What are Community Chats 

Each EventPilot project has a default set of public discussion boards for logged in users to network around a specific topic. The default topics are:

• Introduce Yourself
• Job Board (from experience, this is the most used discussion board)
• Research Stories
• Tips for other Attendees
• New Discussion Topics?

A landing page called "Community Chats" guides users to those 5 default topics. The landing page includes a placeholder for a sponsor image. Each individual discussion board includes a paragraph option for you to briefly explain what the board is about.

How to Edit Existing Chat Topics

1. In the App Builder, navigate to Design > Custom Views 
2. Click the pencil button next to any of the following IDs
   1. chatintro (Introduce Yourself)
   2. chatjobs (Job Fair)
   3. chattopics (New Discussion Topics)
   4. chatstories (Research Stories)
   5. chattips (Tips for other Attendees)
3. You can update the chat title, if it should be included in the Gobal Search, and add a short description

How to Add a New Chat Topic

1. In the App Builder, navigate to Design > Custom Views 
2. Click the Add View button
3. Select Chat Discussion View
4. Enter a title and description
5. After you created the view, you need to link to it. Either via a tab, a button on your Home Screen, or a button in the Community Chats page. 

How to Edit the Community Chats Landing Page

1. In the App Builder, navigate to Design > Custom Views
2. Search for Community Chats and click the pencil icon
3. In the custom view editor, you can edit any individual existing button, add new buttons to new topics, add detail about etiquette, add sponsor images etc. 

Related articles: 

• How do I use the Custom View Builder or Home Screen Builder?
• How do I use the Action Builder? What do the options mean? What can my button or tab do?