Manage the Community Engagement module – OpenCities

This task can be undertaken by users with the following roles: OC Site Manager and OC System Administrator.

The Community Engagement module manages the settings for 4 different content types.

The first part of this article will details the settings for OC Consultations, OC Discussions, and OC Consultation Timeline pages, while the second part will detail the settings for OC Blog pages.

Settings for consultations, discussions, and timeline entries

You can manage settings for the Community Engagement module from Site Management.

From the main menu, go to More > Site Management > your site > Settings.
Select Community Engagement.
Make your changes.
Save your changes.

Location of the current consultation listing page	Enter the location of your consultations listing page in the site tree. If you've chosen to show consultations on your Homepage, this will be the link used when visitors click to see more consultations, e.g. [Public]/Community/Have-Your-Say
Location of the past consultation listing page	Enter the location of your past consultations listing page in the site tree. This will be the link used for the past consultations button on your current consultation listing, e.g. [Public]/Community/Have-Your-Say/Closed-Consultations
Content type settings Note: these settings apply to the OC Consultation, OC Discussion, and OC Consultation Timeline content types.
Authors must comment upon publishing?	Select this option to make it mandatory for authors to add a comment about their changes before publishing the page.
Feedback form	Choose how feedback forms are treated: Disabled: Feedback forms will not show on these pages. Turn on and show on pages by default: The feedback form will automatically be shown on these pages, with the option to turn it off. Turn on but hide on pages by default: The feedback form will not show on these pages, with the option to turn it on. Learn more about user feedback.
Form to use for feedback	If you have multiple page feedback forms, select which one to use for these pages.
Page discussions (Community Engagement module – premium)	Choose how page discussions are treated: Disabled: Page discussions will not show on these pages. Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status of page discussions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Page Discussions > Site-wide setting). The 2 settings available are: Turn on and show on pages by default: Page discussions will automatically be shown on these pages, with the option to turn it off. Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page discussions will not show on these pages, with the option to turn it on. Learn more about page discussions.
Who moderates (Community Engagement module – premium)	Choose who can moderate comments on these pages: Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for moderating comments in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Page Discussions > Who moderates). The 2 settings available are: Moderator role and the page owner/author can moderate: Only those with the OC Moderator role or the page owner/ author can moderate comments Moderator role only: Only those with the OC Moderator role can moderate comments
Who receives notifications (Community Engagement module – premium)	Choose which users will receive notifications when a new comment is posted or reported. Select users from the dropdown and click Add User. You can then choose if they will receive notifications for New Comments, for Moderator Reports, or both. The Page Author and Owner will automatically be selected for both. Learn more about moderator notifications.
Page subscriptions (Subscriptions module)	Choose how page subscriptions are treated: Disabled: Page subscriptions will not show on these pages. Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for page subscriptions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Subscriptions > Site-wide setting for pages). The 2 settings available are: Turn on and show on pages by default: Page subscriptions will automatically be shown on these pages, with the option to turn it off. Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page subscriptions will not show on these pages, with the option to turn it on. Learn more about Page subscriptions.
Related content	Choose how Related content is treated: Disabled: Related content will not show on these pages. Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for related content in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Related content > Site-wide setting). The 2 settings available are: Turn on and show on pages by default: Related content will automatically be shown on these pages, with the option to turn it off. Turn on but hide on pages by default: Related content will not show on these pages, with the option to turn it on. Learn more about Related content.
Show content from other sites	Choose whether you want Community Engagement content from other sites to be shown on listing pages for this site.

Settings for blog posts

From the main menu, go to More > Site Management > your site > Settings.
Select Blog.
Make your changes.
Save your changes.

Authors must comment upon publishing?	Select this option to make it mandatory for authors to add a comment about their changes before publishing the page.
Feedback form	Choose how feedback forms are treated: Disabled: Feedback forms will not show on blog pages. Turn on and show on pages by default: The feedback form will automatically be shown on blog pages, with the option to turn it off. Turn on but hide on pages by default: The feedback form will not show on blog pages, with the option of turn it on. Learn more about user feedback.
Form to use for feedback	If you have multiple page feedback forms, select which one to use for blog pages.
Page discussions (Community Engagement module – premium)	Choose how page discussions are treated: Disabled: Page discussions will not show on blog pages. Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for page discussions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Page Discussions > Site-wide setting). The 2 settings available are: Turn on and show on pages by default: Page discussions will automatically be shown on blog pages, with the option to turn it off. Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page discussions will not show on blog pages, with the option to turn it on. Learn more about page discussions.
Page subscriptions (Subscriptions module)	Choose how page subscriptions are treated: Disabled: Page subscriptions will not show on blog pages. Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for page subscriptions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Subscriptions > Site-wide setting for pages). The 2 settings available are: Turn on and show on pages by default: Page subscriptions will automatically be shown on blog pages, with the option to turn it off. Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page subscriptions will not show on blog pages, with the option to turn it on. Learn more about Page subscriptions.
Related content	Choose how Related content is treated: Disabled: Related content will not show on blog pages. Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for related content in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Related content > Site-wide setting). The 2 settings available are: Turn on and show on pages by default: Related content will automatically be shown on blog pages, with the option to turn it off. Turn on but hide on pages by default: Related content will not show on blog pages, with the option to turn it on. Learn more about Related content.

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