About Following in Aurora
Following places, content, groups, comments, replies, and tags enables you to receive updates regarding those areas or features. For more information about how these types of follows function, review the sections below.
Note: If you are the author of a particular discussion, blog post, article, idea, or event, you will automatically receive updates for that content. Additionally, if you comment on a particular piece of content, you will automatically receive updates for that content.
When you receive a notification, a dot appears over the Notifications bell icon in the header anywhere in the community. Click this icon to see a list of your notifications. See About Notifications.
You can also choose to receive email notifications. See About Email Notifications.
- Follow Places and Content
- Follow Boards and Content
- Follow a Category
- Follow a Group
- Follow a Comment or Reply
- Follow a Tag
- Unfollowing
- Unfollow Places and Content
- Unfollow a Comment or Reply
- Unfollow a Tag
Follow Places and Content
Follow Boards and Content
To follow a board (forum, knowledge base, blog, ideas, or events) or a specific discussion, blog post, article, idea, or event, go to that page and click Follow (bell icon) at the top right of your screen.
A confirmation message is displayed.
Follow a Category
- Go to the category you want to follow and click Follow (bell icon).
- On the Follow window, select one of the following:
- All Boards in this Category
- These Boards in this Category
- If you selected These Boards in this Category, you can select specific boards to follow.
Note: If you selected All Boards in this Category, you are subscribed to any boards that are added to the category later. - Click Follow.
Follow a Group
To follow a group, go to that page and click Follow (bell icon) at the top right of your screen.
A confirmation message is displayed.
Follow a Comment or Reply
To follow a comment or reply on an article, open the Options menu and then click Follow Comment or Follow Reply, respectively.
A confirmation message is displayed.
Follow a Tag
Following tags enables you to follow specific keywords around the community or a particular board. Any time a piece of content is tagged with a tag you follow, you receive a notification. For example, maybe you want to follow all content tagged with “concerts.” Any time someone creates content and tags it with the “concerts” tag, based on your settings, you receive a notification regarding this content in the community or board.
You can follow tags at both the community level and at lower levels based on the scope of the tag page you’re on.
To follow a tag:
- On a piece of content with a tag you want to follow, click the tag.
- On that tag’s page, click Follow (bell icon).
Note: Use the breadcrumbs to scope to the desired area by clicking its linked name before you click Follow.
- On the Follow window, select between Follow in this Board and Follow across the Community.
- Click Follow.
A confirmation message is displayed.
Unfollowing
After you’ve chosen to follow boards, content, or categories, you can manage the items you follow in a number of ways:
- Manage Follow and Notification preferences for your account
- Unfollow Places and Content
- Unfollow a Comment or Reply
- Unfollow a Tag
Unfollow Places and Content
On the page for any category, group, board, or piece of content, click Unfollow (the icon is now a bell with a checkmark on it to indicate that you’re already following that place or content).
For categories, you must either select to Unfollow the entire category or deselect checkboxes below These Boards in this Category to unfollow specific boards in that category.
For groups, boards, and content, you do not need to perform additional actions to unfollow.
In both cases, a confirmation message is displayed.
Unfollow a Comment or Reply
To unfollow a comment or reply on an article, open the Options menu and then click Unfollow Comment or Unfollow Reply, respectively.
A confirmation message is displayed.
Unfollow a Tag
On the page for any tag you’re following, click Unfollow (the icon is a bell with a checkmark on it to indicate that you’re following that tag). If you want to unfollow the tag across the entire community, click the highest level link (e.g., “Tag: concerts”) after the community name in the breadcrumbs before unfollowing—otherwise, it will be scoped to a specific place.
Once you’ve unfollowed, a confirmation message is displayed.
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