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What is a Label and how do I add one?
What are labels? Labels are used within a community to help categorize articles in a variety of discussion styles; forums, blogs, ideas, and TKBs. Labels enable you to categorize the content you write based on the themes or content in the article. For example, when creating a topic in a general support forum for troubleshooting, and you're having connectivity issues with your smart phone, you might apply labels like "Connection Issue" or "Phone" Labels are typically created by the Community Admin or Community Manager, and are typically controlled for consistency and need. Post authors must choose/apply labels from a pre-defined list when creating or editing the first post of a new forum topic, TKB article, idea, or blog post. Labels can only be added to the first post in a topic, blog, TKB, etc. How do I add a label to a post I've already made? Navigate to the post you authored. Open the post to edit it. In the Labels field, start typing the label or choose one from the list. If you add multiple labels, you must separate them with commas. Who can create labels? Typically, only administrators or permissioned members can create new labels or edit the label list. When the use of labels is enforced, members must apply a label when submitting posts. Labels can be optionally predefined, giving administrators complete control over exactly which labels are used in their community. Labels are applied at node (board) level, so different settings can be applied at different boards. One board might be mandatory with a predefined pool of labels, while another can be completely optional and enable users to create their own labels. How do I subscribe to a label? When you subscribe to a label, you will be notified by email when a new post is created with the label. To subscribe to a label: From a particular post with a label, click on the label to filter by that label. (You can also do this from the labels component.) Click Subscribe. Note:Your community users can configure their own subscription settings under My Settings > Subscriptions and Notifications > My Subscriptions and My Settings > Subscriptions and Notifications > Notification Settings. One thing to note about labels is that they are applied at node level. Thus, predefined labels and subscriptions to labels exist only at the node at which they are applied. For example, if you subscribe to a label named 'contest' at board 1, it will not automatically subscribe you to an identically named label at board 2. You will have to subscribe twice, once at each board. This also applies if you add a labels component to your page to display the most popular labels, these are also designed to work at node level.What are Kudos & how do I give Kudos?
What are Kudos? Kudos is a content rating system that lets you vote for the messages you think are the most useful or important. When you give kudos to a message, you are giving a thumbs-up for good content and a pat on the back to its author. Your kudos help to boost the value of certain messages and enhance the reputation of their authors. Giving kudos is as easy as a single click, but the impact of kudos ripples across the community. How do I give Kudos? You can give Kudos to any posts in the community except your own. To give kudos to a message and its author, click Kudos on the message. If you change your mind about the quality of the message, you can revoke your kudos. To revoke kudos you've given, click the Kudos button again. How can I see which messages or authors have received the most Kudos? There are usually two kudos leaderboards on the community's front page -- one for authors and another for messages. The author's leaderboard shows who has received the most kudos. The message leaderboard showcases the most kudoed messages. Links from the front-page leaderboards take you to the full leaderboard pages. To view the Top Kudoed Messages leaderboard, click view all from the front page module. To view the Top Kudoed Authors leaderboard, click view all from the front page module. Why can't I give Kudos to some messages? There are a few reasons why you might not be able to give Kudos to a post. You've already given Kudos to this message (you can only give them once). You wrote the message (you can't Kudo your own messages). Your community manager wants you to give Kudos only to a message that starts a thread and not to replies. Your community manager has turned Kudos off for a message or a forum. Your community manager has frozen Kudos for this message. You can still see how many Kudos the message has received, but you can't Kudo it any more.Uploading & Managing Images
How do I view images? You can view all photos and graphic files you upload to the community on your Albums and Images page. This page displays images in two ways: The Albums tab displays all of your image albums, including the default Public and Private albums that contain any images you might have already uploaded. You can create new albums when you upload images and move images between albums as needed. The All Images tab displays all of the images you have uploaded To view your images: Go to your profile page. A preview of your uploaded images appears on the right. Click View My Images. To view all the images in an album, click the album. Click an image to see more about it. To view all of your images, click All Images. To view another user's public images: Click the community member's user name to go to that user's profile page. A preview of that user's shared images appears on the right. Click View My Images. How do I upload images? Depending on your starting point, you choose one or more images, choose the album where they'll be located, and upload. There are size limitations, of course, and a community moderator must approve your images before others can see them. You can upload images from: Your Albums and Images page Any of your individual Album pages Post Message, Answer, Comment, Article, and other Post pages How do I edit an image? You can change the name, add a description, and apply tags to an image, but you can't edit the actual image in the community. If you want to edit the image, you need to do that outside the community and upload the edited image. To edit information about an image: Go to your Albums and Images page. Open the album that contains the image you want and click it. Click Edit to change the image title, add a description, and enter tags. To display an image on the front of the album, click Use this image for the album cover. Click Save. What is a private image? A private image is one that only you (and community moderators with permission) can see. When you upload an image, you can place it in a private album or public album. Moderators must approve all uploaded images before you can use them in a post or display them in your My Images list. To change the privacy setting for an image: Click the image to go to the image page. Click Image Options > Move Image. Choose an album and click Move. To make an image private, move it to a private album. To make a private image public, move it to a public album.How do I use Subscriptions?
Subscriptions let you get email updates whenever new content appears in an area of the community that you're interested in. You can subscribe to a board, a blog article, an idea exchange, or any other location in the community. You can also subscribe to a specific post. To subscribe a piece of content: Go to the item you want to subscribe to. To subscribe to a location, click (Location) Options > Subscribe. To subscribe to a specific post, go to the post and click (Post) Options > Subscribe To view and manage your subscriptions: Go to My Settings > Subscriptions & Notifications. Click My Subscriptions to see a list of the items you've subscribed to. You can click a subscription to go to the item. To delete a subscription, click the check box for the subscription and click Email Subscription Options > Delete Selected Subscriptions.Introduction to Using Community Search
How do I search for information? To search the Community, enter your search in the search field and click Search. A page of search results is displayed. Browse the search results in the same manner you would a message board. To perform a more in-depth search, click the Advanced link next to the Search button. Here, you can limit your query to a specific board, specific parts of the message (subject vs. body), and other advanced parameters. How does auto-suggest work? Auto-suggest accelerates your search by displaying results as you type search terms. When you see the post or user you're looking for, just click it. To turn auto-suggest off, click Turn off suggestions in the auto-suggest list. To turn auto-suggest on, click Turn on suggestions below the search entry area. How do I filter search results? You can refine your search using one or more filters (location, author, date). Want to limit your search results to accepted solutions? Click the Solved check box under the Metadata filter. Want only the most recent results? Use one for the date filters to see results for a day or a week ago. You can also filter your results by individual authors or members who have the same rank. Most search filters work together to narrow the possible results. For example, you can search for accepted solutions in the last month. However, the filters for the type of post work a little differently. If you choose Forums and Blogs, you see results from either forums or blogs (not results that are both forum and blog posts). Active filters appear at the top of the results list. To turn off a filter, click the X to the right of the filter. How can I customize search results? You can customize your search results to make them more meaningful in several ways: Use the interactive filters on the left side of the page to refine the search results based on a variety of criteria: location, author, date, and others. See which filters are active at the top of the results list. Turn an active filter off by clicking the X button to the right of the filter. How do I search for posts? You can search for posts and knowledge base articles at any level of the community. When you type a search term, the system automatically searches at the current level. For example, if you're on the community front page, the system searches the entire community. If you're looking at a forum or blog page, the system searches that forum (and the associated knowledge base, if any) or blog. Tip: Searches for posts always include relevant knowledge bases. However, you can also search just in knowledge bases. To search for posts: Choose the scope of the search in the drop-down list to the left of the Search button. You can search at the current level and above in the community. Start typing the search term. Auto-suggest shows the topics that match the term you're typing. Tip: You can enter the full search term, or use an asterisk as a wildcard in your search. If you don't see the term you're looking for in the auto-suggest list, click Search to see the full search results. When you get your search results, use the filters on the left side of the page to refine your results. How do I search for people? You can search for community members by name or by rank. The name you search for must be at least three characters long. To search for users: Click Users in the drop-down list to the left of the Search button. Start typing the name of an individual user or the name of a rank. Auto-suggest shows the names of users who match the name you're typing. When you enter a rank, auto-suggest lists all users who have that rank. Tip: You can enter the full user or rank name, or use an asterisk as a wildcard in your search. If you don't see the user you're looking for in the auto-suggest list, click Search to see the full search results.How do I create a signature for my posts?
Your signature is text that appears at the bottom of your posts. To create your personal signature: Sign in to your community account. Go to My Settings > Personal Profile > Personal Information. Enter your signature text in the Signature box. Some communities let you use HTML in your signature. Check with a moderator if you have questions. Click Save.End of the Avocado: Why Chefs Are Ditching the Unsustainable Fruit Give peas a chance—as well as pistachios, fava beans, and pumpkin seed paste. These are just some of the ingredients being used to replace one of the world’s most popular fruits.Lastra says: “We were looking not to recreate, but to produce a similar sensorial experience. What does an avocado mean in terms of sight, texture, aroma and flavour? And how do we paint that with the tools we have?”
On the one hand, they are deliciously creamy, versatile and gloriously Instagrammable. On the other, they have an enormous carbon footprint for a fruit, require up to 320 litres of water each to grow and “are in such global demand they are becoming unaffordable for people indigenous to the areas they are grown in”, according to Thomasina Miers, the co-founder of the Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca. For some time, the chef has struggled to balance the devastating environmental impact of avocado production with her customers’ appetite for guacamole. Now, she thinks she has found the answer: a vibrant, green guacamole-inspired dip, made from fava beans, green chilli, lime and coriander.
