Managing levels

As people gain points from activity around the community, they move to a higher level. Here you can find information on managing levels for your community.

In addition to managing points for reaching levels, you can add images for each level reached.

Image sizes for levels

The image size should be 100 x 100 pixels; the recommended format is JPEG, but you can use other image types.

Points between levels

The out of the box levels require a larger number of points to get to each additional next level: this is how most communities structure levels. For example, it only takes 200 points to get from level 1 to level 2, but it takes 9000 points to get from level 8 to level 9. This makes leveling up easy and motivating for new users, and appropriately challenging for power users.

Level names

Out of the box, point levels are simply numbered. However, you may want to name your levels to reflect your community's culture. You can also change the names periodically to introduce a new theme. Levels typically reflect some known value hierarchy like size, fame, or achievement, so progress is meaningful to users just by looking at the names. For example, you could name your levels after fish (from minnows to Great White Sharks), Olympic record holders, or even the elements in the Periodic Table.