{"id":3720,"date":"2012-04-12T15:46:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T15:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help-o.ning.com\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2019-09-06T05:41:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T05:41:33","slug":"create-welcome-centers-to-make-new-members-feel-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/help\/create-welcome-centers-to-make-new-members-feel-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a Welcome Center for Your Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome Centers are great for guiding members through the features offered on your social network and for making them feel at home.\u00a0A well-placed\u00a0text box on your main page\u00a0can become a highly visible and extremely useful\u00a0Welcome Center for new members. The ASPCA Online Community uses a Welcome Center to greet new members:<\/p>\n

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Here’s a breakdown of what you might want to include in your social network’s Welcome Center:<\/p>\n

Introduce Yourself!<\/strong>: Create an “Introductions” discussion in the forum. Then invite new members to introduce themselves by replying to that discussion thread.\u00a0An “Introductions”\u00a0discussion can instantly become a great place to greet new members and find out who\u00a0shares your interests.<\/p>\n

Get Started<\/strong>: Show some ways new members can contribute right off the bat. Promote your most popular features, and give a little guidance about\u00a0the best ways to\u00a0use them.<\/p>\n

Terms of Use<\/strong>: If you’ve created\u00a0Community Guidelines<\/a>, link members there from the Welcome Center. You can also refer members to the\u00a0Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0for all social networks on the Ning Platform.<\/p>\n

Link to administrator profile pages<\/strong>: Introduce yourself and the administrators of your social network in the Welcome Center. The ASPCA Online Community links to the profile page of its administrator,\u00a0Elyse.\u00a0From here, new members can leave you a comment on your wall or send you a private message.<\/p>\n

Provide a “Contact Us” link<\/strong>: Give your members a way to contact you when they need to report an issue or want to know more about you. The ASPCA Online Community provides two links \u2014 one to the contact page of the official ASPCA website, and another to the built-in “Report an Issue” page. This is a great option for people who want to increase the visibility of the “Report an Issue” button in the footer of their social network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome Centers are great for guiding members through the features offered on your social network and for making them feel at home.\u00a0A well-placed\u00a0text box on your main page\u00a0can become a highly visible and extremely useful\u00a0Welcome Center for new members. The ASPCA Online Community uses a Welcome Center to greet new members:<\/p>\n

Here’s a breakdown of what you might want to include in your social network’s Welcome Center:
\nIntroduce Yourself!: Create an “Introductions” discussion in the forum. Then invite new members to introduce themselves by replying to that discussion thread.\u00a0An “Introductions”\u00a0discussion can instantly become a great place to greet new members and find out who\u00a0shares your interests.
\nGet Started: Show some ways new members can contribute right off the bat. Promote your most popular features, and give a little guidance about\u00a0the best ways to\u00a0use them.
\nTerms of Use: If you’ve created\u00a0Community Guidelines<\/a>, link members there from the Welcome Center. You can also refer members to the\u00a0Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0for all social networks on the Ning Platform.
\nLink to administrator profile pages: Introduce yourself and the administrators of your social network in the Welcome Center. The ASPCA Online Community links to the profile page of its administrator,\u00a0Elyse.\u00a0From here, new members can leave you a comment …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[445],"yoast_head":"\nCreate a Welcome Center for Your Members | Ning Help Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Create a Welcome Center for Your Members | Ning Help Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/create-a-welcome-center-for-your-members\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Create a Welcome Center for Your Members | Ning Help Center\" \/>\n<meta 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