Managing tile categories

You can manage the categories of tiles that are available when creating places, and create your own categories for displaying new tiles.

Fastpath: Admin Console: Add-ons > Tile Categories

You may find that you don't want to make the full range of tiles available to users who create places, or you may have created some tiles of your own that you'd like to organize in categories when they're displayed in the UI. You can use the Admin Console to create new categories for tiles and to hide tile categories that you don't want users to see.

To manage tile categories:

  1. In the Admin Console, go to Add-ons > Tile Categories.
  2. To create a new category, click Add a category and type the name in the list.
  3. To hide a category from users who are creating new places, including all the tiles it includes (unless they're also in another category), click Hide Category.
    Hiding a category does not affect places that have already been created. Places that are already using tiles in a category you've hidden will still use them, but they won't be selectable to users who are creating or modifying a place.
    For example, hiding the Places tile category will hide all the tiles that are unique to that category, and users won't see Places tiles as an option when they're adding tiles. However, they'll still see the Key Places and Content tile because it is also part of the Content category. You might find the Tile Reference (Place tile reference) helpful when managing tiles categories.
  4. To delete a category from the list (and make it invisible to users who are creating and editing places), click Delete Category. The category will be marked for deletion.
    You won't be able to delete the built-in Jive categories, but you can still hide them if you don't want to use them.
  5. When your list of categories is the way you want it, click Save to apply your changes.

The categories you selected are hidden or deleted, the new categories are created.

Note that deleting a category does not affect places that have already been created. Places that are already using tiles or templates in a category you've deleted will still use them, but they won't be selectable to users who are creating or modifying a place.