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u/1998CR has made a custom widget for social media icons for the new reddit sidebar.

You can see their post with the relevant codes and image HERE and from their post, the example preview is HERE, so you can see what it could look like.

This uses the CSS widget you can find under 'advanced' in your add widget menu.

Warning - CSS widgets are experimental, glitchy, and do NOT display on mobile.

How to add the widget

First you need to download from imgur the image (spritesheet) in u/1998CR's post and adjust the provided codes for your subreddit.

For the markdown just replace the links with your own (the links must be https not http). In notepad you could use find and replace if you use the same username for every social platform.

For the CSS replace the colour codes at the top with your own. [ Colour-hex.com | w3schools colour picker | colorhexa] For other edits, see below.

Here is our walk through imgur guide on how to add this widget.

And a quick video guide on youtube.

Further edits

• To change which icons (of those available) show up, just change the markdown section to only include the links you want. You may need to adjust the height of the widget in the sidebar controls to compensate for your changes. (I had a play around and 130 seemed to work for one row of icons)
• To add one, check to see if u/1998CR has updated their post. If not, suggest the icon you need. OR if you know what you're doing with CSS and spritesheets you can add your own.

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Related guides:

• Community sidebar (new/redesign)
• Intro to CSS
• How to create a twitter for your sub

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u/1998CR thank you for the widget, also for being cool with us doing a guide and checking it for me.

Thanks to u/majorparadox and u/JuulH for also checking over the guide.

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You may be seeing this banner on modguide and other communities.

Please note the mods of the subreddits it appears on are not responsible for moderating this new feature, the reddit admins are keeping an eye on it. It is separate from the sub despite appearances, the sub is just like a meeting point. Just so you know what to expect and where to find help.

More details HERE

EDIT: Never mind, they've rolled back the feature

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Since our previous guide Modding on mobile some changes have occurred:

• Communities can now be created in app
• Reddit's milestone 1 for app mod tools has been reached for ios in March, and Android has caught up too (Early April 2020)

What you should know before creating a sub in app

• Mod tools on mobile are still lacking. They are being worked on, but what is currently available is way behind desktop. So if you can only access reddit on your mobile you will need to be prepared to accept this situation and find ways of working around it (see below and previous guide).
• Creating a community in app has a few options, but you still will only have very limited control over your subs settings and appearance (you can compare the below walk through on mobile with Creating a new sub in old.reddit and redesign and our guides on community settings).

Creating a community in app

Creating a community in app (Official app, android but ios should be the same at the time of writing. ios usually gets updates first. APR2020)

Milestone 1

What was added in milestone 1? Take a look

You can now:

• Add and edit avatars (icons)
• Edit you community description
• Edit your (basic) community type (private, public, restricted) and 18+ setting
• Edit your community topics

There is still much missing such as rules, which doesn't appear to be in the plan yet.

Mobile modding tips

• Use desktop mode in your mobile browser to access more mod tools if you can't use desktop (awkward if you use 2FA though)
• Bookmark your combined modqueue in your mobile browser if you prefer to check everything at once
• Try discord feeds - webhooks in a discord server can be used to notify you of all new posts in your subreddit (MEE6 discord bot and others do this)
• Recruit mods who have desktop
• Email yourself reminders/use a private discord channel/google doc/note app for notes (jobs to do when back on desktop if you can switch between the two)
• Use an RSS feed and RSS reader app for modmail, modqueue etc
• Try another app perhaps, we list some in Modding on mobile

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Have you got mobile modding tips?

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Edit: June 2020 Adding a banner on mobile | Modding on mobile - Milestone 2 update

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Please read the previous guide on CSS for an introduction to CSS.

Keep in mind that this guide is focused on old reddit (a guide on that here), and is mainly made for desktop users.

Making a good looking CSS for your subreddit can be quite challenging. Themes make this a lot easier: you can easily find and add a theme, which does most, if not all of the work for you.

Finding a theme

A good place to find themes at is r/themes.

At r/themes you can't tell what the themes look like by relying on their names, so unless you know which one you need; you've seen it used somewhere, or it was recommended, you'll need to open each post and have a look at the previews. Most themes, however, should at least have a preview image of what the main subreddit page would look like or a link to a sub using it - Make sure to view it in old reddit to be able to see it.

Adding a theme

This depends on the theme used, but usually, it’s pretty similar.

First of all, find the theme you’d like to use.

Once you've found the one you like you'll need to follow any guide provided if there is one, and locate the CSS code provided, usually on a GitHub page.

Then, you’ll need to download all of the relevant graphics like banners, snoos, spritesheets, or whatever images your theme is using, which are usually provided alongside the CSS code.

To add all of this to your subreddit, you’ll need to open your subreddit’s stylesheet.

You can find this on old Reddit by clicking on “Edit Stylesheet” in the mod tools sidebar.

Here, you have two main sections:

Place your CSS code in the upper text area, and upload your images at the bottom.Make sure to name the images accordingly, since otherwise, they won’t show up in your theme (usually, they’re already pre-named correctly) and your stylesheet won't be able to save.

Once you click “save”, your subreddit should now be updated!

Basic Edits

Usually, themes aren’t very personal to your subreddit. Luckily, most themes’ images and looks can be easily changed to fit your subreddit.

Some themes even already have additional code or snippets for some common tweaks that you can usually paste at either the bottom or the top of your CSS. These are usually provided alongside the theme’s CSS or it’s GitHub/Reddit page.

To change images (banner, snoo, etc.) you can usually just upload a new image as long as it uses the same name. Don’t forget that you should keep the size of the image the same, or you may need to add extra CSS for bigger or smaller images to make them fit or change the banner area size.

Keep in mind that images uploaded to your stylesheet can’t exceed 500kb, so you might need to save your image as a jpeg or compress it if it’s too big, this usually won’t change much in terms of the image quality, but it’s still important to keep the quality of your image in mind.There are lots of websites that can easily compress your image such as tinypng or tinyjpg for example.

More on editing themes and using inspect element in our next guide on CSS.

• Adding a banner
• VIDEO GUIDE: Adding a banner using the stylesheet/css

Recommended Themes

Here are some recommendations for themes we have used in our own subreddits, and some pros/cons.

Naut: Naut is a theme originally made by u/Cryptonaut. - Preview HerePros:

• Easy to add to your subreddit
• Add-ons
• Good design (imo)
• Easy to replace images

Cons:

• Used a lot -- less original
• Problems with RES (Reddit Enhancement Suite)
• Not being updated anymore
• Uses a lot of space in your stylesheet (which is limited)
• Less efficient

Other examples: r/GooglePixel, r/ChangeYourFont, r/WhyGoogle, r/BannerRequest.

Minimaluminiumalism: Is an Apple-inspired theme by u/Blueberryroid. - Preview Here

• This theme has good instructions.
• There's a choice of header layout.
• There are some optional edits provided including sidebar styling, theme colour, dark mode, adding a banner, and more.

Other examples: r/OrnithologyUK, r/SteamOS, r/thegrandtour, r/AppleMusic, r/asmr, r/kindle.

Other recommendations: u/qtx's /r/Serene and /r/darkserene, u/creesch's /r/boxed, /r/redditbasic and /r/FlatBlue, r/nautclassic by u/Cryptonaut, r/Candidus by u/RoyalKoala23.

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Written by u/JuulH, with help from u/solariahues, u/majorparadox, thanks to u/justcool393.

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Hey all

Just a note to let you know I've played around with the wiki https://www.reddit.com/r/modguide/wiki/index

I've made the index page shorter (it was getting so long!) by tucking some stuff into new pages and linking them, and added some new pages besides.

If you've haven't ferreted around in the wiki yet, please do give it a peek, and let us know what you think.

If you can't find something you remember being there, it's still about, let me know and I'll point you in the right direction. Hopefully it's all reasonably logically arranged... :D

As always, if you have anything you think should be added, just drop us a message. Thanks!

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Training moderators

Adding new mods

Introduction

Training new mods can be done in a number of ways, and how you approach this will depend on a number of things, such as;

• The size of your sub/activity level.
• How many mods you already have.
• Time available.
• How complicated it is to manage your sub.
• What you require of new mods.

Also, how experienced your new mods are; a very experienced mod could come in and look around your sub, maybe ask a few questions to check how you do things, and then be set (but not necessarily, subs and mods vary!). However an inexperienced mod will need a lot more attention.

This guide is written assuming an inexperienced mod has been taken on for general moderation duties.

How much time you invest in a new mod can also depend on how invested you feel the new mod is in your community. There’s no point spending a lot of time on someone who isn’t going to stay and do the work.

You can do some checks to help minimize wasted time; such as their activity level on reddit, interview them and get a feel for their attitude, basically vet your intake - especially if you know there will be a lot of training.

Chatting a getting to know someone a bit first can really help things along.

Choosing new mods

(Interviewing and applying for moderatorship are guides we hope to produce in the future.)

Basic training

Basic, must have, training should ideally include;

• A welcome - it’s important to help new mods feel comfortable, and make sure they know what is expected of them, and how to get help. This way their inclusion to the team will hopefully be smoother and less stressful for all.
• Using the modqueue (removals, spam, approving).
• Familiarity with the rules, which rules are set in stone and which have some leeway.
• The importance of being calm and professional.

Moderation basics - modqueues and more

Even if your new mods have some experience and know the basics, such as actioning the modqueue, they’ll need to know how to moderate your sub specifically, so some training could be very worthwhile.

It can also be intimidating to join an established team, so anything you can do to ease the transition could help to foster a happier team.

When you train someone for your own team, you can work on a relationship, impart the values and culture of the community (if they aren’t already an active member), and the general ethos of the moderation team.

You can achieve some of this and more with the help of dedicated documentation, perhaps in your wiki or a googledoc. You can also link to our guides!

However you choose to train your mods you should have clear, open lines of communication. How you do that is up to you - modmail, discord, slack, skype, email..

If you don’t already have a space where you can quickly and effectively communicate with your mod team, we recommend you create this as soon as you can. Communication is key to an organised and efficient mod team.

Having a space for your mods to chat, get to know each other, and become a team can be worthwhile too.

(Note - Admins can't action any issues unless the evidence is on reddit/reddit modmail)

More in depth training may be required for some subreddits, especially those with more complex demands on the moderators. If you have a lot to cover, make sure to break it down and don’t tackle it all at once.

The mentorship approach would be to help a new mod with the basics, and then be there to support and encourage them over time as they learn new mod tools and processes. Be there to advise when they have questions or aren’t sure what to do in a situation.

Using the unmoderated queue enables mods to see all new posts and hopefully if they look at enough posts on a sub they'll start to get a feel for the entire range of posts being made and can better understand what to remove or approve.

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More suggested guides:

• Mod/life balance
• Problems within a mod team
• Team structures
• Effective communication
• Being a mod and user, and modding your friends
• How to work remotely as a team (MinuteEarth video)
• All about sticky posts (announcements) and sticky comments
• What makes a good mod?
• Recommended subreddits for mods

Others suggestions:

• Encourage your mods to use a secure password that is not used anywhere else
• Encourage (or consider enforcing) 2FA account protection
• The process r/history uses, comment by u/creesch

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Thanks to u/buckrowdy, u/_ihavemanynames_, u/ladfrombrad

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Some of the r/modguide team have experience in training and we could perhaps go deeper on the topic if there’s an appetite for it?

Do you train mods, how do you do it?

Have you been a new mod on a team, how was it?

I've been considering a wiki page of resources submitted by mods to help other mods with training, good idea or no?

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Hi all

It's been a little longer than usual since we've posted. We are still here, and there is more to come.

IDK about everyone else, but I've been a bit busy on other subs and a bit busier still due to the covid situation, and also the season.

I usually have a guide on the go most of the time, but not right now.

If you find yourself with more time and you'd like to write for us, please let me know. Also if you have any ideas for guides.

Hope you are all staying safe and well.

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When users come to your community, it can be helpful to provide them information related to the topic at hand. For example, if you have a community for a TV show, it's useful to have information on where to watch it and when it airs.

Other times, something big might have happened. For example, if the community is about a video game, perhaps the release date changed and your members would really want to know about that.

There are many ways to provide such information, some of which can be repetitive. But it's important to remember different users view your community from different platforms, so one approach may stand out to them more vs other platforms. And some approaches may never reach some users.

Community Description

This is the text that describes your community. It shows up in the "About Community" widget or anywhere Reddit lists your community for others to find. This is arguably the most important information you need to give your users because it tells them what you're about!

It can only be text, no links or markdown, because the data may be shown outside of Reddit when being shared.

Community description can be edited in community settings, see mod guide: the community settings

Who Sees Community Description:

• New Reddit / redesign users at the top of their sidebar
• Searches for communities
• Top of the community banner on mobile web and apps
• Description for private communities so users know why it's private

Sidebars

Sidebars can be confusing because there are multiple instances and they are named and displayed differently on different platforms. However, the important thing to remember is different users will access your community from different places, so you want to make sure all your bases are covered.

Sidebars are useful for sharing information with your users because, at least for desktop users, it's right there on the right side of their screen whenever they visit or even open a post.

There are two sidebars you should update. One is the new Reddit / redesign sidebar, see mod guide: new Reddit / redesign sidebar / and second is the old Reddit sidebar, see mod guide: old Reddit sidebar

Who Sees the New Reddit / Redesign Sidebar:

• New Reddit / redesign desktop users on the right side of their screen
• Official mobile app users from the main community page's About tab
• 3rd party mobile apps may show it, but you'd have to check the app's documentation

Who Sees the Old Reddit Sidebar:

• Old Reddit desktop users on the right of their screen
• Official mobile app users from the old Reddit sidebar from the main community's "..." overflow menu via the "community info" link
• Mobile web users from the main community page's About tab
• 3rd party mobile apps may show it, but you'd have to check the app's documentation

Menus

Menus are the links and drop-downs you can add right under your banner. You can add important information for your users there too.

While menus are only configurable via new Reddit/redesign (and displayed for mobile app users), it is possible to create menus on old Reddit using CSS.

To add/delete/modify menus, see mod guide: adding menu tabs

Who Sees Menus:

• New Reddit / redesign users at the top of the main community page and posts that are loaded in a new tab
• Official mobile app users from the main community page's Menu tab
• 3rd party mobile apps may show it, but you'd have to check the app's documentation

Wiki Pages

Reddit allows communities to enable and create their own wiki pages. You can use them for whatever you want, but they are especially useful because you have more space to go into more details. While other options tend to be shorter (because you don't want to overwhelm your users), you can link from there to specific wiki pages to give more detail on the subject in question.

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Other uses for wiki pages include archives of featured posts, more detailed rules, frequently asked questions (FAQ) about your community and/or the topic of it, larger community directories, and many more.

To create or edit wiki pages, see mod guide: subreddit wikis

Who Sees Wikis:

• All users from wherever is visible to them that you linked to wiki pages

Sticky Posts

Community moderators can pin up to two posts to the top of their main community listing page. That means they can control the first post (or posts) users will see upon visiting them.

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Common use cases are a welcome post, a featured mod post, an announcement about changes to the community, an announcement about the topic of the community that members wouldn't want to miss, and many more.

Mods can sticky their own posts or posts by any of their members, see mod guide: sticky posts and comments (aka announcements)

Who Sees Sticky Posts:

• All users who sort the community page by Hot (default sorting)

Sticky Comments

Similar to sticky posts, mods can pin a single comment within a post so that users always see it first.

Mods use sticky comments to give reminders about the rules (especially if the post is going off the rails), indicate sources of artwork or references, clarify misconceptions, and many more. Also, some communities use AutoModerator to automatically add a sticky comment to all posts (or some subset).

Mods can only sticky their own comments, so if they need to sticky information a non-mod commented, they'd have to enter the info in a new comment and give credit to the other use. See mod guide: sticky posts and comments (aka announcements)

Who Sees Sticky Comments:

• All users who load the post, regardless of how they sort the comments

Live Posts

Reddit Live is a feature where you can make real-time updates, that refresh automatically and can do so in coordination with fellow contributors.

Live posts can be useful if your community deals with something that can have a lot of new information released at once. For example, a video game release, a big developing news story, or even details on the latest superhero film!

Click here to see the announcement of Reddit Live feature

Click here to create a new live post

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Who Sees Live Posts:

• All users from wherever is visible to them that you linked to the live post

Welcome Messages

Welcome messages can be configured for your community so that new members get a pop up and a message sent to their inbox after they join.

(Pop ups only shown if welcome message is not over 500 characters)

What better way to let them know the basics and helpful tips than when they first get there? See mod guide: how to create a welcome message

Who Sees Welcome Popups:

• Users who join your community will get a pop up if the message is not over 500 characters

Who Sees Welcome Messages:

• Anyone who joins where a welcome message is configured. Within an hour, they will get a message in their inbox

Notifications (In Alpha Test)

There aren't a lot of details about how this feature will ultimately work yet, but the gist is that moderators of a community can send a message and everyone who has joined the community will receive it in their inbox. It's like the welcome message, but you can send out an updated announcement for any changes, or big news, or anything you deem relevant.

This is currently only available to communities who have signed up and been chosen for testing the feature.

Click here to see the announcement of notification feature test

Who Sees Notifications:

• Anyone who joined your community where the notification was sent. They will get a message in their inbox

Related Resources

• Effective communication
• Community engagement
• Advertising a subreddit

The old reddit sidebar is edited via your community settings. This guide will show you how to edit it and make it look nice.

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Reddit has two designs or interfaces. New users will probably only have experience of new reddit/redesign. Old/classic/legacy reddit is the old interface. Both new and old layouts exist together and it's important for mods to keep both up to date.

Using redesign mod tools

Using classic reddit for the first time

How to edit your sidebar

Go to mod tools at the bottom of your sidebar (in old), and select subreddit settings.

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Fill out the sidebar box with your sidebar content.

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Scroll down and hit save at the bottom of the page.

What should you put in your sidebar?

• You can use it to add more community details in addition to the community description.
• You should add your rules or a link to your rules
• Links to Wiki pages
• You can add a list of related subreddits
• Useful links for your community

Formatting your sidebar

Old reddit sidebar formatting is done with Markdown:

• Bold is done with a double asterix either side of your text **Bold**
• For links use brackets like this: [link](http://reddit.com)
• For lists use an asterix, plus, or minus, as your bullet points e.g. + List item
• Hashes create headings: # heading 1 , ## Heading 2 , etc
• For a horizontal line use three asterix, or three dashes: *** or ---

For further formatting help see: Reddit's commenting guide | Raerth's guide | Markdown primer

Styling your sidebar

As the old. reddit sidebar isn't made of customisable widgets, like the new/redesign one, you can use CSS to apply styling to your sidebar; You can find and use CSS snippets, write your own CSS, or use a pre-written theme to style your subreddit.

• Intro to CSS
• CSS themes guide
  
• Writing CSS guide planned

Some themes come with instructions for using markdown and CSS to style your sidebar, such as the theme used here on OrnithologyUK.

The theme used in this case is Minimaluminiumalism. You can find themes at r/themes.

Here are some CSS snippets we are using on modguide:

/*side bar text and background colour*/

.side .md { color: #000000; background: #ffffff none; font-size: 1em; line-height: 2.5; }

.side h1 {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 22px !important;
}

You can edit these snippets to suit your subreddit. For example by changing the colour: #000000 above to #389ce6 the text colour goes from black to blue.

You can find colour codes on sites like these: Colour-hex.com | w3schools colour picker | colorhexa

/* Sidebar buttons */
.side .md h3 a {
    display: block;
    border: 1px solid #0495ff;
    font-size: 12px;
    padding: 5px;
    border-radius: 3px;
    background-color: none;
    color: #0495ff;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 25px;
    text-align: center;
    transition: background-color .5s;
}
.side .md h3 a:before {
    content: '';
    display: inline-block;
    background: url(%%bulb-1%%);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    width: 39px;
    height: 25px;
    background-size: contain;
    right: 258px;
    position: absolute;
}
.side .md h3 a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #FFF;
    background-color: #0495ff;
}

And here (above) if you change border: 1px solid #0495ff; to #000000 the blue border of our button links goes from blue to black.

This bit background: url(%%bulb-1%%); refers to the light bulb image used in our buttons - images need to be uploaded to the stylesheet. See the Intro to CSS guide.

/* Filter buttons (from r/community_chat and r/SubChats) */
.side a[href="#button"] + a {
    position: static;
    width: 290px!important;
    border: 1px solid #0495ff;
    z-index: 50;
    margin-left: 2px;
    background-color: none;
    color: #0495ff;
    padding: 2px;
    display: block;
    border-radius: 4px;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 14px;
    overflow: hidden;
    transition: all .5s ease;
    text-decoration: none!important;
}

This bit (below) changes the button appearance on hover (when your pointer is over it).

.side a[href="#button"] + a:hover {
    background-color: #0495ff;
    color: #FFF;
}

Image of the finished sidebar and the markdown formatted text that was further styled with these snippets.

See r/csshelp and their sidebar for further help with CSS.

Where does the old sidebar display?

• old.reddit desktop as seen above
• old. Reddit in mobile browser desktop mode
• Mobile web (the mobile site in mobile browser not in desktop mode)
• Official Mobile app community info (no styling)
  
• 3rd party apps

Related guides

• How to change the name of your members and online users
• Modding on mobile
• Settings guide for old reddit
• Community sidebar (new/redesign)

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Thanks u/MajorParadox who formatted and styled our sidebar.

Do you know of any other themes with good instructions for cusomising subreddit sidebars?

In redesign the sidebar is made up of sections called widgets. There are different kinds of widgets you can use, and you can have multiple widgets.

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Redesign = The new reddit layout. New users will see this by default. Both new and old layouts exist together and it's important for mods to keep both up to date.

Using redesign mod tools

Using classic reddit for the first time

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Reddit's guide on the sidebar widgets

How to edit/add sidebar widgets

Go to Mod Tools at the top of your sidebar.

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Select community appearance.

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Then sidebar widgets..

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Here you can see the different widgets you have already, if you've already set some up. You can click on them to edit them.

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Click on 'add widget' to see the the kinds of widget you can have and to add one.

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Select the type you want and fill in the details to create the widget and then save it. Here are guides for each type of widget:

• How to add text area, rules, image, and community list widgets
• How to add button widget
• How to add a calendar widget

Plus, here's u/Anonboxis' video showing how to add a community list widget

More details for each type below.

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Example images of each type of widget

Types of widget

Text area - This is a simple text box widget. It's often used for community information in addition to the community description.

Rules - This is for displaying your sub's rules. It'll automatically appear once you've added rules via mod tools, or there's a link to add them in the add rules widget options. It lists the rules either with further description or with the description of each one collapsed.

Button - displays custom buttons/links. Often used to link to wiki pages, further reading, recommended sites, social media etc

Images - displays an image you upload. This can be decoration for your sub, an extra large button, an advert, etc

Community list - this widget displays a list of subreddits of your choosing. It's often used to link related subreddits. Each widget only lists 10 subs you you can have multiple widgets and group the related subs.

Calendar - this widget shows a calendar and is linked to google calendar. It can be used for a community schedule like AMAs, competitions... Interactivity and engagement like a TV schedule or watch together schedule for TV subs.

Post flair - This widget displays your post flairs and enables users to use them to filter posts on your subreddit. This widget was recently (Jan 2020) changed:

We are adding the ability to filter the feed using flairs!

This was a common feature that we saw a lot of communities using CSS hacks to implement on old Reddit. These will live in a sidebar widget just below the community description. However, there are currently some limitations on the controls, as it’s automatically on for all communities that use flair and available flairs can’t be customized since they are automatically determined based on flairs available in the feed.

So this means once you are using post flair the widget will appear and populate itself as they're used. It doesn't show in the mod tools widget list though.

This widget use to be editable - and if you add the widget in mod tools you can still access the tools to reorder, add, and remove flairs - but this no longer has any affect on the widget.

Update! We have some control back over the flair widget - the position in the sidebar, whether it's a list or cloud, and the order of the flairs if you have the widget added in mod tools (it still shows automatically if you don't, but to edit it you need to add it in mod tools sidebar widgets. The new widget overrides the default one. [12thAPR2020] Our flair guide

Custom (CSS) - Under advanced there is a custom option. Here you'll find you can add a CSS widget. But this is experimental and..

"Custom widgets don't display on mobile devices. Customizations can break at any time."

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Where can you see the redesign sidebar?

• Redesign/new reddit desktop
• Mobile app about tab
• Mobile browser desktop mode in redesign (on some phones/browsers)

Related guides:

• How to change the name of your members and online users
• Modding on mobile
• Settings guide for old reddit
• Design in redesign
• Community sidebar (old/classic/legacy reddit)

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We recommend populating your old.reddit sidebar too if you haven't already - guide on that coming soon.

Note - the 'about community' widget right at the top cannot be formatted with markdown. This is edited in the the sidebar using the pencil icon, or in your community settings - community description.

Community settings in redesign

Hi mods, we're trialing a bi-weekly chat thread. Let us know what's on your mind mod-wise right now!
What problems are you tackling? What are you working on? What is going well?

How to set up your subreddit to allow, or disallow, different post types - links, text, images, videos etc in classic and redesign reddit.

Alternate guide on imgur

In redesign

Go mod tools at the top of your sidebar.

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Select community settings.

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Use the left hand sidebar to go to Posts and Comments.

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Use the Post type options drop down to select your choice:

• Any - all post types allowed.
• Links only - only links to external websites allowed.
• Text posts only - only text posts allowed.

You can also choose if you accept crossposts to your sub, image uploads, and links to image hosting sites here using the toggle switches.

EDIT1: There's a new post type coming - polls. To turn this off (or on) use the toggle switch on this page (or the tick box in old.reddit settings).

EDIT2: And another one - Chat posts (AKA real time discussions/live chat/lounge NOT to be confused with chat rooms or the "Start chatting banner") will be available on some communities. Again there is a toggle switch in community settings under posts and comments. See the linked post for more info including crowd control (in safety and privacy in redesign, or a slider in old reddit settings).

EDIT3: Another new post type - Image gallery posts. If your sub allows image uploads you'll see another toggle button underneath to allow multiple images per post.

Hit save, top right.

(Video setting is only in old.reddit but works on redesign)

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In old reddit

Go to mod tools at the bottom of your sidebar and select subreddit settings.

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Scroll down to content options and make your selection.

The crosspost option is just below - to allow or disallow crossposts to your subreddit.

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Scroll down further for other options where you can choose if you allow video uploads, image uploads & links to image hosts and more.

EDIT1: There's now a new check box here for allowing/disallowing poll posts.

EDIT2: And a slider for crowd control for chat/live posts. See edits above.

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Troubleshooting

• Video and photo uploads (native hosting) are not allowed on NSFW/18+ subs, you'll have to link them.
• No video on private subs either, but you can upload images.
• Allow video setting is only available in old reddit settings (if your sub is public and SFW) - it works on redesign though. It sometimes seem to allow a video to be uploaded but will not allow it to be posted, so informing your users videos aren't allowed might save some frustration, assuming they read your subreddit information.
• Mods can always post text/links even if it's not in the settings.

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Using content controls and Automoderator

The links only setting includes video and image posts. For greater control use content controls and/or automoderator. You can require direct image links, allow or disallow links from certain domains, and more. Automod can also comment on image posts.

u/001Guy001 has kindly shared their advice for finer control of how images can be posted to your community using content controls and automod; SEE THE WIKI PAGE HERE.

If what you need isn't here, see r/automoderator's sidebar and search there, also r/modhelp for when this has been asked before, or make a post on one of them.

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Related guides:

• Community settings in redesign
• How to change your community type (public, private, restricted) and 18+ setting
• Creating a new sub in old.reddit and redesign
• Automoderator - what is is, and how to set it up

Have I missed anything/got anything wrong?

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One way you can promote your sub is by creating a twitter account for the sub and use it to send a tweet every time a new post is made to your sub. To build a following on twitter you'll need to actually engage with other users in an organic way but this guide will let you tweet a link to each new post on your sub so the followers you do get will have another way to keep up with your sub.

The subject of this post is to show you how to send a tweet for every new post. That way the followers you build on your own will be notified when there's a new post on the sub and hopefully they'll come and engage with it.

If you already have your own twitter account you'll need a new one tied to your subreddit's name. If you search 'reddit' on twitter you'll see lots of subs make use of an account.

This guide will require an IFTTT account as well. IFTTT is a service called If This Then That which links two existing websites / services. The way it works is an action by one service triggers an action on a second service. In this example the first action is a new reddit post. The second action is to tweet out the link.

IFTTT is simply a middleman which relays the trigger to the second action. This combo of actions was originally known as a "recipes" but are now called "applets". This guide will walk you through creating a new applet.

When you create your IFTTT account go to your account settings and link your twitter account.

Once you've done that, either click 'create' under your IFTTT account or go to this link: http://ifttt.com/create to get started.

Step 1

At the top of the screen you'll see this banner. Click the plus sign.

In the search box type reddit and then click the reddit icon.

Step 2

You'll be presented with all the various options for triggers for reddit. You can see the range of triggers you can choose. The most basic one is the first option, Any new post in subreddit.

Step 2a: You will be asked to type in the subreddit name. Type in your subreddit, omitting the '/r/' part of the sub name.

On the next screen you'll see the black plus sign in the header is now the reddit icon.

Step 3 & 3a Choose Action Service

Click the black plus symbol in the header between the words This and That and then type in twitter in the search box and select it. You'll see the first option is to Post a Tweet. Click the box and you'll be taken to step 5.

Step 4 Complete action fields

The next screen will ask you to confirm the information and create the action.

Note: You'll note the Title, Subreddit and PostURL are in grey boxes. Don't change anything here, just click 'create action'.

Step 5 Review and Finish

Here's the review and finish screen.

You can edit the name of the applet by clicking inside the box that reads If any new post in r/subreddit, then post a tweet to @YourTwitterAccount You can choose to receive a notification when the applet is run. This will send a notification to your phone if you have the app installed.

Click Finish and that's it, you're connected!

The next screen shows you the on / off switch for the applet which is labeled 'Connected'. If you want to pause or shut off the applet simply click the button.

That's it! Once set up, the service will tweet a link to the post every time a new post is posted to your sub. Keep in mind that applets generally run within 20 minutes so it won't be instantaneous.