modules

Hey hey hey! I thought i'd do a li'l tutorial to explain a couple of things within the 'modules', seeing as quite a few features are hidden within them. Hopefully it helps!

《 the modules 》

You can find the modules in ACM, under 'customize'. There are currently seven of them, but I'm sure more will be added in the future!

Each of these modules can be enabled or disabled as you see fit. My community has them all enabled currently.

To disable a module, tap it, scroll to the bottom, and tap 'deactivate module'.

《 chat 》

Within the chat module, there are currently three things - public chatrooms, audio chat, and video chat.

Audio and video chat aren't yet released, although the options are there. When they are released, though, you'll be able to enable or disable them as you see fit.

Public chatrooms can be enabled or disabled - although I highly recommend having them enabled.

You can set a limit on who can create a chatroom. If you set it to 'anyone', any can create one. You can also set a level limit, ensuring that only longer-term can create public chats, or set it so that only leaders/curators can create them.

I personally recommend setting a level limit, to prevent spam.

Also, the limit doesn't apply to group chats!

《 posts 》

Posts is the one module that you 100% shouldn't disable! You have the option to disable certain types of post, though, which is very useful.

As you can see, we have various level limits on our posts. To set a limit, tap the post type, and it'll take you to this screen, where you can set whatever limit you want.

《 wiki 》

The wiki (once known as the catalog) is a fairly simple module. All that can be changed is 'wiki curation' - pinning wiki entries to your profile.

(In case you're unsure, pinned entries show up in yellow. They're wiki entries that other people have made, and can be pinned by going directly to the entry in the wiki, and tapping the 'pin' button.)

《 topic categories 》

This is the one that everyone always seems to be looking for! Here is where you can edit the categories that show up along your side .

Tap 'manage' to edit your categories.

To edit an existing category, tap the category and an 'edit' option will appear.

From here, you can edit the image, title and description, as well as make it an 'open' category, one that only leaders and curators can add to, or a 'hidden' one.

To remove a category, tap 'edit' in the top right hand corner, and select the red minus sign beside the one you want to get rid of.

To rearrange your categories, tap 'edit' and you'll be able to move the categories around.

If you tap 'add new category' at the bottom of the page, this menu will come up.

A category is, obviously, the thing that you can add posts to and the like. A section header is simply the small grey bar that separates different categories of categories, if you will.

《 member ranking 》

This section contains leaderboards, which you can enable and disable at will. If you tap on a specific leaderboard, you can choose to enable or disable it, and change the background.

It also contains ranking titles! If you want to change your community's ranking titles to some that are more topic-relevant, simply select 'ranking titles', tap on the title you want to edit, and type in the new name!

《 featured 》

Next, of course, is the featured section,bwhere you can change the layout of the feed. All you have to do is tap the layout you want - it's fairly self-explanatory.

《 shared folder 》

And finally, the most controversial of all the features - the shared folder.

Here, you can change 'ing permissions' and 'album management permissions'. ing permissions are those that allow certain to add images to the shared folder, and put them into existing albums. Album management allows to edit the albums - create and delete them, for example.

You should tailor these to your community, of course. As a leader, you should be able to decide what permissions are right for your community - i can't give you a blanket statement about it.

Hopefully this shed a bit of light on the hidden features of amino that disappeared into the depths of the modules a few updates ago!