DocumentationAEM 6.5Communities Guide

Ideation Feature ideation-feature

Last update: Mon Nov 06 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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Introduction introduction

The ideation feature provides an area for signed-in site visitors (community members) in the Publish environment to:

  • Create ideas to share with the community.
  • View and comment on ideas.
  • Follow an idea.
  • Vote on an idea.

This section of the documentation describes:

  • Adding the ideation feature to an AEM site.
  • Configuration settings for the Ideation component.

Adding an Ideation to a Page adding-a-ideation-to-a-page

To add a Ideation component to a page in author mode, use the component browser to locate

  • Communities / Ideation

And drag it into place on a page where the idea should appear.

For necessary information, visit Communities Components Basics.

When the required client-side libraries are included, this is how the Ideation component appears:

ideation

Configuring an Ideation configuring-an-ideation

Select the placed Ideation component so you can access and select the Configure icon which opens the edit dialog.

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Settings tab settings-tab

Under the Settings tab, specify settings for ideas and comments:

  • Allow Attachment Thumbnail

  • Max Attach Thumbnail Size

  • Min Image Size for Thumbnail

  • Max Thumbnail Size

  • Allow Privileged Members

  • Allowed Privileged Members

  • Block User Generated Content in Author Edit Mode

  • Ideation Title

  • The display title for the idea. Default is Ideation.

  • Ideation Description

    A description to display as a subtitle for the idea. Default is no description.

  • Topics Per Page

    Defines the number of ideas/posts shown per page. Default is 10.

  • Moderated

    If checked, posting of ideas and comments must be approved before they can appear on a publish site. Default is unchecked.

  • Closed

    If checked, the ideation forum is closed to new ideas and comments. Default is unchecked.

  • Rich Text Editor

    If checked, ideas and comments may be entered with markup. Default is unchecked.

  • Allow Tagging

    If checked, allow members to add tag labels to their posts (see Tag field tab). Default is unchecked.

  • Allow File Uploads

    If checked, allow file attachments to be added to the idea or comment. Default is unchecked.

  • Max File Size

    Relevant only if Allow File Uploads is checked. This field limits the size (in bytes) of an uploaded file. Default is 104857600 (10 Mb).

  • Allowed File Types

    Relevant only if Allow File Uploads is checked. A comma-separated list of file extensions with the “dot” separator. For example, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .doc, .docx, .pdf. If any file types are specified, then those not specified cannot be uploaded. Default is none specified such that all file types are allowed.

  • Max Attach Image File Size

    Relevant only if Allow File Uploads is checked. Maximum number of bytes an uploaded image file may have. Default is 2097152 (2 Mb).

  • Allow Replies

    If checked, allow replies to comments posted to the idea. Default is unchecked.

  • Allow Voting

    If checked, allow voting on the comments of an idea. Default is unchecked.

  • Allow Users to Delete Comments and Topics

    If checked, allow members to delete the comments and ideas that they posted. Default is unchecked.

  • Allow Following

    If checked, include the following feature for idea posts, which allows members to be notified of new posts. Default is unchecked.

  • Allow Email Subscriptions

    If checked, allow members to be notified of new posts by email (subscription). Requires Allow Following to be checked and email configured. Default is unchecked.

  • Allow Voting

    If checked, allow voting on the comments of an idea. Default is unchecked.

  • Display Badges

    If checked, display earned and assigned badges with a member’s idea. Default is unchecked.

  • Do not Get Replies on Listing Page

  • Allow Featured Content

    If checked, the idea is identifiable as featured content. Default is unchecked.

  • Enable Mention

  • Max Mentions

  • UI Mention Pattern

User Moderation tab user-moderation-tab

Under the User Moderation tab, specify how the posted ideas and comments (user generated content) are managed. For more information, see Moderating User Generated Content.

  • Deny Posts

    If checked, trusted member moderators can deny posts and prevent the post from appearing on the public forum. Default is unchecked.

  • Close/Reopen Topics

    If checked, trusted member moderators may close a topic to further edits and comments, and may also reopen a topic. Default is unchecked.

  • Flag Posts

    If checked, allow members to flag others’ topics or comments as inappropriate. Default is unchecked.

  • Flag Reason List

    If checked, allow members to choose, from a drop-down list, their reason for flagging a topic or comment as inappropriate. Default is unchecked.

  • Custom Flag Reason

    If checked, allow members to enter their own reason for flagging a topic or comment as inappropriate. Default is unchecked.

  • Moderation Threshold

    Enter the number of times a topic or comment has to be flagged by members before moderators are notified. Default is 1 ( one time).

  • Flagging Limit

    Enter the number of times a topic or comment has to be flagged before it is hidden from public view. If set to -1, the flagged topic or comment is never hidden from public view. Else, this number must be greater than or equal to the Moderation Threshold. Default is 5.

Tag field tab tag-field-tab

Under the Tag field tab, the tags which may be applied, if allowed under the Settings tab, are limited according to namespaces chosen.

  • Allowed Namespaces

    Relevant if Allow Tagging is checked under the Settings tab. The tags which may be applied are limited to those within the namespace categories checked. The list of namespaces includes “Standard Tags” (the default namespace) and “Include All Tags”. Default is none checked, which means all namespaces are allowed.

  • Suggestion Limit

    Enter the number of tags to be displayed as a suggestion to the member posting to the forum. A value of -1 means no limit. Default is 0.

Sort Settings tab sort-settings-tab

Under the Sort Settings tab, specify how the posted comments are sorted when displayed.

  • Sort By

    Check all allowed sort selections: Newest, Oldest, Last Updated, Most Viewed, Most Active, Most Followed and Most Liked. Default is Newest, Oldest, Last Updated.

  • Set as Default

    Pull down to select one of the checked sort options to appear as the default. Default is Newest.

  • Select Time Options for Analytics Sorting

    Pull down to select one of All, Last 24 Hours, Last 7 Days, Last 30 Days. Default is All.

Site Visitor Experience site-visitor-experience

Creating Idea creating-idea

As with all Communities features, if not signed in, a site visitor may only read ideas and view others opinions (through comments and voting/liking).

Once signed in, a member may create an idea.

create-new-idea

Before submitting the idea, it is possible for the member to save a draft.

By selecting the Save as Draft button, a draft is saved.

save-idea

When viewing saved drafts in the My Drafts tab, select Read More to reenter edit mode:

edit-idea

Providing Feedback providing-feedback

Once the idea is published, other members can sign in, open the idea ( Read More) and like the idea, thus adding to the vote count, and make comments.

feedback

Additional Information additional-information

More information may be found on the Ideation Essentials page for developers.

For moderation of posted topics and comments, see Moderating User Generated Content.

For tagging posted topics and comments, see Tagging User Generated Content.

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