available for user downloads and comments. You can set default options and quotas that apply to all media galleries within your community. Group owners can add an unlimited number of media galleries...

In Telligent Evolution 5.6, the Settings tab Media Gallery Group field was renamed Group. In Telligent Evolution 5.5, the Settings tab Media Gallery Group drop-down became a word completion search field. You could start typing a name into the field, and the field found the group name. When creating...

After you create the gallery, you can access additional settings through the editing functionality. Telligent Evolution assigns default settings for files, permissions, and quotas. When you edit the media gallery you can: Edit the media gallery settings : Enable direct links to download files...

You can set the roles and permissions properties for your media gallery on the Permissions page. The Permissions page is available only in the media gallery editing functionality . You can add an unlimited number of media galleries to groups or to the media gallery site root and control user activity...

Media gallery management allows you to manage the content contained within an individual media gallery and control additional settings that are not included when you create a file gallery. The following functions are covered in managing media galleries: Gallery setup properties - Modify the media...

Access the File Options page to control files properties for the gallery. You can: Control whether or not users can add files to the gallery. Enable file and comments moderation. Control whether or not the gallery owner is notified when there are files and comments to be moderated. Enable file...

Access the Gallery Setup page to modify the media gallery title and description. To access the Gallery Setup page: Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > Manage My Media Galleries > [media gallery] > Settings > Gallery Setup . Click Save to apply the settings. ...

Comments management allows you to edit and delete comments, as well as publish and unpublish comments. To manage media gallery comments: Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > Manage My Media Galleries > [media gallery] > Manage > Comments . The comments published to the media...

Files management allows you to bulk upload files to the media gallery, as well as edit, delete, unpublish and publish existing files. To manage a media gallery: Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > Manage My Media Galleries > [gallery name] > Manage > Files . If you have...

Tags management allows you to create new tags for the media gallery, as well as edit and delete existing tags. To manage media gallery tags: Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > Manage My Media Galleries > [gallery name] > Manage > Tags . Click on the tag name to display...

Access the Presentation page to set the View Type default for your gallery files. The thumbnails option displays thumbnail views of each file, while the list option lists the file names. The Enable View Type Override option must be enabled for the View Type property to be enabled on the Presentation...

New in Telligent Evolution 5.6: The originator of any file is automatically subscribed to email notifications for comments (unless you've turned off notifications ). The quick upload functionality is available through the media gallery management section of the Control Panel. It allows you to upload...

Access the RSS Options page to set syndication properties for the media gallery. You can enable RSS syndication for the media gallery and syndicate media gallery by tags, which are used as keywords in RSS syndication. To set RSS options: Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > Manage My...

When you set up your community built on the Telligent Evolution platform, you need to ensure that its structure matches the needs of the members and can provide you with the information you need to understand usage and performance. Before you walk through these steps to configure your community, you...