How can I find content?

As the amount of activity in your community grows, you'll get more out of it by using these tools to find what you need. In particular, be sure to personalize your home page, using the widgets to filter out the things you're probably not interested in anyway.

Here are some of the tools you can use to find content:

Widgets. Personalize your home page with widgets that display links to the things you want to see. For example, the Watch A Tag widget will filtering out everything except content tagged with the tag you want.

Searching. You can search for content using the search box in the upper right of each page. Enter your search phrase. Notice that a search is done for you as you type -- click an item that looks promising. Click the Search button if what you're looking for doesn't show up in the list. See results on the Search page. Be sure to see the search tips for a few power user features.

Note: When you're on the Search page, the search box in the upper-right corner and the main search box behave slightly differently. The box in the upper-right corner invisibly appends an asterisk (*) so that it lists more results. This is a convenience feature.

Browsing. One of the easiest ways to browse for content is to use the menus at the top of each page:

The Your Stuff menu lists things that are specifically about you (such as your profile or preferences) or that you created (such as documents, blog posts, and discussion posts you made).
The History menu lists pages you've looked at most recently. Note that this history is related to your browser's; if you delete your browser's history, your community history will go, too.
The Browse menu gives you a way to go to pages where you can browse for content. You can also browse for content, people and by tags by clicking the icons at the top right of the home page.

Bookmarking. You and others can bookmark content as a way to find it more easily later, but also to point out things you think deserve more attention. You can bookmark content in the community or sites outside it. When you bookmark something, you can add notes and tags for others to use (although you can also make bookmarks personal).

Tags. When people assign tags to content you can use the tags to find the content again. The community displays tags in a "tag cloud" where you can click a tag to see the content associated with it. For example, if you navigate to a space home page (on the community home page, click the Spaces icon, then click the name of the space), you'll likely see a tag cloud of popular tags. Notice that the tags listed there are in alphabetical order, but that they're displayed in different letter sizes. The larger a tag name is, the more content it's assigned to.