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Community Settings

Community settings let you configure all core aspects of an individual community. The page has two tabs: General and Moderators.


Tab: General

Community settings – General

Field Description
Description Free-text description of the community, visible in the community profile
Logo URL URL to an external image used as the community avatar
Join mode Controls how users can join: Open / Invite / Request
Default member role Role automatically assigned to newly joining members
Associated areas Location labels (e.g. "Rinklingen") used for content routing

Click "Bearbeiten" (Edit) in the bottom right to enter edit mode.

Associated areas and routing

The areas entered here determine which content from external sources is routed to this community. Content whose source area matches will automatically appear in this community's feed. See Routing Rules for details.


Tab: Moderators

Community moderators

This tab shows all active moderators of the community with email, username, and join date.

Adding a moderator

Click "Moderator hinzufügen" (Add moderator) in the bottom right and search for an existing user.

Removing a moderator

Click the remove icon next to a moderator entry.

Users must already exist

A user can only be added as moderator if they already have an account on the instance.