Communities

Communities (called Topics or Categories in the codebase) are the primary unit of content organization on the platform. Users create topic-based spaces and publish posts to them.

What Is a Community

Each community has:

• Name and description
• Avatar and cover image
• Rules defined by the community owner
• Post feed from members
• Dedicated page with a follow button

By default, user-created communities are disabled (canCreateCommunity = false). Platform administrators can enable this in Admin Panel → Content (/admin-panel/settings/content) → Allow users to create topics.

Creating a Community

When creation is enabled: go to My Communities (/my-topics) → Create Community.

Fill in:

• Name
• Slug (URL name)
• Description
• Upload an avatar

Managing a Community

The community creator can:

• Edit name, description, rules
• Upload avatar and cover image
• Appoint additional community administrators
• Ban users within the community
• Delete the community

Following a Community

Users follow communities to see their posts in the personal feed. A Follow button is available on each community page.

Display in Sidebar

Platform administrators choose which communities appear in the sidebar and designate Featured Topics via Admin Panel → Topic Display (/admin-panel/settings/topic-display).

Featured topics are prominently displayed on the homepage.

Admin Panel Management

Admin Panel → Communities (/admin-panel/categories):

• View all communities
• Edit any community
• Delete a community

Featured topic configuration — Admin Panel → Topic Display (/admin-panel/settings/topic-display).