Curious about the recent features and updates that are available in Higher Logic Community? If so, you've come to the right place.

Community statistics timing update

RELEASE DATE: December, 2021

We've changed the timing for when a community's numerical statistics are updated, both on community list pages and the tabs within your communities.

EXAMPLE: The statistics we're referring to are the numbers next to the community tabs.

Recently, during our routine page-performance monitoring, we noticed a significant impact to load times due to community statistic queries running every time a user loads these pages.

To improve performance and page-load times, these statistics no longer update in real-time. Instead, they will be calculated each night. This change has no impact on community content, only the updating of the displayed numerical statistics.

TIP: Reports are not affected by this change, and still provide real-time data each time they're run. So, if you need these statistics in real-time, or at some point in between the nightly updates, run the appropriate community report to get the data you need.

Request to Join communities

RELEASE DATE: November, 2021

Request to Join communities are now available! With this type of community, membership can only be obtained by submitting a request and having it approved by a Community or Super Admin.

To learn more, see our knowledge base article.

Admin Toolbar

RELEASE DATE: November, 2021

We're excited to announce that Higher Logic Community has a new Admin Toolbar!

This Admin Toolbar replaced the Webmaster Links menu (pictured below) that many Admins are used to as the access point for Admin pages.

When you log in as a Volunteer Admin, Site Admin, or Super Admin, the Admin Toolbar will be "sticky" across the top of your entire site to provide convenient access to your Admin pages.
The Admin Toolbar and its options have been designed to comply with accessibility standards.

To learn more, see our knowledge base article.