- AEM Communities overview
- Introduction to AEM Communities
- Communities Sites
- AEM Communities Overview
- What’s New in AEM 6.4 Communities
- AEM Communities Release Notes
- Getting Started with AEM Communities
- Getting Started with AEM Communities for Enablement
- Initial Setup
- Author a New Community Site
- Experience the Published Site
- Authoring Nested Groups
- Initial Setup for Enablement
- Author a New Community Site for Enablement
- Create and Assign Enablement Resources
- Experience the Published Enablement Site
- Deploying
- Administering
- User and UGC Management Service in AEM Communities
- Communities Sites
- Communities Consoles
- Analytics Configuration for Communities Features
- Configuring Enablement Features
- Configuring Messaging
- Moderating Community Content
- Configuring Email
- Communities Notifications
- Communities Subscriptions
- Communities Scoring and Badges
- Managing Users and User Groups
- Community Groups Console
- Social Login with Facebook and Twitter
- SRP - Community Content Storage
- Communities Sites Console
- Members & Groups Management Consoles
- Moderation Console
- Communities Tools
- Site Templates
- Group Templates
- Community Functions
- Storage Configuration
- Badges Console
- Enablement Resources Console
- Reports Console
- MySQL Configuration for Enablement Features
- FFmpeg for Communities
- In-Context Moderation
- Advanced Scoring and Badges
- ASRP - Adobe Storage Resource Provider
- MSRP - MongoDB Storage Resource Provider
- How to Setup MongoDB for Demo
- DSRP - Relational Database Storage Resource Provider
- MySQL Configuration for DSRP
- JSRP - JCR Storage Resource Provider
- Solr Configuration for SRP
- Tagging Enablement Resources
- Tagging User Generated Content
- Translating User Generated Content
- Communities User Synchronization
- Member Contribution Limits
- Developing
- Developing Communities
- Social Component Framework
- Community Components Guide
- Component, Function and Feature Essentials
- Tutorials
- Troubleshooting
- Coding Guidelines
- Server-side Customization
- Client-side Customization
- SCF Handlebars Helpers
- Storage Resource Provider Overview
- Community Site Essentials
- Activity Stream Essentials
- Assignments Essentials
- Blog Essentials
- Calendar Essentials
- Catalog Essentials
- Clientlibs for Communities Components
- Comments Essentials
- OSGi Events for Communities Components
- Featured Content Essentials
- File Library Essentials
- Forum Essentials
- Community Group Essentials
- Ideation Essentials
- Leaderboard Essentials
- Liking Essentials
- Messaging Essentials
- QnA Essentials
- Rating Essentials
- Reviews Essentials
- Rich Text Editor Essentials
- Scoring and Badges Essentials
- Search Essentials
- Component Sideloading
- Social Graph Essentials
- SRP and UGC Essentials
- Tag Essentials
- Tally Essentials
- Voting Essentials
- Setup Website Structure
- Create an SCF Sandbox
- Initial Sandbox Application
- Initial Sandbox Content
- Develop Sandbox Application
- Develop Sandbox Content
- Add Clientlibs
- Overlay Comments Component
- Create Comments Page
- Create Nodes
- Alter the Appearance
- Create the Components
- Add Comment to Sample Page
- Extend Comments Component
- Alter the Appearance (HBS)
- Create a Sample Page
- Accessing UGC with SRP
- Using Maven for Communities
- Naming Conventions
- SocialUtils Refactoring
- Authoring
- Communities Components
- Communities Components Basics
- Activity Streams Feature
- Assignments Feature
- Blog Feature
- Calendar Feature
- Catalog Feature
- Using Comments
- Featured Content Feature
- File Library Feature
- Forum Feature
- Community Groups
- Ideation Feature
- Leaderboard Feature
- Using Liking
- Messaging Feature
- Q&A Forum Feature
- Using Ratings
- Using Reviews and Reviews Summary (Display)
- Search Feature
- Using Social Graph
- Activity Trends
- Using Social Tag Cloud
- Using Voting
- Create a Sample Page
Communities Notifications
Overview
AEM Communities provides a notifications section which displays events of interest to the signed in community member.
Notifications are similar to activities and subscriptions as they may result from
- The member posting content
- The member choosing to follow another member
- The member choosing to follow specific topics, articles and other threads of content
What distinguishes notifications from activities and subscriptions is
- A link to the notifications section is always present in a community site’s header
- Activities require the activity stream function to be included in the community site’s structure
- Subscriptions require configuration of email
- The implementation of notifications is through scalable and pluggable channels
- Activities are only available on the web
- Subscriptions are only available using email
As of Communities FP1, the notification channels available are
- The web channel, accessed using the
Notificationslink - The email channel, available when email is properly configured
Future channels are mobile and desktop.
Requirements
Configure Email
Email must be configured in order for the email channel for notifications to be functional.
For instructions on setting up email, see Configuring Email.
Enable Follow
Components must be configured to enable following. Features that allow following are blog, forum, QnA, calendar, filelibrary, and comments.
Note that
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Components used within community site templates and group templates may already be configured to allow following
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Member profiles are already configured to allow other memebers to follow
Notifications from Following
The Follow button provides a means to follow entries as activities, subscriptions and/or notifications. Each time the Follow button is selected, it is possible to toggle on or off a selection. The Email Subscriptions selection is only present when configured.
If any method of following is selected, the text of the button changes to Following. For convenience, it is possible to select Unfollow All to toggle off all methods.
The Follow button will appear
- When viewing another member’s profile
- On a main feature page, such as forums, QnA, and blogs
- Follows all activity for that general feature
- For a specific entry, such as a forum topic, QnA question, or blog article
- Follows all activity for that specific entry
Managing Notification Settings
By selecting the Notification Settings link from the Notifications page, it is possible for each member to manage how notifications are received.
The web channel is always enabled.
The email channel, which relies on proper configuration of email, provides the same settings as for the web channel.
The email channel is off by default.
It may be turned on by a member, but still depends on email being configured.
Viewing Notifications
Web Notifications
A wizard created community site now includes a link to the Notifications feature in the site’s header bar above the banner. Unlike messages, notifications are created for every community site, while messages must be enabled during the site creation process.
When visiting the published site, selecting the Notifications link will display all notifications for the member.
Email Notifications
When the email channel is enabled, the member receives an email which contains a link to the content on the web.
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