About the Aurora Theme editor
The Theme editor in Aurora Designer enables you to customize the appearance of your community site to match the look and feel of your brand. With Theme, you can configure the page layout, set the size and style of your fonts, manage colors, manage icons, configure buttons and text links, manage avatars, and manage UI elements for your community site content (Blogs, Forums, Knowledge Bases, Ideas, Events, and Groups). After you have customized your community theme, click Publish to make them live on your site instantly. The Theme editor is separated into the following categories: Basics Fonts Colors Buttons and Text Links Avatars UI Elements Refer to the Build Khoros Communities course for training on site design.About Aurora Page Templates
Designer provides many page templates you can use and customize to fit the needs of your community. Many of these fall into similar categories and therefore have similar widgets and out-of-the-box designs. Some are a bit more complex and apply to the community globally. Below is an index and description of these categories and individual page templates. While there are many page templates and widgets to choose from, much of the functionality is repeated throughout Designer. For more information on this functionality, see the following articles: Using Page Templates Create and arrange sections in a Page Template Getting Started with Widgets Community Home template The Community Home page template applies only to the homepage of your community. On this template, you can add any widgets you want members to see on the very first page they land on in the community. Commonly added widgets are: Recent Content Places Top Contributors Top Content Header & Footer template The global Header & Footer template is unique in that it applies across your entire community. It contains the site header—composed of the navigation bar, the breadcrumb trail, and the banner—and the site footer. For more information, see Header & Footer Configuration. Container Dashboard templates Container dashboard templates define how higher-level place landing pages appear to members of the community. The following dashboard templates fall into this category: Category Dashboard Group Dashboard These templates enable you to provide a look into what’s available to members of that container to read, follow, and comment on. Commonly added widgets are: Recent Content Category Information or Group Information Members Top Contributors Top Content Content Type Dashboard templates Content type dashboard templates define how content type landing pages appear to members of the community. The following dashboard templates fall into this category: Forum Dashboard Blog Dashboard Knowledge Base Dashboard Ideas Dashboard Event Dashboard These templates enable you to provide a look at what’s going on in a board (forum, blog, knowledge base, events board, ideas board). Commonly added widgets are: Recent Discussions or Recent Content Forum Information, Blog Information, Knowledge Base Information, Event Board Information, or Ideas Board Information Top Content Top Contributors Content type-specific widgets are not available on a different content type’s dashboard template. For instance, you cannot add a Recent Discussions widget to a Knowledge Base Dashboard or an Ideas widget to a Blog Dashboard. Content post templates Content post templates define how a particular piece of content looks to members. The following templates fall into this category: Forum Discussion Blog Post Knowledge Base Article Idea Event These page templates come out of the box with widgets that cannot be deleted because they contain the body of a top-level discussion, post, article, or idea or because they contain a space for commenting on a discussion, post, article, or idea. However, you can add other widgets to these templates. Commonly added widgets are: Featured Content Related Content Recent Discussions Content type-specific widgets are not available on a different content type’s post template. For instance, you cannot add a Recent Discussions widget to a Knowledge Base Article template. Member Profile template The Member Profile page template applies only to the Member Profile, which is what members see when they click another member’s username in the community. On this template, you can add any widgets you want that give information about the member being highlighted. This template comes out of the box with a member information widget that cannot be deleted. This widget contains the member’s username, rank, email address, join date, number of contributions, and number of likes. You can add other widgets to this template. Commonly added widgets are: Contributions Top Contributions Groups Featured Content Related topics: About Community site structure About Categories About Groups About Blogs About Forums About Knowledge Bases About Ideas About Events Refer to the Build Khoros Communities course for training on site design.Aurora: Enable languages in your community
From Designer, you can define which languages are used in your community. You can also set which language to use by default. English is set as the default language for all new communities. Note: At this time, the available languages are English, Spanish, French, and Japanese. More languages will be added in a future release. To enable additional languages in your community: Open the Account menu and go to Designer > Community Text. In the row of Enabled languages, click Edit. Use the Add language drop-down menu to select languages you want to be available in your community. Enabled languages list above the Add language menu. Click Remove beside a language in that list to remove languages you no longer need. (Optional) If you want to set a language other than English as the default, in the row of that language in the Enabled languages list, click Set as Default. Click Save.Aurora: Group Information widget configuration
The Group Information widget displays basic information about the Group. It is available on the Group Dashboard page template. Widget Text Alignment The Widget Text Alignment area of the widget's settings menu enables you to set the alignment of content inside the widget to either the left, center or right side of the widget. Widget Elements The widget includes a series of elements that showcase different information about the Group. You can switch these individual elements on or off using the following toggle controls: Widget Title: The title of the widget. This appears at the top. Avatar: The group's designated avatar. Description: A short description of the group as defined in the group's settings. Owners: A count and listing of group members with ownership permissions for the group. Creation Date: The period of time that has passed since the creation of the group. Latest Activity Date: A display of the time since the last activity on any messages within the group. Membership Type: The current type of membership the person has with the group. Join Action (Open Groups only): A call-to-action button that enables members to join the group directly. Member Count: A total number of people who are members of the group. Max lines of description text Use the slider to set up to 20 lines of text for the group’s description. More Options The More Options section of the widget settings features a toggle that enables you to optimize page-load time using lazy loading so that image loading occurs as the user scrolls, creating a shorter time for the initial page load.Aurora: Event Board Information widget configuration
The Event Board Information widget displays basic information about the event board. It is available in the Event Dashboard page template. Widget Text Alignment The Widget Text Alignment area of the widget's settings menu enables you to set the alignment of content inside the widget to either the left, center, or right side of the widget. Widget Elements The widget includes a series of elements that showcase different information about the event board. You can switch these individual elements on or off using the following toggles: Widget Title: The title that appears at the top of the widget. Avatar: The event board’s designated image or default icon. Description: A short description of the event board as defined in the board's settings. Event Count: The number of events currently published in the board. Latest Activity Date: A display of the time since the last activity on any events within the board. Follow Action: A call-to-action button that enables visitors to follow the board directly. Follower Count: A total number of members subscribed to the board. Max lines of description text Use the slider to set up to 20 lines of text for the event board’s description. More Options The More Options section features a toggle that enables you to optimize page-load time via lazy loading. With this option turned on, loading occurs as the community member scrolls down the page, creating a shorter time for the initial page load.Aurora: Ideas Board Information widget configuration
The Ideas Board Information widget displays basic information about the related ideas board. It is available on the Ideas Board and Idea page templates. Widget Text Alignment The Widget Text Alignment area of the widget’s settings menu enables you to set the alignment of content inside the widget to the left, center, or right side of the widget. Widget Elements The widget includes a series of elements that showcase different information about the Ideas board. You can turn on or off these individual elements using the following toggles: Widget Title: The title that appears at the top of the widget. Avatar:The Ideas board's designated image or default icon. Description: A short description of the Ideas board as defined in the board’s settings. Post Count: The number of ideas currently published on the board, including completed ideas. Latest Activity Date: The amount of time since the last activity on any ideas within the board. Follow Action:call-to-action button that enables members to follow the Ideas board directly. Follower Count: A total number of members subscribed to the Ideas board (as long as it is greater than zero). Max lines of description text Use the slider to set up to 20 lines of text for the idea board’s description. More Options The More Options section of the widget settings provides an option that optimizes page-load time by using lazy loading so that image loading occurs as the user scrolls.Aurora: KB Information widget configuration
The KB Information widget provides basic information about the knowledge base (KB) related to where it is displayed. It is available on the Knowledge Base Dashboard and Knowledge Base Article page templates. Widget Text Alignment The Widget Text Alignment area of the widget's settings menu enables you to set the alignment of content inside the widget to either the left, center or right side of the widget. Widget Elements The widget includes a series of elements that showcase different information about the KB. You can switch these individual elements on or off using the following toggles: Widget Title: The title that appears at the top of the widget. Avatar: The KB's designated image or default icon. Description: A short description of the KB as defined in the KB's settings. Post Count: The number of articles currently published in the KB. Latest Activity Date: A display of the time since the last activity on any articles within the KB Follow Action: A call-to-action button that enables people to follow the KB directly. Follower Count: A total number of members subscribed to the KB. Max lines of description text Use the slider to set up to 20 lines of text for the knowledge base’s description. More Options TheMore Optionssection features a toggle that enables you to optimize page-load time via lazy loading. With this option turned on, loading occurs as the community member scrolls down the page, creating a shorter time for the initial page load.Aurora: Blog Information widget configuration
The Blog Information widget displays basic information about the blog. It is available in the Blog Dashboard and Blog Post page templates. Widget Text Alignment The Widget Text Alignment area of the widget's settings menu enables you to set the alignment of content inside the widget to either the left, center or right side of the widget. Widget Elements The widget includes a series of elements that showcase different information about the blog. You can switch these individual elements on or off using the following toggle controls: Widget Title: The title that appears at the top of the widget. Avatar: The blog's designated image or default icon. Description: A short description of the blog as defined in the blog's settings. Post Count: The number of posts currently published in the blog. Latest Activity Date: A display of the time since the last activity on any posts within the blog. Follow Action: A call-to-action button that enables people to follow the blog directly. Follower Count: A total number of members subscribed to the blog. Max lines of description text Use the slider to set up to 20 lines of text for the blog’s description. More Options TheMore Optionssection features a toggle that enables you to optimize page-load time via lazy loading. With this option turned on, loading occurs as the community member scrolls down the page, creating a shorter time for the initial page load.Aurora: Forum Information widget configuration
The Forum Information widget displays basic information about the forum. It is available in the Forum Dashboard and Forum Discussion page templates. Widget Text Alignment The Widget Text Alignment area of the widget's settings menu enables you to set the alignment of content inside the widget to either the left, center, or right side of the widget. Widget Elements The widget includes a series of elements that showcase different information about the forum. You can switch these individual elements on or off using the following toggle controls: Widget Title: The title that appears at the top of the widget. Avatar: The forum's designated image or default icon. Description: A short description of the forum as defined in the forum's settings. Post Count: The number of posts currently published in the forum. Latest Activity Date: A display of the time since the last activity on any posts within the forum. Follow Action: A call-to-action button that enables visitors to follow the forum directly. Follower Count: A total number of members subscribed to the forum. Max lines of description text Use the slider to set up to 20 lines of text for the forum’s description. More Options TheMore Optionssection features a toggle that enables you to optimize page-load time via lazy loading. With this option turned on, loading occurs as the community member scrolls down the page, creating a shorter time for the initial page load.Aurora: Category Information widget configuration
The Category Information widget displays basic information about the category. It is available in the Category Dashboard page template and features a variety of settings that enable you to customize the widget to fit your needs. Widget Text Alignment The Widget Text Alignment area of the widget's settings menu enables you to set the alignment of content inside the widget to either the left, center, or right side of the widget. Widget Elements The widget includes a series of elements that showcase different information about the category. You can switch these individual elements on or off using the following toggle controls: Widget Title: The title that appears at the top of the widget. Avatar: The category's designated image or default icon. Description: A short description of the category as defined in the category's settings. Latest Activity Date: A display of the time since the last activity on any posts within the category. Follow Action: A call-to-action button that enables visitors to follow the category directly. Follower Count: A total number of followers for the category. Max lines of description text Use the slider to set up to 20 lines of text for the category’s description. More Options The More Options section features a toggle that enables you to optimize page-load time via lazy loading. With this option turned on, loading occurs as the community member scrolls down the page, creating a shorter time for the initial page load.
