Overview to the Ideas
Overview
Ideas in Zoho CommunitySpaces gives your community a dedicated space to share, discuss, crowd source, and evaluate the best ideas from members. Whether it’s a suggestion, a process improvement, or a creative brainstorm, ideas helps you capture them all in one organized place.
Idea categories
Categories group similar ideas together. They help members browse and discover ideas by topic.
For example, product enhancements, new feature ideas,
- New workshops
- Meetups
- Community events
Categories make idea browsing easier and give clear context to each submission.
Status
Status helps you track the progress of an idea from submission to completion.
By default, an idea includes three statuses:
By default, an idea includes three statuses:
- New- Freshly submitted
- In Progress- Being reviewed or worked on
- Completed- Done or closed
Community hosts and Superhosts can also create custom statuses such as “Under Review,” “Shortlisted,” or “Not Feasible” to suit your community’s workflow.
Categories can be created at both the community level and space level meanwhile Statuses are common across the entire community.Enabling ideas in the community
Super hosts and Community hosts can enable or disable ideas at any time.
To enable Idea:
- Click the gear icon in the top-right corner.
From the dropdown, select Settings.
Under Apps & Features, click Manage Apps.
Scroll to Ideas and toggle it ON.
Once enabled, the Ideas module will appear in the left menu.We hope you find this guide helpful! For queries or feedback, reach out to us at support@zohocommunityspaces.com. We're happy to help!