From 9dc96d117f308e6f6ebb381ba472b78b9c8972f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Atwood Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 16:03:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add Building Your Community section to Quick Start --- docs/ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md b/docs/ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md index 69e27da3f74..8a7380c6de4 100644 --- a/docs/ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md +++ b/docs/ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md @@ -179,6 +179,17 @@ Number 3 is the Discourse default – that's [Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0] If that's not what you want, please see our [admin User Content Licensing](/admin/site_contents/tos_user_content_license) page for a brief form that will let you cut and paste your decision into section #3 of the [Terms of Service](/tos#3). +### Building Your Community + +Be patient! Building communities is hard. Before launching, be sure to: + +1. Define your community's purpose in a pinned or banner topic. +2. Seed the discussion with interesting topics. +3. Commit to visiting and participating regularly. +4. Link your community so people can find it. + +See more advice at: http://blog.discourse.org/2014/08/building-a-discourse-community/ + ### Maintenance - One CPU and 1GB of memory, with swap, is the minimum for a basic Discourse community. As your community grows you may need more memory or CPU resources.