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 strongly recommended that you use an existing theme and customize it using the options exposed through the site if at all possible. This provides the easiest upgrade path as we continue to evolve our products. A new physical theme should only be considered if any of the following must be customized...

This article applies to both Telligent Community and Telligent Enterprise. Part of this procedure, setting up search, is required for Telligent Evolution version 5.5 or 5.6 in order to utilize its full capabilities. Search is an optional installation for Telligent Evolution version 5.1. Before installing...

New in Telligent Evolution 5.5: For the first time, a site, group, or blog owner can add additional content pages from the Control Panel to URLs that he/she defines. These pages can be managed from the Control Panel and can be customized to contain any widget. The content pages also display in search...

Change a user's sign-in information (username and password), any site or profile settings for a user, or change the roles to which the user is assigned. In this Article Change a username Change a password View and change a user role Change other user account settings Change a username Navigate...

New in Telligent Evolution 5.6: The Font size option has been removed. By default, all user accounts are created with default display properties that they can change directly on the site or you can change via the Control Panel: English language Time zone that is set for the site (default...

The email and contact settings that the user has access to via his/her Settings are available to you as an administrator in the Control Panel, thus overriding the user's settings. However, any changes made as an administrator can be changed again by the user. To modify any profile fields (those...

When you change a user's account status from approved to banned or disapproved, you not only prevent the user from accessing your site, but you also ensure that as long as he/she uses the same email address, he/she will be unable to create a new account. If the banned or disapproved user attempts...

To hide a user's posts from all other community members: Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > Membership Administration > Members and Roles > Manage Users . Search for the user and click the Edit button next to the user account you want to change. The Admin tab appears. In the...

You can remove user accounts from your site for various reasons, including the user's inactivity. You might want to remove the account if you do not expect him/her to return to the community. However, you may instead want to restrict a user from signing in to your community for abuse or inappropriate...

New in Telligent Evolution 5.6: Improved member search and paging make group management easier. To find a particular user to manage on the Control Panel: Navigate to the Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Membership Administration > Members and Roles > Manage Users...

At times, you may need to view the site from the perspective of a particular user to troubleshoot a problem he/she is having or to verify his/her user experience is as it should be. Impersonation doesn't work on systems configured to use either Microsoft Active Directory or Live ID. These two authentication...

New in Telligent Evolution 5.6: The following enhancements were made: Searching for partial terms (e.g., "sa" and "sa grp" now yield "sample group." Search results can be navigated using the arrow keys on your keyboard. Pressing Enter on a search result drop-down list...

Word-wheel search boxes are often referred to as "search as you type" boxes. The search occurs against the title and description of the applications through which the user is searching. Word-wheel style searches are now available on the following browse widgets: Blog - browse...

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...

The Search Engine Optimization page allows you to add a site description as well as keywords that make your blog discoverable by search engines and users. To set the search engine optimization properties: From your Group home page, click the Blogs tab. The blog list displays. If multiple...

New in Telligent Evolution 5.6: Tag search result pages and search result pages are tagged as "nofollow." This ensures that they are not crawled and indexed by search engines. New in Telligent Evolution 5.5: The quick search drop-down list now includes a list of "places" (locations...

New in Telligent Evolution 5.5: Both browse and list widgets (as well as others) have increased functionality. We provide a number of widgets that are not group- or application-specific. We include a description of the purpose of the widget, any limitations and any additional configuration option beyond...

Use the editing functionality to modify the settings of existing wikis and default permissions. To edit a wiki: Navigate to Control Panel > Dashboard > Wiki Administration > Wikis > Wikis . The list of wikis displays. Click Edit to access the editable wiki properties . (...

Ping services allow you to automatically notify blog directories and search engines that a post has been created or edited within blogs within your community. This increases the chance that external traffic will link to your community blog content. By default, we have configured three popular ping services...

Forum threads that are of the question and answer (Q&A) type are very useful for the portion of your community providing support to community members who have questions. We make it easy to know whether or not questions have been answered. A Q&A thread can be in one of three states: ...

New in Telligent Evolution 5.6: URL-type profile fields now automatically append http:// to the URL. New in Telligent Evolution 5.6: You can search custom profile fields by entering a comma-separated list of search terms (such as interests) in a profile field. New in Telligent Evolution 5.5: Both...

You can control the number of blog comments that display per page when you access the Comments page. The items-per-page property is not global, but must be set for individual users. The default setting is 10 . To set the blog comments per page setting: Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard >...

We recommend that you create forums within a specific group instead of within the Site Root to ensure that your community members initiate discussions or questions in the appropriate area of your community. Be sure to establish your group structure prior to creating new forums. You can create a forum...

The Blog Setup page contains basic blog setup data, such as the name of the blog, blog Web address, list of blog authors, and the group to which the blog belongs. To modify the Blog Setup page properties: Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Blog Administration...