Socie Modules and module settings
The Socie app is built with so-called “modules. You can use the Socie modules in different ways and deploy them for your
The Socie app is built with so-called “modules. You can use the Socie modules in different ways and deploy them for your
The Socie app is built with so-called “modules. You can use the Socie modules in different ways and deploy them for your community by customizing them.
In this guide, we explain how to modify existing modules and adding new modules. We also mention some special or commonly used module settings, including showing modules to a group or groups.
Tip: (Novice) Administrators are best to use an Internet browser to set up the modules through the community management.
Your Socie app comes with a default configuration of modules. Fortunately, you can easily customize the modules to your community’s needs. How?
Log in to community management. Navigate to the left to the modules and click on it. Choose the module you want to change. Then click module settings. Here you will then immediately see the settings to be adjusted. Click on edit to modify it.
Note: Each module has some Basic module settings and some Additional module settings. It is a good idea to go through these carefully in order to use Socie optimally.
In fact, there are some very handy settings included. For example, the setting in the photo album module to choose who can add photo albums to the app, or creating tabs under ‘layout’ in the news and calendar module.
This allows you to take full advantage of all Socie opportunities.
Now, first the basic settings:
Basic module settings
We have settings that apply to each module. The basic settings include the following options:
Additional module settings
We also have settings that apply to one or a few modules. Below you can see some of them with the meaning:
Assign additional Content administrators
For some modules, you can set certain members to manage only the content of specific modules.
We call this a Content Manager.
Someone with this role gets access to community management, but only sees the modules for which he or she has been granted permissions.
This feature is available from the Plus package and works in the modules:
📰 News
📄 Documents
📊 Poll
📷 Albums
📅 Events
🌐 Websites
Your Socie app comes with a default configuration of modules. In addition to customizing modules, you can also easily add modules.
Log in to community management. Navigate to the left to the modules and click on it. Then click on + add module. You now come to a screen where the modules are displayed, along with a brief explanation of each module. You can now choose the module you want to add.
Good to know: Modules can be added multiple times.
It is good to know that you can add and use modules multiple times. Consider multiple agendas, news modules or document modules. For example, create an agenda for all community members and add another one for the board.
Once you have added the module you can use the settings above to change it completely to your liking.
Tip: If you want to try a [new] module, add it and in the Module setting “Access” choose a group (for example, App administrators). That way all other members won’t see that you’re testing new modules.
Good luck customizing and using the Socie modules!