Application Settings | Communifire Documentation

In Application Settings, you can turn content types and features on and off throughout the platform.

Content Types

Turn content types, chat, and spaces on and off under Content Types.

You can set content types to the following settings:

• On: Enables the content type in the top level community
• Off: Disables the content type in both the top level community and in spaces
• Only in Spaces: Disables the content type in the top level community but allows spaces to enable the content type

"Top level community" refers to the entirety of your intranet, in contrast to Spaces , which are sub-communities of the top level community. If a space is private, users who are not members of the space cannot view its content, whereas everyone in your intranet can view top level content. Top level content can be accessed through the Browse menu.

Chat has an additional setting: Allow people to chat with. If chat is enabled, you can set whether users can chat with anyone or only their Connections .

Features

Turn various features on and off.

• Comments: Allows commenting on content
• Likes: Allows liking content and liking comments on content
  
  • Enable Dislike option: Check this if you want to enable the Dislike option throughout the community. By default, only the Like button is enabled for members to like content. You can enable the Dislike option if you want to allow members to "dislike" content.
• Rating: Allows rating of content and rating of comments on content
  • Enable rating in comments: Check this to allow people to rate comments on content.
• Org chart: Turn the Organizational Chart on or off.
• Required Reading: Enables the Required Reading functionality that allows an author to flag published content as mandatory reading. It also allows tracking of users that have indicated that they have read the content.
• Enable content expiration: Check this to enable content expiration for top level Articles, Blogs, Files, Videos, and Wikis. You can expire content on a specific date and time. You can also set the content visibility after expiration.
• Document Control: Enable checking in / checking out files to Update File 

You can set features to the following settings:

• On: Enables the feature in the top level community
• Off: Disables the feature in both the top level community and in spaces
• Only in Spaces: Disables the feature in the top level community but allows spaces to enable the feature