Here’s your monthly roundup on everything Six Circles, from what’s happening behind the scenes to what’s to come on our ever-evolving community engagement platform…
The year so far
The constant evolution of the Six Circles platform enables your business to stay at the forefront of community engagement.
With Q4 of 2021 on the horizon, we thought we’d take a look back at all the exciting developments we’ve seen on our platform so far this year:
Email notification centre / email digest updates
Our newly structured email notification centre went live earlier this year, along with some further improvements to our email digest.
Giving you greater control over your community engagement than ever before, admins now have the ability to choose the frequency of your email digest (choose from weekly, fortnightly or monthly).
But that’s not all – further updates were added, allowing even greater notification integration. This included alerts for:
- New forum discussions
- New direct message
- Connect request accepted
- New event created
- New event approved
- New news story created
- New news story approved
- New promotion created
- New promotion approved
New notifications were also introduced to alert members of a new poll, resource or package post, as well as admin alerts for new subscriptions and member signups.
Forum updates
Elsewhere, the private group integration within the forum area was pushed live, allowing users to create closed areas for specific members.
Category updates
We also introduced a series of category features updates, like the ability to reorder and reorganise, granting you greater flexibility when customising your platform.
Settings update
Our new custom updates allowed you to update your browser icon to match your website.
Permissions updates
New permissions were added, giving you the ability to grant members permissions (depending on their roles or subscription) to see certain feature pages.
Future roadmap
Work continues on the platform redesign we’ve been conducting over the past few months, with some exciting new developments coming soon!
Of course, we always welcome any suggestions around what you would like to see on the Six Circles platform. Send any ideas to support@sixcircles.co.uk – we can’t wait to hear them.
Feature Spotlight
Each month, we’re shining the spotlight on a different feature of the Six Circles platform to guarantee you’re always getting the most out of what we have to offer. This month, we’re focusing on the private discussions feature.
Did you know?
Within the platform, there are a couple of areas where your community can engage in private discussions with either yourself or fellow members.
How to use this feature
Private discussions can now be facilitated in the following areas:
- Connect area / My Messages tab: providing you have connected with a member (and they have accepted), you can engage in direct messaging that’s only visible to you and the recipient (not even admins)
- Event ‘Let’s meet’ area: once you’re booked onto an event you can introduce yourself and start a private discussion with a fellow attendee
- Forum area / Private Threads – a relatively new addition to the forum (and one that’s proving very popular) is the ability to create group private threads – more on this next month!
If you’d like to see a short demonstration on how to make most of these features, contact support@sixcircles.co.uk and your dedicated account manager will be in touch
