How to follow content on the new forums platform

Mateo Gil De Bernabe

Hey everyone! With the new platform comes new ways to follow the content you want to see. This article shows you how to follow each content category you're interested in.

Table of Contents

1. How to follow tags

2. How to follow app Q&As

3. How to follow group discussions

4. How to follow app articles

5. How to follow individual posts

6. How to follow users

7. Manage your notifications in one place

8. View the content categories you follow in one place

🏷️ How to follow tags

1. From the home page, click on a tag on the sidebar and click follow to receive updates 2. Navigate to the tag page by clicking on the number of posts on that tag.

Click on the X or “Clear” buttons to remove the tag-filtered search and return to home

❓How to follow app Q&As

Click on the Q&A drop-down Select the App you are interested in

Click on the bell button to follow and open up your preferences for that app

Set your preferences for in-website and email notifications. Unfollow to stop all notifications specific to that app.

💬 How to follow group discussions

1. Click on the Discussion groups drop-down 2. Select the group you are interested in

Click on the bell button to follow and open up your preferences for that group

Set your preferences for in-website and email notifications. Unfollow to stop all notifications specific to that group.

📄 How to follow app articles

Click on the Articles section.

In the sidebar, click on the app you are interested in reading articles on.

Click on the bell button to follow and open up your preferences for those app articles.

Set your preferences for in-website and email notifications. Unfollow to stop all notifications specific to that article.

📝 How to follow individual posts

On any post, click on the bookmark icon

1. Click on the bell on the top right of the forums page 2. Click on the preferences button to get to Notification Preferences

Ensure both rows relevant to bookmarked posts have notifications toggled on.

👤 How to follow users

1. On any post, click on a user’s name or profile picture 2. Click "Follow" to receive notifications on any of their new posts and comments by default

To manage user notifications, from the Notifications Preferences (see below section on how to get here), scroll down to the Posts subheader and toggle the last two rows. "Discussions" is synonymous with "posts" in this menu.

🔔 How to manage your notifications in one place

1. Click on the bell on the top right of the forums page 2. Click on the preferences button to get to Notification Preferences

From this list, scroll down to the Categories, groups, and Tags sections

1. Set your preferences for Categories 2. Set your preferences for Groups 3. Set your preferences for Tags

👀 How to view the content categories you follow in one place

On the Notifications Preferences page sidebar (see previous section on how to get here), click on Followed Content

Use the top bar to see what content you follow under each category

Evelin Bayer - codefortynine

Great, thanks for putting all of this together! Really helpful.