If you are a community owner, you
can edit information about the community and the applications associated
with the community.
About this task
Edit a community to change its name,
description, and associated tags, and update information for any applications
that are associated with the community. For example, if your community
has a blog, you can edit the blog membership or update basic information
about the blog. You can also edit community settings to add an application
to the community (if your administrator has enabled it), reset the
community's privacy level, or change the image associated with
the community.
Procedure
To edit a community, complete the following steps.
- From the I’m an Owner view,
select the community that you want to edit. If you are
not already logged in, you are prompted to do so.
- Select and do the following
as required:
Note: If your community
has extra applications associated with it, such as a blog or wiki,
additional tabs display for these applications to enable you to edit
them.
- To change the name of the community, type a new name
in to the Name field.
- To change the access level of the
community, select one of the following options:
Note: If
you change a community's access level from private to public,
any private content, such as shared private files, is removed from
the community.
Table 1. Community
access level options| Option |
Description |
|---|
| Public to my organization |
Select this option if you want the community
to be public with anyone within your organization able to join. |
| Moderated |
Select this option if you want the community
to be public but for users within your organization to request membership. |
| Restricted |
Select this option if you want the community
to be restricted. Restricted communities are available only to those
people who are added to the community as members or invited to join
by a community owner. |
- To change the community description, edit the contents of the
Description field.
- To add or remove community tags, edit the contents of the Tags
field.
- To change the image associated with the community, click Upload
a Community Image and browse for the image that you want
to upload. Image resizing does not support all image formats.
If you encounter problems with uploading an image, converting the
image to a different format often works.
- To apply a different theme
to the community, click Change Community Theme and
select one of the options available.
- To change the community's web address, click Access Advanced
Featues and update the contents of the Web Address field. You cannot change the web address of a community that has subcommunities.
- If moderation is available and editable
at your site, you can select from the following options:
- Owners must approve all content
(widgets) where widgets might
be one or more of the following widgets: Blog, Files, or Forums. When
this option is enabled, community owners can review unpublished content
that is submitted for approval and decide whether to publish it to
the community or reject it.
- Viewers can flag inappropriate
content (widgets) where widgets might
be one or more of the following widgets: Blog, Files, or Forums. When
this option is enabled, community owners can review content that is
flagged as inappropriate by other users. Community owners can then
decide whether to keep the content or remove it from the community.
- When you've finished making changes, click Save.