Jordan Miller
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Nice! I like the idea of sending a PM upon someone joining. What are you using to add them to your newsletter / member map / weekly chat / video call? Sounds super interesting. -
Haha yea I do use the below, but it can also natively be done with Zapier + MailChimp. 👼
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Happy Hump Day, team! I wanted to pick your brain about how you onboard members into your community (if at all). We have a new Alerts System feature available in our upcoming release, 4.7, which can create one opportunity to welcome your new members with a greeting. There are a bunch of great ways to introduce a member to your community. Some other ideas include: Sending a welcome PM Guiding new members with a warm message using a block Have a welcome forum Create a getting started / welcome topic Include an onboarding team to answer any potential questions Create a welcome video Award new members a badge for posting once One thing I also personally do is launch an email campaign that drips out emails over the course of a week with information, guidelines and opportunities to reach out to me. Do you do anything special? I'd love to see you flex your community management skills! --- As always, here is a list of updates and fixes made to the platform in the last seven days made by our talented developers: Looking forward to hearing from you in the comments!
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Appreciate you sharing this!
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Hey @ZLTRGO, sorry you are having a bit of trouble here. I reached out to you via email to see if we can help guide you in a better direction. 😊
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This turned into a stan @Ehren topic and I'm here for it.
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Ohhh fun! Awesome that the existing theme already matched your own branding. 👍
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Appreciate that! Loving how your community is looking, too. Very easy on the eyes 👌
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Happy Hump Day, team! And RIP to Internet Explorer. While we put the finishing touches on our upcoming release, 4.7, I wanted to touch base with you and talk about your community's theme. A beautifully branded theme can take your community to the next level in my opinion. An original logo, smart color scheme and easy-to-read fonts (no Bionic Reading today, folks!) can make all the difference. We wouldn't want to use #EEEEEE when #1abc9c is the better fit. Do you use light or dark mode or both? Did you incorporate a sans or sans serif font? Are the buttons easy to see? All of these touches add up. I'd love for you to share screen shots or links to your community to show off your existing theme(s). Or, if you are stuck, please feel free to share your concerns and maybe we (as a community) can chime in and offer you some suggestions. If you're interested in us creating you a theme, please reach out (smooth, right?). I'll kick things off with my own community. Shout-out to @Ehren for this. I wanted pops of color to contrast with the dark look and feel. I also recently modified the logo for Pride. You can also customize the sidebar so it's sticky. I also want to give a shout-out to SquareSpace's community. I love the minimalist design! Feel free to post yours in the comments! And hey, while I've got you, check out a list of updates made to the platform in the last 7 days. Looking forward to chatting about themes! Related:
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Interesting idea. Can you expand on why you'd want to track what a particular guest / member is searching versus a birds-eye-view report of what all members are searching for?
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Appreciate the insight. 👍 I'd be open to it, too. My own community uses dark mode, so I wonder if reading Bionic text inverted changes things 🤔
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Maybe my version - the font was too large? Not sure 😅 I did see there's a browser extension. However, I couldn't find one for smart phones - so maybe having it in the community platform vs relying on an extension would still be our best bet.
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I used a generator 😇 https://api.bionic-reading.com/convert/ There's an API on another site so in theory if someone loves it, perhaps it could work within a community. Low-key curious about how people would use it.
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Nice idea! In theory, if you know a lot of people use Gmail over Twitter to login (for example), you could lean into a Google SSO more.
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Appreciate you weighing in. In theory, one could clone a theme and name them according to what font they use and voila! Kind of clunky but it could be a quick way to accomplish what you suggested. Also yes I was being lighthearted about the Bionic Reading, but serious at the same time. I was genuinely curious what our community would think, and if it opens the door to a larger discussion around UX and fonts than great!
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Can you expand on this 😆.
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Take control of your community messenger inbox. Topics, replies and reviews are an incredible way to engage with members in a community, but sometimes a conversation needs to be had in private. Invision Community's built-in messenger is a powerful system that allows members to privately message another member, or a group of members, directly within your community. However, allowing your members unrestricted access to reach out could clog up your community inbox (and mind!). There are times when you may want a little space from receiving new messages. For example, when you are… Going on vacation Working on a project that requires your complete attention Needing a moment to catch up Currently, your only option is to disable the entire messaging system. That is effective, but it means you cannot engage with existing messages, send replies or message other members. We’ve developed a solution! Invision Community 4.7.0 allows for more refined control over your messenger by allowing you to disable the inbox. The benefit of this is that you can continue existing conversations and start conversations with others while preventing anyone from messaging you (except staff members) either directly or via the Alerts System. The "Disable my messenger" link has been replaced with "Disable my inbox". The warning pop-up makes it clear what this action will do. Of course, administrators can still completely disable the messenger for themselves and other members of the community, which prevents them from accessing the messenger entirely. The new disable your inbox feature, included in Invision Community 4.7.0, will be available to all in the near future. Thoughts on the disabling the inbox feature? Let us know what you think in the comments! Related: -
Ahh so maybe if the bionic reading font was smaller it might help increase the speed?
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Appreciate you weighing in! Maybe it's a case of getting used to? Or do you think this would never be something you find useful? For me I can see both sides. It's a bit in your face, but I did find myself able to read a little faster I think.
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Happy Hump Day, team!We are inching towards releasing our latest stable version, 4.7. It includes a ton of awesome new features for both self-hosted clients as well as those on our standard plans (where we host). You'll be seeing a lot of content discussing the new release, along with its features in the near future, but until then sink your teeth into these: By the way... did you read all that pretty quickly? I recently stumbled upon Bionic Reading and wanted your thoughts on whether communities would benefit from integrating a tool like this. Bionic Reading is described as "a new method facilitating the reading process by guiding the eyes through text with artificial fixation points." In a world where peoples' attention spans are seemingly shrinking, this might be a valuable addition. Or not? Maybe we shouldn't reinforce people needing to speed through content. I'd love to know your thoughts on this and whether you'd like to incorporate Bionic Reading into your community.While I've got you, check out updates made to the platform in the last week - scheduled for a pending release in the future: Looking forward to hearing what you think!
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Cool idea 💡 There's a lot of ideas when viewing through the commerce lens
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Haha. Me unveiling the Alerts System:
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Happy Hump Day! 🌈 In case you missed it, we've officially rolled out 4.7.0 Beta 5. It includes our new Alerts System (which has been a big hit)! Read more about the Alerts System at the blog post below 👇 There have been some pretty great ideas regarding how to use the Alerts System in the comments on that blog post. 👆 I'd love to take the opportunity to chat with you and hear your ideas on ways we could better improve this for all. What are some features / ideas you have to better the Alerts System? @Randy Calvert mentioned these in the comments on the blog post: @Dean_ mentioned this: By the way, here is a list of updates and fixes made to the platform in the last 7 days. Nicely done, team! 👏😎 - Changed 'member download' to output comma-separated values instead of tab-separated values to be consistent with member import. - Fixed some UX issues when revoking an OAuth access token. - Added alerts functionality. - Fixed an issue with 'solved' push notifications linking to a non-existent page. - Fixed a missing language string in member history when spam defense system applies moderation to a new member. - Fixed an issue where non-image attachments inserted via the editor may not download. - Fixed an issue where creating a downloads category with the "Keep previous versions?" Setting being disabled would result in a DB error. Thoughts on how to improve the Alerts System feature? Drop us a line in the comments!
