A community homepage has one job: show a member that something is happening here, and give them a way in.
Community and Chapter homepages are now organized into focused tabs, with recent discussions surfaced right on the Home tab and contextual nudges pointing members toward a next step: joining a conversation, exploring an upcoming event.
Members see activity the moment they land, and they have somewhere to go with it.
Applicable For
Programs running Connection Communities
Changes apply at both the Community level and the Chapter level unless otherwise noted
No new admin configuration is required - the new layout is applied automatically
How It Works
Member Experience
Tab-based navigation on Community and Chapter homepages. Content is now organized across focused tabs rather than a single scrolling page. The Home tab is the default landing view, with additional tabs for Discussions and Articles. Tab state is preserved as members navigate, so they return to where they left off rather than being reset to the top. Chapters use the same layout, scoped to that Chapter's content.
A discussions widget on the Home tab. Recent discussions from the Community or Chapter now surface directly on the Home tab, giving members an immediate signal of community activity without navigating away to find it.
A dedicated Articles tab. Articles have moved out of the main page body into their own tab, so members can browse Community or Chapter content in one focused view instead of scrolling past it.
Contextual engagement nudges. Community and Chapter homepages now show nudges prompting members toward a next action — join a discussion, explore upcoming events. Nudges are suppressed once a member has been active, so they guide new and returning members without nagging anyone already participating.
Corrected side pane on mobile. Side pane content on Community and Chapter pages now renders correctly on small viewports. Previously, side pane items could be missing or misaligned on mobile.
Admin Experience
Community and Chapter description customization fix. The rich-text area for customizing a Community or Chapter description wasn't saving reliably. This has been fixed — admins can now update descriptions for both Communities and Chapters from the admin portal and trust that the changes stick.
Release Certification
This release has undergone rigorous testing to ensure its reliability and efficacy, particularly concerning the restructured homepage experience. Validation covers tab navigation and state persistence at both the Community and Chapter levels, accurate rendering of the discussions widget and Articles tab, nudge suppression logic for active members, responsive layout on mobile viewports, and reliable saving of Community and Chapter descriptions from the admin portal. We are proud to report that the release has been thoroughly tested and certified by Chronus. This certification signifies our unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality for our users.