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Sharing files with your community

Add the Files widget to your community to allow members to upload files for sharing with the rest of the community.


You must be a community owner to add the Files widget to a community.


Sharing files is a good way to foster collaboration within a community. By encouraging members to share their knowledge on topics of interest to the community, you can build up a valuable repository of information that is accessible from within the community.

To add the Files widget to a community...

  1. From the community's Overview page, click Customize to open the content palette.

  2. Click Files to add file-sharing functionality to your community.

  3. Optional: Click Close Palette to close the palette.

 

Results

A new Files area displays on the Overview page. This part of the page is empty at first but, when community members become active and start uploading files, it displays the five files that have been most recently updated or uploaded to the community file share area. A link to the community's file share area is also provided in the navigation sidebar.


From the community, you can do the following:


Community files help


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