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http://gethelp.yuku.com/topic/3016

Setting up a yuku community. A step by step guide.


Creating your community

You need to have a yuku account in order to create a community.
To sign up for your free account, follow the steps given in the link below.
how to sign up for a free account

Please note that if you sign up at an already existing yuku community, you will see the name of the community behind your user name when you visit other yuku communities. It is called a local account.
You can sign up for a global account at the yuku home page.
Yuku home page

Once you have a yuku account, you can create a community be following the steps in the link below.
creating your community



Setting up your categories and forums

The community comes with two categories and 5 forums.

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To add/delete categories or forums, follow the instructions given in the link below.
add/delete categories and forums

To adjust your forum access settings, to adjust your forum description and to add announcements to your forums, follow the instructions given in the links below.

Forum access

Forum settings and access



Setting the info and security for your community.

To adjust your community info and security pages, follow the steps given in the links below.

Info

Security



Adjusting your preferences

(detailed tutorial coming soon)
Each community comes with an amount of default preferences. You can adjust the preferences to your liking or your needs.
To view and change your preferences, go to navigation -> admin menu -> preferences.



Customising your community.

You can add different skins to different forums. For help with this, click the link below.

Customisation



Promoting your community

Congratulations, you have set up a yuku community. Now you need to spread the word and get members.

Promotions

A good place to start promoting your community is at the yuku community showcase.

http://promote.yuku.com/



Getting help.

If you run into a problem or need help, you can consult the help boards.

Help with customisation

Report a bug

Help wiki

General help

Help ticket






Last Edited By: Chris W962 7 Mar, 2009 12:37 PM. Edited 3 times.