Create a learning community where your audience can come together to build meaningful relationships and share interests and common goals. This article explains how to configure your community to ensure the right appearance, access, and pricing.
New to communities and want to learn more? Start with this article: Get Started with Thinkific Communities.
Create a New Community
Create your Thinkific community by following these steps:
- Go to Products
- Select Communities
- Click + New Community
You will be brought to the default community space, and the newly created community will have a default name (My Community), which you can change later.
How to Configure Community Settings
Once you've created your new community, you can update community settings. To access community settings:
- From your Admin Dashboard, go to Products
- Select Communities
- Select the ellipses (three dots) on your community card
- Click Edit
Navigate between different tabs to update settings.
Update the Name of Your Community
Follow these steps to update the name of your community: How to Rename Your Product.
Update the Settings Tab in Your Community
URL, image, and description
In this space, you will be able to update the community landing page URL, the main community image (this will show on your community card on your community landing page), and the description of your community.
Need help coming up with the perfect community name? Check out our free AI Creator tools! Simply enter your product description and get a list of viable options for you to consider.
Appearance
Your community will inherit the branding settings of your learning content. Learn more here: Course Player Color & Font.
Banner Image
Upload an image to appear as your community's banner on the community's Homepage. For best results, upload a PNG or JPEG file under 250 KB. Recommended aspect ratio - 4:1. Suggested dimensions: 640 x 160.
Access
The access setting will allow you to select what groups are able to access your community, and how. Learn more here: Communities: Access and Enrollments.
Direct Messages
Enable private, real-time conversations between members, peers, and admins across all communities in your organization. Learn more here: Communities: Direct Messaging.
Weekly Digest Email
Enable the Weekly Digest Email feature to send community members an email every Tuesday featuring the three most popular and three most recent community posts. Learn more here: Manage Community Notifications.
Visibility
Visibility allows you to decide who can view your community. If you have chosen anything other than Students that purchase this community via the checkout as the access level for your community, the default visibility option will be set to Private. Learn more here: Private and Hidden Products.
SEO settings
Add or edit search engine optimization (SEO) settings to help improve your community's visibility in searches. Learn more here: SEO - Search Engine Optimization.
Page footer code
This is the code that will be placed on the landing page of this community. Insert code here if you need something unique to run on your community landing page. This is commonly used for page redirects. Learn more here: How to Redirect Your Product Landing Page.
Revenue Partner & Affiliates
Add, edit, or remove Revenue Partner and Affiliate settings for this specific community.
Update the Pricing Tab in Your Community
Update the After Purchase Tab in Your Community
Build Your Community Landing Page
Your community landing page is a webpage on your site where you can showcase your community! Potential students can learn about what your community has to offer and, in the case of a purchase-only community, this page can be used to direct students to your checkout.
Learn more here: Build Your Community Landing Page.
Access and Navigate Your Community
Learn how to do it here: Organize and Navigate Your Thinkific Community.
Publish Your Community
If you are ready to make your community available for purchase or access, you can publish it! Learn more here: Publishing Your Products.
Share Your Community
There are two different community links you can provide your audience with:
- The direct link to the Community, or
- The link to your Community Landing Page
Share the Direct Link to Your Community
- Go to Products
- Select Communities
- Locate the Community you want to start posting in
- Click the ellipses (3 dot icon) and select Copy product link
Share the Community Landing Page Link
- Go to Products
- Select Communities
- Locate the Community you want to start posting in
- Click the ellipses (3 dot icon) and select Copy page link