Launch your community quickly with our Setup Checklists for Web and Mobile App launches.
Use these lists to help guide the setup of your community's website and mobile apps.Note: When going through the Community Setup guide below, use Control Center 2.0 via the Control Center link in the slide-out menu of your community.
Community Setup To-Dos - applies to both Web communities & Full Suite (Mobile Apps)
- Login to your community using your Community Leader account. Your community leader account is the account you use to Feature posts from within your community.
Note: The Community Leader account is the account we automatically created for you when your community was first started.- Open the slide-out menu in your community and click the Control Center menu link. This will open Control Center 2.0.
- Click the tab button in the top right of your screen, this will open up the slide-out menu of your Control Center.
- Configure General settings in Community Settings
- Click Community Settings in your slide-out menu and click General
- Click Community Settings in your slide-out menu and click General
- Upload logos and design graphics to Branding & Graphics
- Customize your Onboarding settings to customize your community's experience.
- Update your Terms & Policies to add a custom Terms of Service & other policies.
- Create 2-5 Groups, to give your members a place to connect over shared interests
- Add custom Menu items to your community's slide-out menu
- Click Community Settings in your Control Center slide-out menu, click Menu Items
- How-To Add Slide-Out Menu Items Article
- Set up Custom Fields in Community Settings to ask members questions at sign-up or to customize your member profile
- Add Custom Domains in Community Settings to put your community on your own custom domain and customize the email address used to send users system emails.
- Add Auto Follow Accounts in Onboarding settings
- Note: You must create these user accounts prior to adding them as Auto Follow accounts.
- Setup or Disable your Verified System for users
- Enable or disable Verified Profiles by updating your Verified System settings in General, under Community Settings in your control center slide-out menu
- Create a Feed Banner in Engage settings to help drive members to content that is important
- Familiarize yourself with the rest of control center and test your web community. If you have questions or need help, check our support knowledgebase and reach out to Success@Honeycommb.com with questions.
- Invite 10 Members to help test out your community and add new content.
- Optional: Set up webhooks and any app automations to connect Honeycommb to other platforms you may use.
- Optional: Add translations for Groups & Members
- Optional: Add Pre-approvals (Private networks)
- Want to upgrade your community or explore our Add-Ons?
Click Account & Billing, click Billing Overview and then select Explore Upgrades & Add-ons
Mobile App Launch Checklist
- Email Success@Honeycommb.com your community's Logo asset (transparent PNG preferred) and request App Store Assets from Honeycommb's design team.
- Preparation: Create & write the text that will be used for your App Name (limit: 30 characters), iOS Subtitle (limit: 30 chars), Google Play Short Description (limit: 80 chars), and Full App Descriptions (limit: 3930 chars)"
- After Honeycommb has created and uploaded your App Listing image assets, edit your Google Play Listing and iTunes Listing and add the app listing text created in the previous step.
- Optional: Optimize your iTunes listing by adding Keywords and Promotional Text
- Optional: Learn how to increase search relevance through App Store Optimization
- Send Email to Success@honeycommb.com and notify the team that your app listings are updated and request App Creation.