Applications

Forums, Downloads, Pages, Blog, Events, Gallery, the Knowledge Base and Clubs.

What is the difference between System and an application? System is the core — members, groups, search, widgets, the messenger — and is always there. The eight applications sit on top of it and can each be switched off, so a Downloads-only or Gallery-only site works properly. Administrators How do I charge for a download? Set a price on the file in Admin → Downloads. Convoro takes payment through PayPal, grants access when the payment settles, and can charge a renewal on a schedule if you set one. Administrators How do I use my own page as the home page? Admin → Modules has a "Make front page" button beside each application that is switched on. Only its index moves; every other address keeps working. Administrators When should I use a Pages database instead of a forum? Use one when your content has fields — a directory of members' businesses, a list of servers, a recipe collection. A forum is for conversation; a database is for records people browse and filter. Administrators Are gallery images safe? Do they keep their location data? Every uploaded image is decoded and written out again, so nothing hidden inside the original survives — and that also strips the EXIF, including the GPS coordinates most phones record. Administrators How do clubs work and who runs them? Members create and run clubs themselves. Each gets its own group, and its forum, album, calendar and blog are restricted to that group. Your admin screen is for oversight, not for running them. Administrators How should I structure Knowledge Base articles? One answer per article, self-contained, titled as the question somebody would type. Fill in the question and summary fields — they are what search and the assistant use, and a summary sliced off the body is not an answer. Administrators