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Create a private community
A private community is a secure members-only site. You control who can log in, view and participate. Example uses of private communities: Private communities for clients or partners Internal company…
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Invite users
This guide outlines the process to invite new members to the platform. 1. Navigate to Admin > Users. 2. Click Add users. 3. Enter the email addresses of the invitees separated by line breaks. 4.…
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Grant access by email domain
If you have a private community, you can give access to your entire organization by email domain. Only users with email addresses in domains that you approve are able to log in or sign up.…
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Assign moderator or admin roles
What is a moderator? A user with the moderator role has the following elevated abilities: Edit or remove any post Approve posts in the moderation queue Access all private categories Invite members…
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Private categories and sections
With private categories, you can control user access to specific areas in your community. For example, you can create private spaces accessible only to employees or specific clients.…
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Create an unlisted category
An unlisted category is a category that is excluded from category navigation and search results. This feature can be useful in the following scenarios: When you want to link to a category in other…
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Use groups to control category access
Groups primarily simplify managing access to private categories by letting you grant permissions to multiple users simultaneously. This is especially useful when managing numerous private categories…
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Send reminder invitations
After you have invited users to your community, you can manage your invites. View Invitees Who Have Not Joined Go to Admin > Users and select Pending from the filter menu. All pending users are shown.…
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Change or add an email address
To change your email address or to add an additional email address to your account: 1. Navigate to Edit Profile: 2. Click the Account tab: 3. Click Add another email: 4.…
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Remove or delete users
This article describes options for removing users (blocking their access) as well as permanently deleting users. Remove Users Removing a user means that the user is no longer a member of the…
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Supported browsers
We support the current and previous major releases of the following browsers: Chrome Microsoft Edge Firefox Safari Opera Brave Using older browser versions can prevent you from accessing Forumbee,…
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Approve join requests
In a public community, users can typically sign up on their own to become members. However, you can configure your settings to require moderator approval for all new join requests.…
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Enable request to join
In private communities, access is typically restricted to users who are directly invited or who can authenticate via Single Sign-On (SSO). However, to diversify and increase your member base while…
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Domains blocked by Block Free Email Domains
When you enable the Block Free Email Domains feature, member sign-ups using common free email providers are automatically blocked. About the blocked domain list The list of blocked domains is…
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Control sign-ups by email domain
To help manage your community, you can control which email domains are allowed for new member sign-ups. This feature is useful if you want to: Restrict sign-ups to company email addresses.…
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Enable cookies and JavaScript
Cookies are small text files stored in your browser that websites use to recognize repeat visitors. Most browsers store cookies by default. Forumbee requires browser cookies and JavaScript to be…
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Set up a private group and add members
This guide walks you through creating a private discussion space where only designated members can view and participate in conversations. This is ideal for team discussions, committees,…
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Private communities, invitations, groups, roles and who can sign up.