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Another big change is coming from Facebook – it announced that it will be removing the Discussions tab application from all Pages on October 31, 2011. Despite AppData showing millions of monthly active users, Facebook is turning off the app that allows Pages to host forums. Inside Facebook describes the impact in its article “ Facebook Will Remove the Discussions Tab App from Pages in One Month ”. So what does this mean to you? What’s the impact? If you use Facebook forums...

It's often the case that you may have a forum being used as a mailing list and you want to insert some content such as a notification, advertisement, etc into the emails that go out from your list. This tip shows you how to do exactly that. (Please visit the site to view this media) Here is some additional documentation that may help you take this even further: Advanced editing of email templates - This documentation will let you do more than you could edit in the control panel. Configuring mail...

It's often the case that you may have a forum being used as a mailing list and you want to insert some content such as a notification, advertisement, etc into the emails that go out from your list. This tip shows you how to do exactly that. (Please visit the site to view this media) Here is some additional documentation that may help you take this even further: Advanced editing of email templates - This documentation will let you do more than you could edit in the control panel. Configuring mail...

Today when you want to create a mailing list with some people on it you probably have to contact your exchange administrator, give that person a list of names, and wait. With Telligent Enterprise you can turn any forum into a mailing list that site or group members can subscribe to. In fact, if it is enabled any private group you create will automatically have a mailing list created. This tip demonstrates how you might turn on the mailing list after the group or forum has been created. Maybe you...

In Telligent Community 5.0 and Telligent Enterprise 2.0, we've added a great feature that makes replying to a forum thread or suggesting an answer faster than ever. Learn about the feature here: For Telligent Community: (Please visit the site to view this media) Read more about using forum features here: Telligent Community documentation . For Telligent Enterprise: (Please visit the site to view this media) Read more about forum quick replying in the Telligent Enterprise documentation . Read...

The new Microsoft® IIS Web site highlights Community Server’s ability to integrate a simplified publishing process based on Wiki software. COMMUNITY SERVER in ACTION Windows Server® 2008 featuring Internet Information Services 7.0 is a powerful Web application and services platform that delivers rich Web-based experiences. It offers improved administration and diagnostic tools to help achieve lower infrastructure costs on a variety of popular development platforms. With improved reliability and scalability...

The Films for Learning Web site highlights Community Server’s ability to integrate education and film making into schools across the globe. COMMUNITY SERVER in ACTION FilmsforLearning.org is an online resource that provides teachers and students a place to share their own custom video resources online. With initial funding by NESTA (the National Endowment for Science Technology and Arts), the goal of the Films for Learning initiative is to inspire students, teachers and schools to learn through the...

The new Microsoft® adCenter site highlights Community Server’s ability to create a robust and active online support community that connects users from around the globe, enables interactive communication channels, and showcases product- and service-specific Web logs. COMMUNITY SERVER in ACTION Microsoft adCenter is the official support community for the users of adCenter. Microsoft has created one home for marketers, developers and analytics users. With the new site, customers will be able to interact...

The Pregame.com Web site highlights Community Server’s ability to serve as the main engine that drives an entire Web site. COMMUNITY SERVER in ACTION Featured by CBS News, AOL.com, CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal , SportsCenter, Forbes , and others , Pregame.com is the country’s largest sports betting information Web site. Pregame.com and its subsidiary Web properties produce bet-centric sports information presented in an easy-to-use format for both seasoned veterans and new action junkies. Pregame...

In the next release Community Server will support "Groups". I love the feature, but it could create a new problem for community site managers. How do you manage the creation and population of these sub-communities on your site? I tend to agree Read More......( read more ) Read More...

The Telligent Professional Services team partnered with Toni&Guy Academies to deliver a Community Server driven site that is truly a cut above. COMMUNITY SERVER in Action Toni&Guy represents a very sleek and modern brand with 40 years of history. They are a leader in the fashion industry and the Toni&Guy Academies provide career training opportunities for those looking to break into this fast paced industry. The site features all of the key elements of Community Server: Flexible User...

Community Server powers the Intel Software Network Support Forums. COMMUNITY SERVER in Action Community Server powers the Intel Software Network Support Forums enables Intel to stay aware and address end users concerns and issues as well as a means of self-help for the end user. End users can receive expert advice from subject matter experts from the developer community as well as Intel engineers. Community Server provides the framework and all the necessary tools to position a support community...

The Xbox team was in need of a forum solution that would meet the demands of their growing fan base. COMMUNITY SERVER in Action The console of choice these days is the Xbox 360. With an ever growing fanbase, the Xbox team turned to Community Server as their solution of choice to power the Xbox Forums. With over 4.9 million posts and a membership of 1.3 million plus users, the Xbox Forums are a great example of the scalability and the high performance capabilities of the Community Server platform...