Features, features, and more features It’s been a crazy few weeks, but all the hard work has paid off! The Vanilla crew has been clocking the hours and crunching the code to develop some really cool new features to enhance your community. We are very excited about the results and we know you will be [...]
One of many new features added to VanillaForums.com is Banner a.k.a Custom Logo.The Banner allows you to upload a custom logo to your forum. *This feature is available to Basic, Plus, and Premium Plan members. What we will cover Default Banner settings The Banner screen Uploading a Banner Logo Lets begin! Default Banner Settings What [...]
One of many new features added to VanillaForums.com is File Upload.The File Upload feature enables uploading files and attaching them to discussions and comments. *This feature is available in Small Business Pro and Enterprise Plans. What we will cover Default File Upload settings The File Upload screen Setting Roles and Permissions Uploading a file Lets [...]
Over the last year since we launched the hosting service at VanillaForums.com, we’ve received amazing feedback from the community and our customers about the software, it’s features, and our offerings. All of that great feedback has gone into what you now see on the homepage at VanillaForums.com. Design We’ve completely revamped this site in an [...]
One of many new features added to VanillaForums.com is Custom Theme. The Custom Theme feature allows you to customize the appearance of your forum using HTML and cascading stylesheets (CSS). You can change colors, fonts, backgrounds, banners, and even where elements appear on the page. *This feature is available to Plus and Premium Plan members [...]
Vanilla Connect is no longer supported. jsConnect is Vanilla’s current single-signon solution. What is Vanilla Connect? Vanilla Connect is a single sign-on feature that allows companies to send their existing users into their Vanilla Forum without registering or signing in again. How does Vanilla Connect work? We use some pretty neat technical magic to make [...]
What is the Custom Theme feature? The Custom Theme feature allows you to customize the appearance of your forum using HTML and cascading stylesheets (CSS). You can change colors, fonts, backgrounds, banners, and even where elements appear on the page. Does the Custom Theme feature let me edit HTML? Yes, you can edit all of [...]
How do I set up a custom domain? Setting up a custom domain for your forum is a pretty simple two-step process. First, you need to create a “C Name” record pointing at your VanillaForums.com domain. We use the Rackspace Cloud to host our domains, so we’ll show you how we accomplish this task there. [...]
Vanilla allows you to reward your users for positive participation. The result is a more engaged audience that brings high quality content to the forefront of your community.
Todd Burry Lead Developer, Co-Founder
Tim Gunter Developer & System Administrator
Lizzie McGlinchey Project Manager
Mark O'Sullivan CPO, Co-Founder, Sandwich Expert
Matt Lincoln Russell Developer
Luc Vezina CEO
