Knowing the key terms will help you understand the Campfire a lot quicker.
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Account
An account gives each user a unique identity on Campfire. Your account contains the information that is used to communicate with Campfire such as your email address, login information, and how you want to receive notifications.
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Bug
Issues that cause the platform to behave in ways that are neither expected by the user nor intended by the developer(s).
Bugs can have a wide-ranging impact on the platform performance, from minor issues that can be overlooked to major ones that make the platform impossible to use. In either case, bugs should be addressed and fixed.
Major bugs are typically treated as urgent and prioritized.
To report a bug ….
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Comment
Share your thoughts about a topic, discussion, post or event by entering a comment at the bottom of the page. You can also reply to comments that other people have left.
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Event
Events allow you to organize, enroll in, and discuss activities with other community members. Each event is associated with the profile of the member who created it. Events can also be associated with a group.
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Group
Groups allow you to share ideas and organize events with other community members around a specific subject. They can be seen as smaller communities within the broader Campfire community.
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Like
You can indicate agreement and appreciation for a topic, event, comment, post, or reply using the like feature. Click any open heart icon to like content, and the content creator will receive a notification.
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Main Navigation Bar
The main navigation bar is the header at the top of each page of Campfire. You can use it to quickly navigate to pages of interest and see your private messages and notifications.
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Mention
You can attract attention from or notify another community member about your activity using the mention function Enter the @ symbol in a comment, post, or reply, and then start typing their name. Select the community member from the dropdown list that appears and they will receive a notification about this activity.
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Notifications
When new activity in the community happens that relates to you, you will receive a notification in the main navigation bar. You can also choose to receive email notifications when you are not logged in to the community. Within your profile settings you are able to adjust the frequency of email notifications.
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Post
You can leave a message to the community, to another member, or to a group by posting a message on any activity stream.
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Private Message
Verified Campfire users are able to Send other users private messages. Click on the envelope icon in the main navigation bar to open your inbox, view and send messages.
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Profile
Each user has a profile that is visible to other community members. On your profile you can share a profile picture, banner image, contact details, a self introduction, expertise, and interests. Information in a profile is used when searching for community members.
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Secondary Navigation Bar
Some pages, such as Profiles, Groups and Courses, have a secondary navigation bar that links you to additional features such as discussions, events and a stream.
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Stream
Streams allows you to keep track of the activities of the entire online community, of a group, or of individual member. Activity streams can be found in several areas:
- Profile Stream shows all activities of a member.
- Group Stream shows all activities of a group.
- Course Stream shows the activity of a course.
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Topic
Topics allow you to share information with other community members. Each Topic is associated with the member who created it. Topics can also be associated with a Group. For more information, watch the video about using Topics in the Resource Library.
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User Roles:
Campfire has a number of roles that can be assigned to users each with a different set of permissions. These allow different users to manage specific parts of Campfire. To learn more visit the User Roles section of the User Guide