Learn to update your user profile information, adjust your notifications, add social links, create a Community guideline, and more by customizing your Kajabi Community settings.
In this article:
- Update your Community Settings Details
- Update your Community Features
- Update your Account Settings
- Update your user profile name
- Update your Community name and description
Update your Community Settings Details
In your Kajabi Community Settings Details, you can:
- Add social links to your Community sidebar
- Create a Community guideline members must accept to join
- Update your member and moderator aliases
Accessing your Community Settings
There are 3 places you can click to access your Community Settings page: the gear icon at the top right corner of your cover photo, the ellipsis icon to the right of your Community name, and the profile icon at the right of the top navigation bar:
In this guide we'll use the profile icon. Please use whichever access point you prefer.
Add social links to your Community sidebar
You can add icons in your Kajabi Community sidebar linking out to your TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and more.
To add social links to your Community sidebar:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "Community" select Settings.
- Then, in the left sidebar select Details.
- On the Community Details page, navigate to the Social Links section.
- Click + Add social link.
- Then, select which type of social link icon you'd like to add.
- Enter your URL in the new social link field that appears.
- Click Back to community to view your new social link:
Create a Community guideline members must accept to join
You have the option to create a guideline detailing your expectations for participation in your Community. Your guideline will be presented to new members to accept before they can join.
To create a Community guideline:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "Community" select Settings.
- Then, in the left sidebar select Details.
- On the Community Details page, navigate to the Community Guideline section.
- Click + Create Guideline.
- Add a Title, Image, and Description for your guideline.
- Click Back to community to view your new guideline popup:
Update your member and moderator aliases
Prefer not to use the terms "Member" and "Moderator" to describe your Community participants? You can choose to assign a different alias for these terms in your advanced settings.
To update your member and moderator terminology:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "Community" select Settings.
- Then, in the left sidebar select Details.
- Navigate to the end of the Community Details page and click Advanced.
- Update your member and/or moderator alias as desired by overwriting the default terms.
- Click Back to community to view your changes:
Update your Community Features
Enable or disable the following community features:
- Allow direct messages to founder
- Live Room is always open to join
- Member directories are visible
Allow direct messages to founder
Disable or allow your community members access to start new direct messages with the account owner. Existing conversations will remain open.
To update your community members access to start new direct messages with the account owner:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "Community" select Settings.
- Then, in the left sidebar select Community Features.
- Navigate to Allow direct messages to founder.
- Toggle on or toggle off to update your preference:
Live Room is always open to join
Allow your Live Room to stay open even when you have not started the Live Room or disable it to only open when a leader, admin, or ambassador starts the Live Room.
To update your Live Room settings:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "Community" select Settings.
- Then, in the left sidebar select Community Features.
- Navigate to Live Room is always open to join.
- Toggle on or toggle off to update your preference:
Member directories are visible
Allow or hide your member directories in the community and circles. If disabled, only leader, admins, and/or ambassadors can see the member lists.
To update the visibility of your member directory:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "Community" select Settings.
- Then, in the left sidebar select Community Features.
- Navigate to Member directories are visible.
- Toggle on or toggle off to update your preference:
Update your Account Settings
In your Kajabi Community Account Settings, you can:
- Update your profile photo
- Add social links to your profile
- Share details about your interests
- Enable or disable push and email notifications
Update your profile photo
To update the profile photo that appears in your Kajabi Community:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "My Account" select Settings.
- On the Edit Profile page, navigate to the Profile Photo section.
- Place your cursor over your Main Picture and click Add photo.
- Select your new photo in the file uploader.
- Click Save to apply your changes:
Add social links to your profile
To add your social media account links to your Kajabi Community user profile page:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "My Account" select Settings.
- On the Edit Profile page, navigate to the Social Links section.
- Click + Add social link.
- Then, select which type of social link icon you'd like to add.
- Enter your URL in the new social link field that appears.
- Click Save to apply your changes.
- To view your changes, click Back to community, then click your profile name in the sidebar to open your profile page:
Share details about your interests
To add information about your personal interests to your Kajabi Community user profile page:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "My Account" select Settings.
- On the Edit Profile page, navigate to the Interests section.
- Complete the relevant fields with the personal information you wish to share (i.e. your location of origin, favorite pastimes, job, goals, etc.).
- Click Save to apply your changes.
- To view your changes, click Back to community, then click your profile name in the sidebar to open your profile page:
Enable or disable push and email notifications
You can choose to mute or unmute both push notifications and email notifications for your Announcements, Challenges, Circles, Meetup Reminders, and Live Room Alerts.
To enable or disable your notifications:
- Go into your Community and locate your profile icon at the top right of the page.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile icon to open the options menu.
- Under "My Account" select Settings.
- Then, in the left sidebar select Notification Controls.
- Click the dropdown arrow next to each item for which you'd like to adjust your notifications.
- Click the toggle next to Push Notifications and/or Email Notifications to adjust as desired (when the toggle is grey, notifications are off; when the toggle is blue, notifications are on):
Update your user profile name
The user profile name that appears next to your personal profile photo in your Kajabi Community is automatically populated with the account name you entered for your Kajabi account. In order to update your Community user profile name, you'll need to update your name in your Kajabi Account Settings.
To update your user profile name:
- Go to your Kajabi dashboard and open the Settings tab in the lower left sidebar.
- Scroll down to your Account Settings and select Account Details.
- Update your First name and Last name as you wish them to appear in your profile.
- Click Save to apply your changes:
Update your Community name and description
Your Kajabi Community name, description, and cover image can be updated inside your Community Product in the Kajabi app.
To update your Community name, description, and/or cover image:
- Go to your Kajabi dashboard and select the Products tab.
- Then, select Community.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Update the Title, Description, and/or Cover Image for your Community as desired.
- Click Save to apply your changes:
And that's how you can customize your Community settings! Please vote below and let us know if you found this article helpful. We value your feedback. Thanks for being the best part of Kajabi!
