Manage image settings

Permissions

Members must have the Add images to post permission to upload images. Members with this permission can add images to community content.

To enable this permission for specific roles:

1. Go to Settings > Users > Roles and permissions.
2. Open the options menu (3 dots menu) for the role you want to grant this permission to.
3. Select Media.
4. Select the type of permission for the Add images to post permission as needed.

To enable this permission for all members in the community:

1. Go to Settings > Users > Roles and permissions.
2. Scroll up the page and Edit for Community Permission Defaults.
3. Select Media.
4. Select the type of permission for the Add images to post permission as needed.

Note: We recommend that you grant this permission only to trusted members to combat spam.

Configure video settings

To enable and configure image-related settings for your community:

1. Go to Settings > Content Features.
2. Select Media.
   
3. Turn on Image uploads to enable members to add images to their content.
4. In the Additional image settings section, select Edit to set the maximum file size (in MB) for uploaded images.
5. Select Save.

To override the setting to upload images lower-level categories or boards:

1. Navigate to the desired place in the place picker.
   
2.  Scroll to the Media section under Content Features.
   
3. Turn on or off Image uploads as needed.

Supported file formats

For Ranks, Aurora supports these image formats: .png and .svg

For all other images, Aurora supports these image formats: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif

Manage video settings

Note: Videos uploaded to a Khoros community are hosted by Brightcove. Learn more about the Brightcove video hosting service.

Permissions

Members must have the following permission to upload videos. Members with this permission can add videos to community content and messages.

To enable this permission for specific roles:

1. Go to Settings > Users > Roles and permissions.
2. Open the options menu (3 dots menu) for the role you want to grant this permission to.
3. Select Media.
4. Select the type of permission for the Add videos permission as needed.

To enable this permission for all members in the community:

1. Go to Settings > Users > Roles and permissions.
2. Scroll up the page and Edit for Community Permission Defaults.
3. Select Media.
4. Select the type of permission for the Add videos permission as needed.

Note: We recommend that you grant this permission only to trusted members to combat spam.

Configure video settings

To enable and configure video-related settings for your community:

1. Go to Settings > Content Features.
2. Select Media.
   
3. Turn on Video uploads to enable members to add images to their content.
4. Select Edit to set the maximum file size (in MB) for uploaded videos.
5. Turn on or off the ability to embed externally-hosted video content.
6. Select Save.

To override the setting to upload videos at lower-level categories or boards:

1. Navigate to the desired place in the place picker.
   
2. Scroll to the Media section under Content Features.
   
3. Turn Video uploads and Embed external videos on or off as needed.

Bypass media moderation

You can grant trusted members or roles with trusted members the permission to bypass moderation for the media content they publish in the community.

Learn more on how to grant this permission.