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Want to learn more about Beam.gg’s features and product updates? Find out all you need to know in this subforum!<ul><li>New feature announcements</li><li>Bugs and fixes</li><li>Product enhancements</li><li>Special previews of upcoming features</li><li>Latest product news </li></ul>Feel free to share your feedback using Beam.gg as well! You can report bugs <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://forms.gle/LbaJWSzW8xSfUhbw9">here</a>.

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In the future, will the users then have their own wall and/or gallery to post on/in, as well as being able to “follow” other users profile? Right now in a profile, you can only see users general activity across the forum, and you can’t follow their profile. I know a forum is about the community, but I would like the users to be able to create their own space and identity within the forum, and follow new and old friends.

In the future, will the users then have their own wall and/or gallery to post on/in, as well as being able to “follow” other users profile? Right now in a profile, you can only see users general activity across the forum, and you can’t follow th

Users following users

I'm a user for beam now more than 2 months and I see how much is very important tool for creating, managing, and growing a virtual community with friendly teach .My points is need to take from our aspect of community owner and Manger .The features need to support it:<ul><li>Support multilingual especially RTL.</li><li>Able to customize the css and Javascript. </li><li>Support the webhoks </li><li>Support an API gateways. </li><li>Support the 3rd party integration tools like zabier .</li><li>Can be custom STMP for email under domain and community brands. </li></ul>This is will empowering the technology of communities so much we will be easy to come widely influences.

I'm a user for beam now more than 2 months and I see how much is very important tool for creating, managing, and growing a virtual community with friendly teach .My points is need to take from our aspect of community owner and Manger .</p

This is very important features for better Beam versio

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As part of&nbsp;Beam.gg’s first release of community monetization features, we’re launching a new way for community owners to connect, engage, and have fun with their super community fans!<h2>Introducing Paid Member Subscriptions</h2>Paid Member Subscriptions gives owners a way to earn from their platform through the support of their community. And in return, members will receive special access to exclusive subscriber perks that help make their community experience more fun and engaging.<img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/990/1*uv7ryv-VPEtoa7sUaY8d0g.png" alt="">Beam.gg helps you…✅ Charge members for a subscription ✅ Offer exclusive supporter perks ✅ Support paid content optionsContinue reading to learn more about what features you can enjoy, as well as the ones that are coming in the future!<h2></h2><hr><h2> How it works</h2><h3>1️⃣&nbsp;Enable monetization</h3>Enable Community Monetization from the Beam Dashboard, and set up your ****** account to start accepting payments globally!<img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*Mk8iAXt1rH0cNrcAl1wO9g.png" alt=""><h3>2️⃣&nbsp;Set up your ****** account</h3>Monitor and manage payments directly through your very own ****** dashboard. We offer a wide-range of customization options for invoicing, currency, payment, branding, and more!<img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1120/1*vsIO6zzFbFwQXL5QttoyVg.gif" alt=""><h3>3️⃣&nbsp;Manage pricing and perks</h3>Set your own pricing per month, and offer additional supporter perks! We support up to 5 different currencies for subscription payments.<img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1074/1*R-Op4gkshRZpe7BWj98Pxg.png" alt=""><hr><h3>What can you expect?</h3>We’ve rolled out Member Subscriptions with the following capabilities to get you started:<ul><li>Accept payments internationally</li><li>Set your own monthly pricing and currency</li><li>Offer built-in and custom supporter perks</li><li>Monitor subscriber and payment analytics</li><li>Configure your checkout page, invoice templates, etc.</li><li>Choose your preferred payout schedule</li><li>Issue automated emails for payments and refunds</li><li>Send subscription and payment notifications from your own email domain</li></ul>Member Subscriptions are available on all of our plans, and can be enabled on all Beam-powered communities within supported countries!For more information, take a look at our&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://intercom.help/beamgghc/en/articles/6092975-monetization-faqs">FAQs</a>.<hr><h3>What features are coming up?</h3>As always, we try our best to continuously improve our product and make sure we’re offering what our customers need the most. Here are some of the ideas we’re thinking about — we’d love to know which ones are important to you:<ul><li>Private subforums that will let you paywall and offer exclusive content for subscribed members</li><li>A gifting feature that will let members buy or sponsor monthly subscriptions for other members of the community</li><li>Annual subscriptions that can be offered at a discounted rate vs. monthly subs</li><li>Additional subscription analytics on Beam Dashboard, such as highest sub count, subs per non-subs count, top gifted subs, gifted subs leaderboard, etc.</li><li>More payment methods, currencies, and supporter perks </li></ul><hr>To learn more about Member Subscriptions, check out the following&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://intercom.help/beamgghc/en">Help Center</a>&nbsp;articles:<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://intercom.help/beamgghc/en/articles/6092967-setting-up-community-monetization">Setting up Community Monetization</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://intercom.help/beamgghc/en/articles/6099986-tips-for-getting-started-with-monetization">Tips for getting started with Monetization</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://intercom.help/beamgghc/en/articles/6092975-monetization-faqs">Monetization FAQs</a></li></ul>Missed our launch event? No worries, we got you. <div class="iframe-wrapper"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0I8zJ3vn3J4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/0I8zJ3vn3J4">Click here to watch the replay!</a> 👆

As part of&nbsp;Beam.gg’s first release of community monetization features, we’re launching a new way for community owners to connect, engage, and have fun with their super community fans!<h2>Introducing Paid Member Subscriptions</h2>

Member Subscriptions are here 🎉

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The bugs are making member experience really poor. Please exterminate them, put on your pest control hat and get it done. New features can wait till theres no more infestations. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://d.pr/v/vw6f1b">https://d.pr/v/vw6f1b</a>

The bugs are making member experience really poor. Please exterminate them, put on your pest control hat and get it done. New features can wait till theres no more infestations. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href=

CRAWLING BUGS NEED EXTERMINATED

I have brought this up on the chat to the team, but this is very important, i feel, in order to moderate a community properly. ok, so here is a massive issue. The first post came into the community, and she had already placed it on the wrong forum. I have no way of being able to edit that or move it and that is a disaster in my eyes. This is something that needs to be rectified immediately.

I have brought this up on the chat to the team, but this is very important, i feel, in order to moderate a community properly. ok, so here is a massive issue. The first post came into the community, and she had already placed it on the wr

Possible Moderation Issue/Bug

We, as admin’s and community owners, need the ability to change and delete any forum or subforum at any given time.

Allow Admin's to delete

Ok guys, if any of you have Namecheap domains and want to add a custom domain through Namecheap DNS, please note - its not as clear cut here. Only use the first numbered sequence without your domain for the first 2 cnames.

Custom Domain On Namecheap

Here’s another bug that needs stamped on. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://d.pr/v/jtXLY8">https://d.pr/v/jtXLY8</a>

Feeling Like I am the Grim Reaper - Next Problem

We have been absolutely overwhelmed with all the support and feedback we’ve gotten from our community these last few months. During this time, the team worked quietly on our product, taking into consideration everything we’ve learned from our community in terms of design, user experience, and functionality. ‍We haven’t had the chance to write new feature announcements for a while… but no worries! We’re back on track and ready to give you a summary of our latest product updates, covering major features and improvements launched over the last couple of months. ‍Let’s get started! ‍<h3>TL;DR</h3><ul><li>You can now&nbsp;set up your custom domain&nbsp;directly from your dashboard.</li><li>The&nbsp;community builder and dashboard&nbsp;are now both accessible on&nbsp;mobile.</li><li>Admins and moderators can now&nbsp;approve user-generated content&nbsp;before they go live.</li><li>You can now restrict member registrations and&nbsp;approve member sign-ups.</li><li>Community members now have the option to&nbsp;leave the community and delete their account.</li><li>Additional content formatting options&nbsp;now supported on the Beam editor.</li></ul><hr><h3> Set up your own custom domain quick and easy</h3>The time for manual requests is over! You can now set up your domain preferences directly from the Beam Dashboard. Move your online community to your own domain, and engage members under your own brand in just a few steps!<img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/62191b61423b93b5e683271e_Untitled%20(6).png" alt="">‍<h4>How it works</h4>Go to Platform Settings &gt; Custom Domain and enter your preferred domain. Click "Add Domain" to generate a set of CNAME records that you can enter on your DNS settings.Once you've updated your records, go back to the Beam Dashboard and check the status of your domain. &nbsp; <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://intercom.help/beamgghc/en/articles/5717615-setting-up-your-custom-domain">Keep reading →</a><hr>‍<h3>Enjoy a mobile community experience</h3>No need to have your laptop with you all the time! You can now access the Beam Dashboard and Community Builder from any mobile device.<img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/621920906b20356e6f07ce1b_Capture.PNG" alt=""><ul><li>‍Mobile Dashboard ‍Manage your Beam.gg account and subscription directly from your mobile.</li><li>‍Mobile Builder ‍Have the option to build your community with Beam.gg anytime, anywhere. </li></ul><hr>‍<h3>Moderate your community content</h3>With Beam.gg's new Content Approval feature, admins and moderators can now review all pending posts, and decide whether or not they should appear on the community feed.<img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/621921bb8fdfe53a893362c5_Content%20Approval.png" alt=""><ul><li>Content Approval allows you to moderate which posts can appear in the main feed. You can decide to enable or disable this setting for your community.</li><li>Depending on the type of community you run, Content Approval may help keep topics and discussions on track.</li><li>If you are going to use Content Approval, be sure to review pending posts quickly to let members feel heard.</li></ul>‍<h4>How it works</h4><ul><li>Enable Restricted Submissions ‍Restricting submissions will allow you to moderate content in your community before they are posted. You can do this regardless if you have a private or a public community. To turn this on, just go to Platform Settings &gt; Platform Visibility.</li></ul><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/621922163d93905ff55168d0_Untitled%20(7).png" alt=""><ul><li>Moderate member posts ‍To see all of your pending posts, just go to the Community Manager &gt; Content Approval. Here, you'll be able to see a preview of the posts and take action on content submissions.</li></ul><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/6219222bb0b614508d4f9540_Untitled%20(8).png" alt=""><hr>‍<h3>Introducing Member Approval</h3>Have you always wanted to keep your community exclusive? Now it's possible with our&nbsp;Member Approval&nbsp;feature! Enable restricted registrations and choose which members to accept or decline.<img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/621922d73d9390928e5171e0_member%20approval%202%20(1).png" alt="">‍How it works<ul><li>‍Enable Restricted Registrations ‍Restricting registrations will allow you to moderate the people who sign-up and have access to your community. You can do this regardless if you have a private or a public community. To turn this on, just go to Platform Settings &gt; Platform Visibility.</li></ul><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/6219232a907e8d3e31630d14_Untitled%20(9).png" alt=""><ul><li>‍Whitelist Emails and Domains ‍Have the option to pre-approve specific emails and domains by adding them to your community's whitelist. If any user signs-up using the email address or domain you've identified, their request will automatically be approved.</li></ul><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/621923386395a2e31658178a_Untitled%20(10).png" alt=""><ul><li>‍‍Moderate Sign-Up Requests To see all of your sign-up requests, just go to the Community Manager &gt; Member Approval. Here, you'll be able to take action on sign-up requests and filter them based on pending, approved, and denied status.</li></ul><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/6219234de4414814695afdc1_Untitled%20(11).png" alt=""><hr>‍<h3>Give your members more control over their personal data</h3>We know how important it is to give members more control over their data, and that's why we've launched our new Account Deletion feature! Now, you have the option to permanently delete any unused account. This helps make sure there’s a way for members to reduce their digital footprint and prevent any future abuse to their personal data.‍<img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/621923f0c4607ac4308be8e9_Newsletter%20Mockup%202%20(18).png" alt="">‍‍<h4>How it works</h4>Go to&nbsp;User Settings, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click&nbsp;Delete Account.&nbsp;You'll be asked to confirm your decision a few times to avoid accidental account deletions. Once you’ve completed all the steps, your account will be permanently deleted. ‍<img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/6219244a70b21b93caadf482_ezgif.com-gif-maker%20(34).gif" alt=""><hr>‍<h3>Enjoy more formatting options</h3>Make your content more engaging with code block and iframe embeds — now both supported on Beam.gg’s text editor!<img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/6219248eb0b614e73e4fb545_Untitled%20(12).png" alt="">‍How it works<ul><li>‍Code Block ‍For inline code blocks in a paragraph, just highlight the specific text and press the code block function &lt;/&gt; on the Beam Editor toolbar. Inline code is great to use when you want to highlight a short snippet of code (for example: the definition of a function or the name of a variable) inside a paragraph. Alternatively, you can also use this feature to highlight snippets of information. Like this 👇‍</li></ul><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/62192554b0b61498f74fb894_unnamed%20(5).png" alt="">‍<ul><li>‍Iframe Embeds ‍While editing your post, go to a new line and paste the iframe code of the content that you want to embed. No need to use the code block function on the editor; copy pasting the code will work just fine! For example: To insert a Twitch livestream in-line, click the share button on the source and copy paste the code provided. Your embed will become interactive once you've pasted the code.</li></ul><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/621925dcb0b614125d4fbe14_ezgif.com-gif-maker%20(39).gif" alt="">‍ If the service you're embedding content from is supported on Beam.gg, the link will change into an embed. If the service is not supported, the editor will show an error message on the preview card. Links from Youtube and Vimeo can be copy pasted directly into the editor without the embed code.‍<hr>‍<h3>What’s next for Beam.gg?</h3>For some time now, we’ve been talking about implementing Member Subscriptions on Beam.gg to help owners monetize their community. Implementing this also gives members a way to support communities, and receive special perks and incentives in return. It’s a major feature we have lined up in our roadmap, and we’re really excited to have it on the platform soon!<img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61253bd821af1c072a05a84d/62192626f13ea631999d490f_giphy%20(2).gif" alt="">Stay tuned on Beam.gg announcements by following us on our&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/getbeamgg/">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/GetBeamGG">Twitter</a>, and&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/beam-gg">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;accounts. You can also&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.beam.gg/#footer">join our newsletter</a>&nbsp;for exclusive updates <code>💡 Keep reading</code><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beam.gg/changelog">Bug Fixes and Improvements →</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beam.gg/roadmap">Beam.gg 2022 Roadmap →</a></li></ul>‍

We have been absolutely overwhelmed with all the support and feedback we’ve gotten from our community these last few months. During this time, the team worked quietly on our product, taking into consideration everything we’ve learned from our commu