What can I do as a community member? 

Find out what actions you can perform in a community when you are a community member.

Tip: If you are unsure of what your role is within a community, open the Members page and look for your name. Your role displays under your name.

As a community member, you can perform the following general tasks:

Community members can also perform the following actions when using the resources that belong to the community.

Table 1. Community member actions

Resource Community members can
Activities

  • Start community activities

  • Contribute to community activities of which you are a member

For more information, see Work with community activities.

Blog The actions that you can perform in your community blog depend on your access level.

When you have viewer access, you can:

  • Read blog posts

When you have draft access, you can:

  • Save draft blog entries

  • Perform all the actions associated with the viewer role

When you have author access, you can:

  • Post blog entries

  • Edit and delete other users' entries

  • Perform all the actions associated with the viewer and draft roles

For more information, see Use a community blog.

Bookmarks

  • Add bookmarks

  • Edit and delete bookmarks that you added

For more information, see Add bookmarks to a community.

Custom Library The actions that you can perform using the Custom Library widget depend on your access level to the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) server.

If you have the appropriate access level to the ECM server and are logged in with your ECM credentials, you can:

  • Work with folders to which you have access

  • Add documents to folders to which you have access

  • Edit, download, replace, and delete documents to which you have access

For more information, see Use custom libraries.

Feeds

  • Add feeds

  • Edit and delete feeds that you added

  • Subscribe to community feeds

For more information, see Work with feeds.

Files The actions that you can perform using the Files widget depend on your access level.

When you have reader access, you can:

  • Recommend files

  • Download files

When you have editor access, you can:

  • Upload files

  • Share files

  • Upload new versions of files

  • Perform all the actions associated with the reader role

For more information, see Add files to a community.

Forums

For more information, see Use community forums.

Ideation Blog The actions that you can perform in your community's Ideation Blog depend on your access level.

When you have viewer access, you can:

  • View ideas

When you have draft access, you can:

  • Save draft ideas

  • Perform the actions associated with the viewer role

When you have author access, you can:

  • Post ideas

  • Edit and delete your own and other users' ideas

  • Perform the actions associated with the viewer and draft roles

For more information, see Use an Ideation Blog in your community.

Media Gallery

  • Upload files

  • Recommend, share, download, and comment on files

  • Flag file content as inappropriate (if postmoderation is enabled)

  • Replace, edit, delete files that you added

For more information, see Use a media gallery.

Wiki The actions that you can perform in your community wiki depend on your access level.

When you have reader access, you can:

  • Read wiki content

When you have editor access, you can:

  • Create wiki pages

  • Edit wiki pages

  • Move pages

  • Perform all the actions associated with the reader role

For more information, see Use a community wiki.


Parent topic

Community membership roles

Related concepts
Use custom libraries

Related reference
What can I do as a community owner?
Work with community activities
Use a community blog
Add bookmarks to a community
Work with feeds
Add files to a community
Use community forums
Use an Ideation Blog in your community
Use a media gallery
Use a community wiki


   

 

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