A few tips and tricks for using the forum and the Trusted Solutions category and sub-categories:
About the categories
- The top level category
Trusted Solutionsis accessible by Admins, Mods, and SG Internal. - Each sub-category is visible to the same groups.
- Permissions are handled via the category settings and groups.
- @Guillaume, @francesca, and @johnny.duguid are points of contacts for this space should you need additional help.
Best practices for the forum
- Know your audience. If they’re technical, go deep into details if you need. If they’re not, try to avoid jargon.
- It’s ok to not know the answer, but it’s helpful to let the client know we’re looking into their needs so they know we’re on it.
- Never lie. If you make a mistake or put out bad info, go back and correct it. Own up to it and move on. Everyone makes mistakes so don’t sweat it, but clean up any mess.
- Discourse works great on mobile devices. Head to the URL in your mobile browser or download an OS specific app (iOS, Android).
- Notifications are your friend. You can fine tune them to your preferences. Details below.
- You and clients can reply via email.
- If you observe anyone behaving poorly in the forum, you can flag their post by clicking the
icon near the post and the Admin+Moderation team will handle follow up. - When in doubt, ask @johnny.duguid, @Guillaume, or @francesca or post to the #shotgun-community Slack channel.
Tuning notification preferences
Discourse has robust notification preferences that you can tweak. It’s worth being aware or two particular settings:
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Within your user profile, head to
Preferences>Notifications -
You can refine settings within each topic and category, too. Just look for the blue ! icon:
