Livefyre is a relatively new choice for adding discussion and community features to web content, with strong voting and social network sharing features.
Setting up Livefyre for Community Features
To enable Community Features using Livefyre, you must first register a "Site" with Livefyre that uniquely identifies the content you will be using Livefyre Community Features in and then configure the settings on the Community Features page in the Build Profile Editor.
Register a Site on Livefyre
Open the Build Profile Editor and select the Community Features page.
Tick the Include Community Features option.
Select Livefyre from the Community Provider drop down.
Under the Settings heading, click the Create New button (or visit http://www.livefyre.com/install/).
This will take you to the Livefyre Get Started page:
Livefyre Get Started Page
Click either Sign In (if you have an existing account with Livefyre) or Sign Up. Once you are signed in you will be returned to this page to complete the rest of the fields.
The value you provide in Your Site URL must match the Url (or be a parent url) to which you will be publishing your content.
Next to the Platform label, choose the custom (gear icon) option.
Click the Step 2 button. The We created a Site for you! page will be displayed:
Livefyre We created a Site for you! page
Make a note of the Site ID in the top right hand corner as you will need this value when configuring the Community Features page in the Build Profile Editor later.
Configure the Build Profile to use Livefyre for Community Features
- Open the Build Profile Editor and select the Community Features page.
- Ensure that the Include Community Features option is ticked.
- Ensure that Livefyre is selected from the Community Provider drop down.
- Under the Content Publishing Url section, identify the location to which your content will be published. If you are using Publishing features you can select from an existing Publishing Target, otherwise type the Url into the Use this specific Url\Content Url field.
- Type or paste your Livefyre Site ID into the Livefyre Site ID field (see Register a Site on Livefyre section above).
Managing Community Content
Once your project has been configured for Community Features you will find the Moderate Content and Manage Settings are enabled on the Community Features page in the Build Profile Editor. Those butons will launch a browser that will take you to the correct page on your chosen Community Provider's website.
Once you have Built and Published your project after configuring the Community Features page, you will also be able to view and manage community content directly within the Topic Editor and Content File Editor and of course directly in the generated output.
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