Communities are a simple way to allow several people to collaborate on a topic, project, etc. They can be created in just two steps.

Curious about how communities differ from pages? The article "Difference between pages and communities" will help you.

Create a community

You can easily create a new community in the "Community" tab by clicking the button "Create community".

If you can't see this button, you should check if you have all the necessary permissions for this action.

A setup window will appear where you can fill in the information for your community:

1. Choose a name for your community that corresponds to your team or the project on which you are working. The name you select is used as the basis for the allocated URL. Every community thus has an individual name, and no name can be used more than once.
2. The description gives you the option of offering more information and describing the aim of the project or your team in more detail. We recommend completing the field, but it is not mandatory.
3. By using a category, you can guide users in understanding the topic and intention of your community. Users can filter according to corresponding categories in the community overview and in the global search. You create categories in the community overview, provided you have permission. While creating a community, you can only select existing categories.
4. Adding admins is (almost) self-explanatory: only users who are admins of the community are allowed to make changes to it. You can decide who should be able to manage the community. As the community creator, you are automatically an admin.
5. With the help of the visibility settings, you determine who is allowed to join your community. Communities are based on voluntary participation. You can invite members but can't force someone to be a member of the community. There are three options for visibility:
   • Public communities and their content can be seen and found by all users in the search. Any user can join a public community.
   • Protected communities can be seen and found by all users in the community overview. However, the content is only visible to members of the community. Users can request access or be invited. The community admin decides whether a user is allowed to join the protected community.
   • Private communities and their content can only be seen by its members. People need to be invited by an admin to join. The community cannot be found in the community overview or by search.