Podia offers lots of features to help encourage member interaction, and one of those is the badge system.
In this article, we'll talk about community badges.
Understanding community badges
Badges are a great way to encourage interaction and build engagement within your community.
They’re automatically assigned to members based on actions and how long they’ve been part of your community.
Badges can help build trust between members, highlight different roles, and encourage long-term engagement.
They’ll appear next to a member’s profile throughout your community.
What badges can members earn?
Depending on your members’ permissions and account age, we will attribute a specific badge next to their profile.
Account permission badges:
Creator
Teammate
Account age badges:
Founder - This badge is given to the first 10 members of your community
Veteran - This badge is given to members who’ve been with the community for over 4 years
New - This badge is given to members during their first 30 days of membership
1 mo - Account age 1 month - 3 months
3 mo - Account age 3 months - 6 months
6 mo - Account age 6 months - 12 months
1 yr - Account age 1 year - 2 years
2 yr - Account age 2 years - 3 years
3 yr - Account age 3 years - 4 years
Renaming community badges
While badges come with default labels, you can easily rename community badges from your community settings.
Here's how to rename community badges on Podia:
From your home feed, click on your site name and select Admin from the dropdown menu.
From the Admin dashboard, click Settings > Community in the sidebar menu.
Click Edit next to the Badges option.
Change the name of the badges in your community by editing the text on the respective fields for each badge.
Click Save to save your changes.
FAQs
Can badges be assigned manually?
Can badges be assigned manually?
Badges are assigned automatically at this time, based on account permission and account age.
You cannot assign badges manually.
Can I remove a badge from showing next to a member profile?
Can I remove a badge from showing next to a member profile?
Badges cannot be removed or disabled at this time.
You can, however, rename badges based on your own preferences.
Can I change the badge icons?
Can I change the badge icons?
Badge icons cannot be customized.
Can I rename the time reward badges?
Can I rename the time reward badges?
No. Time reward badges - such as 1mo, 3mo, 1yr, etc - cannot be renamed.
They will be rewarded to members based on how much time they've spent in your community.