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Integration Fees and Advertising Revenue Share
Overview
Flux helps you make money. Our business model only works if we are helping you
turn more page views from using our social tools. You keep 100% of the advertising revenue generated on the web
pages that you are hosting. On the additional pages that Flux hosts – such as profile pages, community pages,
etc. – Flux splits with you (50/50) the advertising revenue generated each month. By default, Flux hosted
pages come with an ad at the top of the page. Flux also offers ad modules you can drop anywhere on your page(s) to
generate additional revenue. For advertising other than display advertising, (e.g., video pre-roll), there is no
revenue share to Flux.
You can run your own ad tags on Flux hosted pages. To qualify, your site must be generating over $10k
monthly gross revenue. Please contact us to find out more.
Flux does not sell your website specifically to advertisers or claim to have access to your inventory.
Flux is only sold as an entire Platform of sites broken down by categories so there is never any sales channel
conflict. Advertisers do not know which sites and what time periods they will be running. All they know is that it
will run on one of the partner sites that is working with Flux in that category, but no other specifics are given.
We work with websites that have Sales Teams and have created Flux Advertising to work with their efforts in the
marketplace. So, whether you have a sales force or not, Flux Advertising can work for you.
Start-up Fees
There are no upfront fees. Flux's business model is to share the advertising
revenues generated on the web pages we build for your community. Flux actually adds a new revenue stream to your
website on the additional pages we help you turn that didn't exist previously.
Advertising Revenue for Partners
You keep 100% of the advertising revenue generated on the web pages that you are
hosting. On the additional pages that Flux hosts – such as profile pages, community pages, etc. – Flux
splits with you (50/50) the advertising revenue generated each month.
Serving your own ads on Flux-powered pages
If you are generating over $10k/month in advertising revenue you can arrange to
sell the advertisements that run on your community pages, and send a monthly revenue share payment to Flux. If you
are still growing your business and generating under $10k/month in advertising revenue, Flux will power the
advertising on your Flux-hosted pages, and send you the monthly revenue share payment.
If you are interested in Flux providing advertising for your self-hosted pages at the same CPM (Cost Per
Thousand) as we are running on your Flux-hosted pages, we will do so on a straight pass-through basis. Please
contact your community manager or send an email to Support@Flux.com for more
information.
Revenue share
For pages that Flux hosts – such as profile pages, community pages, etc.
– Flux will pay you a 50% revenue share each month. For pages not hosted by Flux (even if those pages happen
to contain Flux widgets), there is no revenue share to Flux. For advertising other than display advertising, (e.g.,
video pre-roll), there is no revenue share to Flux.
CPM Rates
Flux receives very competitive CPM rates. CPM rates will be accessible online soon, but until then a
weekly email summarizing estimated impressions and rates will be provided to our partners. Interested in running ads
from Flux across the pages you host? Please contact us to find out more.
Reporting
Online ad reporting is coming very soon. In the meantime, Flux will send out
advertising reports on a regularly scheduled basis.
Payment
Flux pays all of our partner's net 25 from the end of the previous month. If the
monthly amount is not over $100, the amount will continue to accrue until it reaches the $100 minimum.
In order to receive payment you must fill out a W-9 form and send or fax it to your community manager.
Please click here to download a W9.
Data ownership
You own your community when you join Flux, and if you ever leave Flux. This basic
principle guides how we collect your Flux user data and share it back to you. We do not gather or access user data
that you collect on your own, self-hosted pages. We collect user data only through the Flux components of your site
— including Flux widgets, Flux-hosted pages, and any Flux API integrations on your site. See our Privacy Policy for more details. We share your community
user data with you in the following ways:
- As a Flux-powered publisher, you will always have secure online access to aggregated user data
and valuable site metrics.
- In addition, we will send you detailed data exports as requested. These exports will include
personally identifiable user data collected on your community, if you have a legally-compliant privacy policy.
Reporting Offered for Flux Admins
Flux offers Community Admins the following reports. All reports are available from the Community Manager, when logged in as Admin
- Dashboard - an overview of Community statistics.
- Visitor Stats – Page View details, by Guests and Members
- Flux Membership stats – Flux platform activity, plus geo-demo data for Community Members.
- Content Snapshot – total content, organized by type and source
- Community Activity - a deeper dive into activity on your Community.
Note that each report below can be filtered by demographic data (gender, age, location)
- Content Activity
- Comment Activity
- Voting Activity
- Sharing Activity
- Join Activity
- Member Details - displays Top 10 Community Members against the following values:
- Most friends
- Most profile views
- Most uploads (UGC content; combined content types)
- Most imports (External content; combined content types)
- Most content comments (combined)
- Most guestbook comments
- Most shares (combined)
- Most voting
- Most discussion board topic creation
- Most discussion board comment
- Content Details - detailed stats on the following content types.
Note that this report can be drilled down by Top 10 or against demographic data
- Uploaded UGC Video
- Imported External Video (YouTube, Revver, etc)
- Uploaded UGC Photo
- Imported External Photo (Flickr, etc)
- Discussion Topic
- Entry (Post)
- Event
- News Item
- Page Views - Unique and Total visitor page views. Results displayed as total pages within the Community, or on a single page template (e.g. photo detail, profile links etc) basis.
- Ad Server - Display of advertising impressions attributed to your Community traffic.
For additional details on how to pull your reports, please review our Reporting Product FAQ
Adding 3rd party tracking code to your community
We're working on including the ability for Community Admins to easily add 3rd party tracking code (e.g.
Google Analytics) to their community pages. In the meantime, please send an email to your community manager or support@flux.com with the code you'd like to include, and we will have it added
to your community pages.
Exports of community data
As a Flux-powered publisher, you will always have secure online access to aggregated user data and
valuable site metrics. In addition, we will send you detailed data exports for your community as requested, plus a
final comprehensive data export if you ever leave Flux. If you have a legally-compliant privacy policy, these
exports will include a copy of all personally identifiable user data collected on your community.
Leaving Flux
If you ever take your site off Flux, we will export to you a final copy of all your Flux user data and
site-specific CSS and image assets, to help you seamlessly transition onto another platform. (If you have a
legally-compliant privacy policy, this final export will include personally identifiable user data.)
After you leave Flux, we will retain a copy of the user data we have collected, so we can service existing Flux
users and preserve the cross-community experience on the Flux Platform. Accordingly, your users who have already
joined other Flux partner communities will continue to maintain their Flux memberships. Your users who have not yet
joined another Flux partner community will maintain their basic Flux membership for one year, so they will continue
to be recognized on Flux-powered communities that they visit, and to give us time to help them access their Flux
profile, including their favorite settings, friends, and content they have collected.
Terms of Use
Social Project is the independent company that provides the Flux Platform. Any user who registers with
your Flux-powered community jointly registers with you and us. So, they must agree to and comply with Social
Project's Terms of Use, as well as your
end-user agreement, if any. We may take any available and appropriate action against a user who violates our Terms of Use, including without limitation
terminating their access to Flux.
Privacy Policy
Social Project is the independent company that provides the Flux Platform. Our Privacy Policy explains, among other
things, the categories of user data that we collect on Flux, how we use and share this data to provide the best user
experience and partner monetization opportunities, and how users can contact us and opt-out of certain data
collections and uses.
If you want exports of personally identifiable data collected on your Flux community, you must have and enforce a
legally-compliant privacy policy.
How it works
The Flux Platform provides a unified login for its partner communities. This means that if a member signs
up with one Flux-powered community, they can use their same email address and password to easily join any other
Flux-powered communities, while bringing their profile data and friends along with them. Flux does NOT automatically
make a member of your community a member of any other Flux-powered community. Members must explicitly join a
community before becoming a member.
I want to partner with Flux. How do I get in touch with
the business development team?
Please fill out the form on the Contact
Us page of our website, providing as much detail as possible. All serious inquiries will generate an immediate
response.
To create your own community, just follow the steps below.
How to create a community
Creating a Flux community is easy. First, you need to decide what kind of community integration you are
interested in: Flux Share, Flux Lite, or Flux Custom. To help you make this decision, please see our detailed product information. Then, just follow the steps below for the community
type you have selected.
Flux Share
Adding the Flux Share widget code to your site puts a Flux Share button next to your site's videos,
photos, and blogs. Now your visitors can distribute your content across the social web, while preserving your
branding and attribution – increasing traffic and engagement on your site.
- Start at the Flux Share signup page.
- Create your account by entering your site name, email
address and password
- Enter the URL for the site you want to add Flux Share to.
This allows Flux to "discover" your content, which basically means Flux users can share and distribute your content
in a format that looks good on Flux profiles as well as external communities like Facebook and MySpace.
- Good candidates for Flux Share will receive an email with
instructions and links to pick up the Flux Share code.
- Place that snippet of code on your site to enable your
visitors to start sharing!
Flux Lite
Need more social tools for your site? Flux Lite is a quick way to add social tools to your website that
engage visitors, increase time spent on your site, and convert visitors to community members, complete with Flux
profiles. Flux Lite integration is easy and requires no technical expertise.
- Start at the Flux Lite signup page.
- Choose a name for your community, and create an
account by entering your email address and choosing a password.
- Enter the URL and RSS for your existing site. This
allows Flux to "discover" your content, so Flux users can share and distribute your content in a format that looks
good on Flux profiles as well as other online services like Facebook and MySpace.
- Agree to all the legal stuff, and click the button to
create your community.
Once you're in, you can upload your community logo, choose a theme for your community, and even
customize it with our theme editor. Once you're happy with the look of your member profile pages, add the Flux Share
and members online widget onto your existing website so that your members can gain access to the new Flux Lite
tools.
Flux Custom
Want more than just profiles? Add a full community offering with categories of user-generated content,
featured members, discussions, community pages, and more. For existing sites, create a Flux community in a matter of
minutes using widgets to integrate with your existing site and hosted pages to add new tools and turn additional
page-views. The hosted pages are fully customizable making for a seamless community experience for your visitors.
Don't have a website yet? Create one from scratch that can live on your domain. Flux Custom enables you to choose
from various integration methods, while taking the social tools you need and leaving the ones you don't.
- Start at the Flux Custom signup page.
- Choose a name for your community, and create an
account by entering your email address and choosing a password.
- If you like, enter the URL and RSS for your existing
site. This allows Flux to "discover" your content, so Flux users can share and distribute your content in a
way that looks good on Flux profiles as well as external communities like Facebook and MySpace.
If you don't have a site yet, it’s ok; you can leave this field blank.
- Agree to all the legal stuff, and click the button to
create your community.
- Once you're in, visit your Community Manager to customize your community by choosing themes, organizing site pages, uploading your
own community logo and much more.
You can always find your Community Manager, via the "More" menu at the top of each page on your
community.
Someone is using my site name for their community
Please contact us at support@flux.com if someone is using your
website name for a community that you would like to reclaim.
Getting Flux on Your Own Domain
How do I get Flux on my own domain?
Please contact us at support@flux.com to move your Flux account onto a new
domain. We will need to first update the URL for your community, and then you simply point your DNS to our IP
address to complete the switch.
How much does it cost to move Flux onto my own domain?
This service is free with both the Flux Lite and Flux Custom offering. Just contact your Flux Account Manager or
send us an email at support@flux.com to make this update.
Picking a template
Picking a template can be done during the creation of your community in the set up wizard on Flux.com or from your
Community Manager.
Templates consist of a set of pages, with each page having a unique layout and a default set of modules. The pages
and modules included in each template generally correspond to specific features, which satisfy the needs of
different communities. For example, some communities share photos like crazy, while others prefer videos. Some
communities have really active discussion boards, while others just like to browse and comment.
We don't pretend to have a template for everyone, but we do give you everything you need to get started. Once you
select a template, we encourage you to add and remove pages or modules as you see fit, at any time from your Community Manager or by enabling Edit Mode
on your pages.
Themes
A theme can be applied during the creation of your community in the set up wizard on Flux.com or from your Community
Manager.
Themes consist of a pre-defined set of styles for page and font colors, as well as some default graphical elements.
Our themes can be further customized through our theme editor, which allows you to adjust all styles and upload
custom graphics. Select a theme that suits your taste, and then make it your own.
Rearranging the layout of
pages
Once in edit mode, scroll down the page below the "Add Widgets" interface and find the module you'd like to move.
Mouse over the "Drag" section in the module header, and click; then drag-and-drop to move the module to a different
location on the page. Please note: updates happen in real-time, so once a module is moved it will automatically
appear in the new position on the live page.
See screenshot below:
Modules can only be dragged and dropped according to the layout type of the page.
Adding, Editing and Deleting Pages
This applies only to Flux Custom communities. The template you choose at Community Creation comes with a preset
combination of pages and modules. These pages can be modified, new pages can be added, and pages can be deleted
– all from the Community Pages and Navigation section of the Community Manager.
To edit an existing page, click on the "Actions" icon for any existing page you want to edit. You'll be brought to
the Edit screen for that page.
On the Edit screen, you can do several tasks:
- Select a different layout
- Edit the Page Name
- Edit the URL for the page
- Edit the Page Title
- Add the page to your global Site Navigation
- Edit the page description (for better search engine optimization)
- Add SEO keywords (for better search engine optimization)
- Designate any page as the homepage of your site. For instance, if you want the first page users
come to be Browse Members, you would make that the default page.
Adding a new page
To add a new page, first click the "Add a new page" button.
You will see the same options for a new page as you did for editing an existing page.
Flux moderation practices
Flux uses a combination of technological and human moderation practices to classify
user-uploaded
content by age appropriateness (all users or mature only) and other community decency standards, and to help filter
out content that
infringes third-party legal rights.
If improper content slips through these barriers onto Flux, concerned users can "flag" or report it to us for prompt
review. In addition, our Copyright Compliance
Policy instructs copyright owners how and where to send us notices of alleged copyright infringement, and
explains the procedures that we undertake to respond to such notices and terminate the Flux accounts of repeat
infringers.
Selecting a moderation level for your community
This applies only to Flux Custom communities. Here is where you can choose whether or not to allow mature content,
anonymous comments, HTML in comment content, and choose your replacement and automatic flagging word lists.
Set Content Moderation Rules
All Flux communities are 13 and over and certain types of mature content, such as pornography, full nudity, violent
subject matter, etc., are never allowed. At community creation, all Flux communities are set to allow only content
that is safe for all ages. Some communities may have a more mature topical nature, however, and will want to allow
certain types of mature content to be visible only to members of an appropriate age.
To change these settings:
- Click "Community Manager" from the "More" menu dropdown:
- Click "Edit Moderation Settings" under the "Moderate" section of your Community Manager.
- Select the appropriate moderation setting from the "Allow Content that is" dropdown:
- Safe for all ages – Only content that is
appropriate for users 13 years of age is allowed to surface on the site.
- 16+ – Content that is suitable for users 16
and over is allowed on the site. Content that is approved for "16+" will only be visible to users who are 16+,
whereas content marked as "Safe for all ages" will be visible to everyone.
- 18+ – Content that is suitable only for
users 18 and over is allowed on the site, as well as content from the previous two settings. Content that is
approved as "18+", will only be visible to users who are 18+, content marked as "Parental Guidance" will only be
visible to users who are 16+, and content marked as "Safe for all ages" will be visible to everyone.
Who can comment
All Flux communities are set to allow only logged in members to leave comments at community creation, and we
recommend this setting for most sites, as it guarantees the highest level of moderation control and quality of
comments, while also allowing the most number of users to comment. If you need to change it, you can do so by
selecting a different option from the "Set comment moderation rules" dropdown.
- Everybody (including guests) – Anyone can comment, whether
a member of your community or not, and whether logged in or not.
- Logged in users only – A user must be a member of a Flux
community and currently logged in before they can leave a comment on your site. They do not need to be a member of
your community. Anyone who is not logged in to a Flux community will be redirected to your signup/login page when
trying to leave a comment.
- All community members – A user must be a member of
your community and currently logged in to leave comments. Logged in members of other Flux communities will be
prompted to Join your community. Users who are not currently logged in will be redirected to your signup/login
page.
Comment security level
When you allow your members to put HTML code in the comments they leave on content pages or member guestbooks, you
might find that the HTML they include in their comments affects the HTML driving the layout of the modules and
pages. At community creation, all Flux sites are set at the highest comment security level. If you need to change
it, you can do so by selecting a different option from the "Comment security level" dropdown.
- Maximum security (allow plain text only) – Users will only
be allowed to enter plain text in comment fields. Any Rich Text or HTML will be automatically stripped out.
- High security (allow minimum rich edit) – Users will be
allowed to enter a minimal amount of Rich Text. Advanced Rich Text or HTML will be automatically stripped out.
- Medium security (allow full rich edit) – Users will
be allowed to enter any Rich Text. HTML will be automatically stripped out.
- Low security (allow full HTML) – Users will be
allowed to enter any Rich Text or HTML.
Hot Word Moderation Rules
Flux.com lets you customize all levels of your community – including what kind of language you feel is
appropriate for your visitors. "Hot Word Moderation Rules" allow you to input as many taboo words as you need to
make sure your community standards are maintained.
Word replacement
All Flux communities come with this setting automatically selected. To change, this visit "Edit Moderation
Settings" under the "Moderate" section of your Community Manager as described above.
Selecting the "Custom" option will open a new field allowing you to edit the default list. Individual words should
be separated by commas.
Replacement character
Enter the character you want to replace words with in this box. By default, an asterisk (*) is selected, but you can
replace this with any character you like.
Replacement list
This is only applicable when "Custom" is selected. Enter words you want to replace in this box. Individual words
should be separated by commas. All Flux communities come with a standard list by default, and you can choose to add
to this list or replace it entirely.
Enable automatic flagging
Check this box to enable automatic flagging of certain words whenever your visitors enter them in their comments.
When a word set for automatic flagging is entered on your site, the comment it was included in is automatically sent
to your Flagged Content page. At community creation, all Flux communities come with this setting automatically
selected.
Flagging list
Enter words you want to be automatically flagged in this box. Individual words should be separated by commas. All
Flux communities come with a standard list by default, and you can choose to add to this list or replace it
entirely.
Wildcards
Determines whether a given character string matches a specified pattern. A pattern can include regular characters and wildcard characters. During pattern matching, regular characters must match exactly the characters specified in the character string. Wildcard characters, however, can be matched with arbitrary fragments of the character string.
The following 3 wildcard characters are supported:
- * This matches any string of 0 or more characters. For example, *pluck* matches all words with the word “pluck” anywhere in the word. I.e. pluck, plucker, 1pluck would all be matched.
- $ This matches any string of 0 or more non-literal characters (i.e. non alphabetical characters). For example, p$uck matches p!uck, p*uck or p.uck, but NOT pluck. A good example of where this is useful would be to add the hot words pu$y and pussy which will block “pussy” or “pu$$y”, but not “putty” or “purity” etc.
- _ This matches a single character in a word. For example, _luck finds all 5 letter words that end with “luck”, such as pluck, cluck, 1luck. But, it will not match luck, plucker, repluck.
Safe Words
This allows specific words to be added to a separate “safe word list” which will always be allowed, regardless of other rules matched from the hot word list. This is denoted by a “-“ at the start of the word. For example, add –cluck to the safe word list to prevent “cluck” from being matched even though *luck is in the hot word list
Blocking widgets from certain domains
Flux enables Community Admins to block embedded content from 3rd party domains. To use this feature, log in as the
Community Admin and navigate to the "community settings" page from the "More" menu presented at the top of page.
Enable automatic 3rd-party widget removal: Selecting this feature will strip any embedded widgets from domains
submitted in the input form. Be sure to list only one domain per line, and remove the 'www'.
See below screenshot for an example.
Member Profile Photo approval
User profile photos are not approved at the Community level; rather they are approved in the Content Approval queue
when logged in as the over-arching Flux Admin. Profile photos are approved at this global level because a member's
profile photo travels with them throughout the Flux platform and is not unique to any specific Community. Note
that profile photos that violate community standards replaced with generic thumbnail logo on that specific
community, allowing members of multiple communities to occasionally have generic thumbnail image in place of their
profile photo.
Removing photos, videos, blogs, discussions, or
comments
When logged into a community as the Community Admin, all pieces of content (photos, videos, blogs, discussions and
comments) have additional delete options. To remove a photo or video, simply select the trash can icon on the
content detail page for that content item. Discussion topics can be removed by selecting the delete button from the
"Discussion Categories" page. Comments can be removed with the "Delete" option that is presented to the Community
Admin next to each comment. "Delete" comment options are also presented to the member who initially wrote the
comment.
See screenshot below:
How do I feature and block members in the community?
To feature or block a member from their profile page, locate the About Me module on that user's profile. Along with
the standard "Add as Friend" and "Send Message" options, the Community Admin is presented with additional options to
"Block Member" or "Feature Member".
See screenshot below for "About Me" profile as seen by Community Admin:
If a member is already featured, the "Feature Member" option will be replaced with an "Unfeature Member" option.
Similarly, blocked members can be unblocked via their profile page.
Community Admins can also manage members from the "Members" page, accessible from the "More" menu when logged in to
a Flux Community as the Community Admin. The "Members" page is very similar to the "Friends" page for each
community member.
On the Members page, each community member is displayed, as follows:
From this page, community members may select any of the following links to:
View Profile: view the member's profile page
Send Message: send a direct message to the member
Remove Friend: remove member as friend. Generally not relevant for the
Community Admin.
Block: remove a member from the community – Admin only option
Add to Favorites: adds the member to the Featured Member list – Admin
only option
Unblocking Members: To unblock members, go to the Members Management page,
select the Blocked filter, and then select the unblock link next to the member profile picture.
Managing Featured Member Lists
When featuring a member, the Community Admin chooses from a dropdown of Featured Member lists. All communities come
with a default "Featured Members" list, and the admin also has the option to create an unlimited number of
personalized lists.
To create a new Featured Member list, or edit an existing list, click the "Member Management" link from your
Community Manager and then click "Featured Members", or choose "Manage Lists" from the "Feature Member" dropdown.
From here you can Add a new list, Delete a list, or remove members from a specific list by clicking Edit.
Member Roles
A MemberUser Role is simply a set of Permissions assigned to an individual user. User Roles are
available to all communities in Admin mode. Every community has a "Roles" dropdown on each user in Member
Management, which allows the Admin to change the role of any member of their community.
Complete release notes on Flux Member roles are available here.
Current Member Roles available:
- Member – A Member of a community may interact as normal
within that community. This Role includes no special permissions.
- Contributor – A Contributor has all the same permissions as
Members, in addition to the following:
- Create community/editorial content, such as blogs, news, events, etc;
- Add content to official categories.
- Moderator – A Moderator has all the same permissions as
Members, in addition to the following:
- Access to the Content Moderation tool;
- Access to the Flagged Content tool;
- Ban content from within the site (content detail pages);
- Ban discussions topics and comments from within the site (discussions pages);
- Approve content from within the site (content detail pages);
- Edit content from within the site (content detail pages);
- Edit discussions topics and comments from within the site (discussions pages);
- Ban users from the site (user profile pages).
- Board Moderator – The Board Moderator Role, when it is
released, will have all the same permissions as Members, in addition to the following:
- Ban discussions topics and comments from within the site (discussions pages);
- Edit discussions topics and comments from within the site (discussions pages).
- Power User – A Power User has all the same permissions as
Members, Moderators, and Contributors, in addition to the following:
- Feature Users;
- Access Member Management;
- Access Community Manager;
- Assign User Roles and Types.
- Editor – An Editor has the same permissions as Members, in addition to the following:
- Access to "Customize" Community via Community Manager
- Access to "Edit" mode on Community pages
How Do I Change a Member's Role?
- Click "Community Manager" from the "More" menu dropdown:
- Click "Manage Members" under the "Moderate" section of your Community Manager.
- Find the member whose Role you would like to change, and select the Role you would like to give them from
the "Member Role" dropdown.
- IMPORTANT! Don't forget to save your changes by clicking "Save changes" at the bottom of the page.
Member privacy
Members have the option to suppress their profile from anyone they are not friends with. To
make profiles private, or to hide personal data like age and online status, Members can simply visit "Account"
settings from the "More" menu at the top of the page. Go to the "Privacy" tab, and be sure to save choices.
Member flagging
Members have the option to flag content, or other members, in the community as inappropriate. Once a piece of
content is flagged, it is automatically placed in a queue for the Community Admin to review. More details below in
"Flagged Content and Members".
Flagged Content and Members
All content or members flagged by other community members goes through the flagged content queue.
The flagged content screens are very similar to content approval screens, albeit with different options.
Photos, Videos, Discussion Topics & Posts, and member comments on any content can be flagged.
Banned Content Notifications
Content banning by an admin via any route (content approval queue, flagged content queue, or content
detail pages) triggers an automatic email to be sent to the Flux inbox (as opposed to external email) of the
community member who had contributed that content to the community.
See PDF for full details on the Flux Community Moderation Tool that is available to Community
Admins.
Adding new page content
The page editor allows the Community Admin to add new page content, edit or remove existing page content, and
rearrange content through a drag-and-drop interface on all PBT pages. To access the page editor, log in to a Flux
Community as the Community Admin, navigate to a PBT page, and select the "Edit Mode" button.
Once in edit mode, select the module type that you'd like to add to the page, from the list of options on the
left-hand side of the edit mode view.
See screenshot below:
Once you have selected the module type that you want to add to the page, select the display style of the module.
Please note: some modules have only one display style. If multiple choices are available, click on the image to
select the version you'd like to add to the page.
See screenshot below:
After selecting a display style, customize the settings for this module in the "Customize Settings" section in the
right-hand column of the edit page mode.
See screenshot below:
After filling out the settings, click the "Add Widget" button.
The widget will automatically be placed on the page. Select "Exit Edit Mode" in the top left-hand corner of the page
to exit edit mode. Read the Rearranging Page Content section for information on adjusting
the placement of modules on the page.
Editing the content of pages
The page editor allows the Community Admin to add new page content, edit or remove existing page content, and
rearrange content through a drag-and-drop interface on all Page Building Tool (PBT) pages. To access the page
editor, log in to a Flux Community as the Community Admin, navigate to a PBT page, and select the "Edit Mode"
button.
Once in edit mode, scroll down the page below the "Add Widgets" interface and find the module you'd like to update.
Select the "Edit" link in the module header.
See screenshot below:
Once in Module Edit Mode, update the module properties, and select save. The module should update immediately with
the new settings.
Creating and Editing Categories
Different types of media and behavior can be organized into different categories. There are three types
of media that Flux allows you to categorize: Photos, Videos, and Discussions.
The below shows the Video categories page (Photos is the same):
To add a new category – click the "Add Category" button:
To add, enter the name and description, check any boxes that apply, then click Save:
- Official category will designate the category
as an official category. Flux Communities use this setting to differentiate official content from content
contributed by Flux community members. Only a Community Admin can add content to Official Categories.
- Contest category will designate the category as
a contest and flag all media uploaded into this category as such.
- Allow voting will allow community members to
vote on the media.
- Show in categories will show the category in
the category listing.
To edit an existing category, enter the desired name and description, check any boxes that apply, then click Save:
You can also edit discussion topics here:
You can add a new category:
To add, enter your category name and description, select the official designation (if it is an official category),
and save. You can come back and lock the category (which makes it unavailable for comments) later on.
Logos and Thumbnails
Changing the small community logo
This applies only to Flux Lite and Flux Custom communities. When you sign up for a Flux Community, you can upload a
community logo. This logo is used as your site logo in the My Communities and Activity modules on your users’
profile pages. If you want to change this logo, you can do so at any time from the Basic Information screen of
Community Settings.
Changing the large community logo
This applies only to Flux Lite and Flux Custom communities. When a Flux member finds content from your community by
accessing one of your members' profile pages from another community, or finds one of your community members’
profiles from another Flux site, they will be redirected to a "Community Crossover Page". Community crossover pages
are an integral part of how your content travels between communities on Flux.com. The large logo uploaded from the
Basic Information tab of Community Settings appears at the top of community crossover pages that involve your
community content or members.
Changing the video watermark logo
This applies only to Flux Lite and Flux Custom communities. If your site contains video content, you can upload a
watermark to brand the video player. This watermark must be 75x50 px, and have at least 50% transparency.
Changing the default user thumbnail
This applies only to Flux Lite and Flux Custom communities. When a module or page must display a thumbnail for a
user who has not uploaded one, the community default user thumbnail is displayed instead. You can customize the
image to be used for this thumbnail from the "Default Thumbnails" tab of Community Settings.
Changing the default content thumbnails
This applies only to Flux Lite and Flux Custom communities. When a module or page must display a thumbnail for a
content item that the system is unable to render a thumbnail for, the community default content thumbnail(s) are
displayed instead. You can customize the image to be used for thes thumbnails from the "Default Thumbnails" tab of
Community Settings.
Overview
This applies only to Flux Custom communities. Editorial content can be added to a Flux Community directly by the
Community Admin, or by setting up content discovery for a data source. For example, if a Flux Community uses TypePad
for blogging, but wants the posts from their TypePad blog displayed in the community, Flux can setup content
discovery to render the posts within the community pages. To setup content discovery, please contact your community
manager or send an email to support@Flux.com. To add editorial content
directly through the Flux Platform tools, log in to your Flux Community as the Community Admin, then select
"Community Media" from your "More" dropdown.
Creating news
From the Community Media page, select the 'Create new' dropdown and choose 'News':
Enter a post title, and use the rich text editor to create the post. Use the rich text options, or select the HTML
button to edit the HTML of the post directly.
Once finished, make sure to save. News will automatically display anywhere the News module/widget is displayed.
Creating events
From the Community Media page, select the 'Create new' dropdown and choose Event:
Title: The title of the event as it will appear throughout the Flux Community
Venue: The name of the venue where the event is being held
Link: a link to a site with more information about the event
Address: the address the event is being held at
EventDate: the date the event is being held on
Once finished, make sure to save. Events will automatically display anywhere the Events module/widget is displayed.
Featuring content using feeds
This applies only to Flux Custom communities. There are various types of featured content lists you may want to
create to display in modules throughout your community or in external widgets. You can create and customize these
lists by using Feeds, and select individual Feeds to populate specific modules and widgets from Edit Mode in the
modules themselves.
Creating featured content lists using feeds
Creating a featured content feed is easy. Just follow the steps below, and you will be ready to customize the
contents your modules display throughout your site.
- Go to your community URL and login to your Admin account.
- From the "More" menu, click "My Feeds".
- To make a new featured content list, click "Create Feed".
- Enter a title and description for this list. Select the "Default" checkbox if you want this to be the
list content is added to by default when you choose to "feature" it by adding content to a feed.
- Click "Save" to save the new "Feed".
Now you are ready to start adding content to your new list.
- Find content on your site that you would like to feature. Remember that most modules are content
type-specific, so if you are creating a list to display your favorite Photos, you will want to add only Photos to
this list. Feeds can contain multiple content types, and some modules allow multiple content types to be
displayed.
- Click to go to the Content Detail Page of the content you want to feature.
- To add the content to your default Feed, click the “Add to My Feed” button located just beneath the content
image.
- To choose a different feed to add the content to, click the dropdown arrow on the right edge of the "Add to
My Feed" button located just beneath the content image. This will display the list of Feeds you have created. Just
click a Feed on the list and this content will be added to it.
Selecting feeds to populate modules on your site
Once you have created some featured content Feeds, you will want to change the content filters in some of the
modules on your site to display the content from the Feeds you have created. Just follow the steps below:
- Go to the page where the module you want to edit is displayed.
- Click the Edit Mode button at the top left of the page.
- Scroll down until you see the module you want to edit.
- Click "Edit" in the module header.
- Select the "Editorial" radio button under the "Show [content] that is..." heading.
- Click the dropdown to the right of the "Editorial" radio button, and select the feed you wish to use to populate
the module.
- Make sure the Feed you choose has the appropriate type of content for the module you are editing. Feeds allow
multiple content types, whereas most modules are content-type specific.
Adding Flux Share to non-hosted pages
Flux Share requires that you already have an existing site. Adding the Flux Share widget code to your site puts a
FluxShare button next to your site's videos, photos and blogs. Now your visitors can distribute your content across
the social web, while preserving your branding and attribution – increasing traffic and engagement on your
site.
How to get started with Flux Share:
- Start at the Flux Share sign up page.
- Enter the URL and RSS for your existing site.
- This allows Flux to "discover" your content, which basically means Flux users can share and distribute
your content in a format that looks good on Flux profiles as well as external communities like Facebook and
MySpace.
- Create an account by entering your email address and choosing a password, agree to all the legal stuff,
click the "Get Flux Share" button, and you're in!
You'll receive an email with instructions on how to grab your Flux Share code and paste into your site. You can
choose the size and style of your Flux Share widget, copy the code, and go.
What is Flux Share?
Flux Share is a simple sharing widget that websites can sign up for and drop onto their website or blog. In just a
few minutes, publishers can grab a snippet of code to drop onto their site, enabling users to simply click a button
for easy content sharing. Clicking the Flux Share button allows users to share content through multiple ways: Email,
embed code, or direct to popular social web destinations like Facebook, MySpace, Blogger, LiveJournal, and any of our own Flux
Communities. Whenever content is shared, we always give proper content attribution back to our media publishers
and drive traffic back wherever and however we can – so that publishers can maximize the monetization
opportunity while at the same time encouraging viral distribution.
Content discovery
Flux's Content Discovery System (CDS) allows external website content to be ingested and rendered correctly on any
Flux-powered site. The discovery process will always bring in the title and generate a thumbnail for each piece of
content and additionally ingests the content itself for rendering back on Flux sites. The way this content is
ingested is controlled by the partner, so for example it is possible to display only a snippet of the body of a post
and force the user back to the original website to consume the entire post.
Content Discovery can be triggered in 2 ways:
- The website owner provides Flux with a sample URL permalink from which content will be discovered, during
sign up.
- The website owner provides Flux with an RSS feed of the content to be discovered, during sign up.
In both cases, the CDS is tuned to correctly ingest the content and display it to users in an optimal output format.
What are Groups?
Flux Groups live within Communities, and offer many of the same features of a Community, offering Group Members the ability to share content and start discussions with other Community Members who share their affinity for a particular point of interest within the Community. Examples might be a regional group of fans for a band Community, or supporters of a particular cast-member of a Community based on a show. All Group pages inherit the CSS look-and-feel of the parent Community.
How do I enable Groups on my Community?
Community Admins determine if any Community Member can create Groups, or if only the Community Admin is allowed to create Groups – Flux Groups support both options. Community Admins must take two steps within their Community Manager to enable Groups, 1) establish who can create Groups via the "Group Options" section of "Community Settings" and 2) manually create a link to the hidden Groups Hub page by adding a navigation link to /Content/Groups.aspx
Further instructions and more information about Groups and customization options are available on the Groups Product FAQ (PDF)
Generating widgets
Flux Communities that use a widgeted integration can generate the code for the widgets through the Widget Wizard
interface when logged in as the Community Admin. Widgets allow a Flux Community to surface community activity on
pages not powered by the Flux Platform – for example, "Members online now". To access the widgets wizard, log
in to your Community as the Community Admin, select the Community Manager from the "More" menu, and go to the
"Widgets" tab.
Widget Integration Pre-Requisites
For widgets to function, a unique community ID must be used. This is known as the Community UCID. When the community is setup this will be provided.
2 script codes must be placed on each page which uses the widgets as follows. These codes must be placed directly
after the ‹body› tag of the page:
<body>
<script src="[Flux Widgets URL]/-/Runtime.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="[Flux Widgets URL]/-/Context.js?communityUcid=[Community UCID]" type="text/javascript"></script>
...
</body>
Where:
- [Flux Widgets URL] is http://widgets.flux-staging.com for staging/dev environment, and
http://widgets.flux.com for live environment
- [Community UCID] is the unique community ID. This is in the form of a 28 character hexadecimal
string.
Adding Widgets to an Existing Site
Once the pre-requisites are completed, and widget codes are generated, the widget codes can be added to the site.
Simply find the correct place in the source code for the site and embed the widget codes. The widgets should
immediately be visible on the site.
Note, when adding the comments widget to a content detail page, any existing native comment code should be hidden.
CSS styling for widgets is inherited from the community CSS. Therefore, the widgets are automatically styled when
they are added.
Currently there are two types of widgets: DIV-based and IFRAME-based. DIV-based widgets can have their CSS
overridden by additional CSS on the publisher site, but IFRAME widgets cannot. To override CSS for IFRAME widgets,
changes must be made in the community CSS which lives on the Flux servers. Please contact your Community Manager for
assistance in updating the CSS of these widgets.
Examples of DIV-based widgets are the QuickMenu, ContentAction, Comments widgets. Examples of IFRAME widgets are
People, Videos, and Photos.
An additional document is available to describe how to override CSS for the DIV-based widgets.
Page titles and metatags
This applies only to Flux Custom communities. All pages built on the Flux Page Building Tools (PBT) allow the
Community Admin to enter page titles and metatags. To update this section, login as the Community Admin and navigate
to the Community Pages and Navigation section of the Community Manager.
Select the "edit" icon next to the page you'd like to add a title and metatags to.
Page Title: After selecting edit, scroll up and find the "Title" field.
Insert the title that you want associated with the page. Hit "Save page" to update changes. Note: aside from SEO,
the title will control how the name appears in the browser navigation, as well as on search engine results pages.
Page Description: The description field allows you to add metatags to each
page. Enter the metatags you'd like associated with the page and hit "Save page" to update changes. NOTE: aside from
SEO, metatags may also appear on search engine results pages beneath the page title.
Scroll down and select Save Page to update all changes.
Age Restrictions
Flux has some built in settings and restrictions designed to protect kids from any potential dangers and/or
inappropriate content. These are outlined below:
- No one under 13 years of age may join any Flux community (COPPA compliance).
- No one 21 or over can search for users under 18 in any Flux Community.
- Guests cannot search for users under 18 in any Flux Community.
- No one 21 or over can contact a member that is under 18 unless they are already friends. This includes
making friend requests or sending email to the user.
- Once a user has joined a Flux community with a birth date that makes them 21 or over, they cannot change
their birth date to one that would make them under 18.
- Once a user has joined a Flux community with a birth date that makes them under 18, they cannot change
their birth date to one that would make them over 18.
- Content that has been classified as adult or mature will not appear for users under 18.
Online Safety Guidelines
On communities powered by Flux, users can express themselves, network with friends, and find interesting
content. But these web communities are publicly-available services, so users should always be careful. Social
Project offers these Online Safety
Guidelines with safety tips for users, especially teens, and their parents/guardians, and instructions for
deactivating a Flux account or specific community memberships if necessary.
Blocking members
See the featuring/blocking members section for additional information.
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