Communities
Channels, posts and comments, gamification, roles, digests and member notifications.
16 articles
Communities overview
What a community is in Zanfia, how channels, groups, roles and members fit together, where the creator editor and the member view live, and which article covers each task.
4 minSet up a community
Create a community product, open its editor, set the name, icon and layout members see, and choose which features are switched on.
4 minChannels and groups
Add post channels, chats and links to a community, organize them into groups, reorder them by dragging, and control who can read or write in each one.
4 minThe community feed and search
How the combined feed works: what members land on, how posts are sorted and bumped, what pinning does, how a single channel differs, and how post search finds things.
4 minWrite a post
Write and publish a community post with images, video, files, a poll or a voice message, keep an unfinished post as a draft, and manage comments on it.
5 minSchedule a post
Write a community post now and have it publish itself at a time you choose, then preview, edit, reschedule or cancel it before it goes out.
3 minNotifications and announcements
Which community notifications members get by email and in the app, what is on by default, how members change it, and how you announce a post to everyone with Notify all members.
4 minWeekly digest
What the weekly community digest email contains, when it is sent, when it is skipped, and how you and your members turn it on or off.
3 minGamification
Turn on XP, levels and leaderboards in a community, award XP for completed course lessons, lock channels behind a member level, and understand daily activity streaks.
4 minRoles and VIP channels
Create a custom community role, build a channel only that role can see, and have a product plan grant the role automatically to everyone who buys it.
4 minManage members
Browse the members of a community, add one person or import many, change roles, export the list, and remove or disable a member.
4 minModerate a community
Review posts and comments reported by members, remove content with a note to its author, and mute or disable a member who breaks the rules.
3 minCommunity events
Add events to a community calendar, set their time, type and location, cancel or restore them, and see what members get on their Calendar tab.
3 minPublic community
Make a community readable without an account, choose which channels guests see, and make sure guests have a working way to join when they want to take part.
3 minMember profiles, connections and messages
What members can do around each other in a community: view profiles, browse the members directory, connect, send private messages, and use the account menu.
4 minTroubleshooting communities
Causes and fixes for the community problems creators report most: missing new-post emails, members who are blocked or not recognized, hidden channels, the feed order and member removal.
7 min