Post and respond to content in the community

Post and respond to content in the community to get answers or share information.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_communities.community_user

Procedure

Perform one or more of the following tasks from the community homepage.

• Ask a question in the community
  Ask a question in a forum to get an answer from other community users.
• Reply to a question in the community
  Reply to a question or another reply.
• Post a blog in the community
  Create a blog post and publish it immediately, schedule to publish at a specified date, or save it as a draft.
• Post a video in the community
  Post a video in a forum or sub forum.
• Comment on a blog or a video in the community
  Comment on a blog or a video or comment on another comment.
• Post a document in the community
  If you have the proper permissions in a forum, you can share a document with colleagues, experts, or other community users. You can associate the document with as many topics as needed.
• Mention a user in the community
  Draw attention to your content in the community by mentioning other community users in the post.
• Community events
  Create, manage, and participate in events to encourage engagement across the community.
• Bookmark community content
  You can bookmark your favorite questions, blogs, videos, documents, and events. You cannot bookmark content in draft state or replies or comments.
• Provide feedback on community content
  Provide feedback on content that you find useful.

Related concepts

• Community homepage features for logged in users
• Navigating the activity feed
• Navigating the forum homepage
• Community homepage features for non-logged in users
• Community subscriptions
• Gamification

Related tasks

• Self-register to a community
• Search the community
• Use a community profile
• Request membership to a forum
• Accept an invitation to join a forum
• Report inappropriate community content
• Add featured content in a community
• Email a community user
• View a list of questions and create a case