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Configuring content-related settings

The settings you can find in this section are related to how the application handles content, such as setting size limits and threading for discussions, enabling search, and spell checking.

  • Managing Impact Metrics You can see Impact Metrics for documents and blog posts by default. Cloud customers or grandfathered Hosted and On-Prem customers may have Cloud Analytics enabled and also see impact metrics for discussions and videos.
  • Managing Structured Outcomes and Badges The Structured Outcomes feature lets users mark top-level content items, as well as comments and replies, as Final, Official, Outdated, or use another mark configured in your community. You can select which marking options community users can see, or disable them. You can also limit this feature to specific users or a group of users.
  • Disabling or enabling Your View feature The Your View feature allows your community members to create a page just for themselves that they can configure with a variety of data tiles. Your View helps community users quickly navigate to their favorite people, places, and content. This feature is enabled by default.
  • Configuring discussions application-wide Application-wide discussion settings control useful but performance-intensive featuress such as read tracking and thread mode. You can also set some aspects of how threads marked as questions should be handled.
  • Managing blogs A blog can be managed in several ways depending on its location. In general, a blog is managed by its author. It can also be managed by the owners of the place where the blog lives.
  • Configuring spell check Jive checks spelling when users create and edit content. As a community manager, you can customize the spell check feature by using the Admin Console.
  • Disabling projects You can disable the Projects feature if your community won't be using projects.
  • Configuring direct messages Direct messages allow users to send messages that are visible only to the receivers.
  • Configuring sharing The sharing feature allows users to alert others about interesting content items. You can enable and disable content sharing.
  • Enabling Social Media sharing You can enable or disable the ability of community users to share community content to a variety of social media channels, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail, directly from Jive.
  • Configuring file uploads As the administrator, you can configure how uploaded documents are handled using the Admin Console.
  • Configuring settings for attachments If you find that users are attaching many large files to their content and the application is slower as a result, you should consider creating limits by adjusting the size and quantity settings.
  • Managing images Jive users can include images in content of different types, or import images to places as separate pieces of content and gather them into collections. You can configure the options for importing and using images in places.
  • Using external file storage Jive can integrate with a number of external storage solutions on a licensing basis to store and organize big files and then synchronize them in a Jive group or space.
  • Configuring video Jive supports videos in your community, but you need to whitelist certain IP addresses to provide uploaded videos when your community is behind a firewall. In addition, you can customize the video providers your community uses.
  • Configuring ratings and liking You can configure the way ratings and liking for different types of content work to make them a prominent feature of your community.
  • Reindexing browse data Browse reindexing is available for troubleshooting indexing problems with browse content.
  • Managing feeds You can control the default behavior of feeds used to stay current on content changes.
  • Filtering and formatting content You can use filters and macros to make text changes at run time. You can turn these changes on or off, or to change the settings that control how they work.
  • Managing interceptors Interceptors perform actions on incoming requests that seek to post content.
  • Managing Document Conversion As the application converts PDFs and Office documents for preview, you can manage the conversions and troubleshoot them when necessary.
  • eDiscovery search You can search community content for specific users and export content as XML if it's needed for legal reasons or internal investigations. This is an optional, add-on feature. Contact your Jive representative for more information.
  • Managing Content Translation service The Content Translation service integrates with Lionbridge GeoFluent, Google Translate, and Microsoft Translator to allow your community members to translate user-generated content in your Jive community.
  • Managing Impact Metrics You can see Impact Metrics for documents and blog posts by default. Cloud customers or grandfathered Hosted and On-Prem customers may have Cloud Analytics enabled and also see impact metrics for discussions and videos.
  • Managing Structured Outcomes and Badges The Structured Outcomes feature lets users mark top-level content items, as well as comments and replies, as Final, Official, Outdated, or use another mark configured in your community. You can select which marking options community users can see, or disable them. You can also limit this feature to specific users or a group of users.
  • Disabling or enabling Your View feature The Your View feature allows your community members to create a page just for themselves that they can configure with a variety of data tiles. Your View helps community users quickly navigate to their favorite people, places, and content. This feature is enabled by default.
  • Configuring discussions application-wide Application-wide discussion settings control useful but performance-intensive featuress such as read tracking and thread mode. You can also set some aspects of how threads marked as questions should be handled.
  • Managing blogs A blog can be managed in several ways depending on its location. In general, a blog is managed by its author. It can also be managed by the owners of the place where the blog lives.
  • Configuring spell check Jive checks spelling when users create and edit content. As a community manager, you can customize the spell check feature by using the Admin Console.
  • Disabling projects You can disable the Projects feature if your community won't be using projects.
  • Configuring direct messages Direct messages allow users to send messages that are visible only to the receivers.
  • Configuring sharing The sharing feature allows users to alert others about interesting content items. You can enable and disable content sharing.
  • Enabling Social Media sharing You can enable or disable the ability of community users to share community content to a variety of social media channels, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail, directly from Jive.
  • Configuring file uploads As the administrator, you can configure how uploaded documents are handled using the Admin Console.
  • Configuring settings for attachments If you find that users are attaching many large files to their content and the application is slower as a result, you should consider creating limits by adjusting the size and quantity settings.
  • Managing images Jive users can include images in content of different types, or import images to places as separate pieces of content and gather them into collections. You can configure the options for importing and using images in places.
  • Using external file storage Jive can integrate with a number of external storage solutions on a licensing basis to store and organize big files and then synchronize them in a Jive group or space.
  • Configuring video Jive supports videos in your community, but you need to whitelist certain IP addresses to provide uploaded videos when your community is behind a firewall. In addition, you can customize the video providers your community uses.
  • Configuring ratings and liking You can configure the way ratings and liking for different types of content work to make them a prominent feature of your community.
  • Reindexing browse data Browse reindexing is available for troubleshooting indexing problems with browse content.
  • Managing feeds You can control the default behavior of feeds used to stay current on content changes.
  • Filtering and formatting content You can use filters and macros to make text changes at run time. You can turn these changes on or off, or to change the settings that control how they work.
  • Managing interceptors Interceptors perform actions on incoming requests that seek to post content.
  • Managing Document Conversion As the application converts PDFs and Office documents for preview, you can manage the conversions and troubleshoot them when necessary.
  • eDiscovery search You can search community content for specific users and export content as XML if it's needed for legal reasons or internal investigations. This is an optional, add-on feature. Contact your Jive representative for more information.
  • Managing Content Translation service The Content Translation service integrates with Lionbridge GeoFluent, Google Translate, and Microsoft Translator to allow your community members to translate user-generated content in your Jive community.