Ektron CMS400.Net Reference
Chapter 20 - Managing User Communities
A community is a group of people who network with each other to share information, ideas, likes and dislikes. Typically, people or members in the community are connected by a relationship. For example, they work for the same company, went to the same school, share the same values, or have a friendship.
When a person visits a community site, he can look around to see what type of information, people and groups are on the site. Typically, the person can see only limited information on the site. To see all information, he needs to become a member.
When a person signs up to be member, he defines information about himself. This is known as his member profile. After becoming a member, he can
maintain a personal profile, including an avatar
search for other members and add them to a friends list
join or create a community group
invite non-members to join a community and become a friend
add photos and documents to a personal or group profile page and determine which other users and groups can update those files
update his status and share that update with selected members
post public or private mess
ages to another member’s message board
keep a journal of his thoughts
create a list of favorite CMS400.NET content links
have a list of content he’s added
write content reviews
flag content
The Community Platform in Ektron CMS400.NET is a group of features that allow users to network socially on a Web site. Access to the community platform is available from the Web site or the Workarea. Only CMS400.NET users and administrators can access their information via the Workarea. Membership Users, CMS400.NET users, and administrators can access their profile pages via a Web site.
As an Administrator, you can manage Community features from the Workarea.
This section also contains the following topics.
Message Board Comments Associated with Content in the Workarea
Calendars for Community Users and Groups
Discussion Boards for Community Groups
Distributing Content to Another Ektron CMS400.NET Folder
Using email to Communicate Community Activities
Micro-messaging Server Control
Using Ektron's Micro-messaging Bookmarklet
Email Invitations for Community Management
CommunityDocuments Server Control
CommunitySearch Server Control
To learn about the controls you use to let membership users log in to an Ektron CMS400.NET site, see