Community profiles are a good way for members learn more about each other. Members can also find links to posts they have interacted with as well as their badges, friends and other information. In this blog post we will explore what information can be seen when viewing another member's profile and your own profile.  Navigating to a profile page There are a few ways to access profile pages.  Accessing your own profile page The fastest way to view your profile is to click on your community avatar and then on the "My Profile" link.  Accessing someone else's profile page When viewing posts from another member, hover over their name or avatar and you will see a pop-up window appear with more information on the user. Click on the view profile button in the window to access the member's profile page.    Viewing Another Member's Profile Below are the types of information you will see when viewing another member's profile page. As members have the ability to control who can see their private information (name, about, social media links, etc.) some of the information can be hidden from view. See our blog post "How do I update my personal settings and privacy?" for more information on these settings.  Badges Near the top of your profile page will be a sample of the most recent badges you have earned on the community. Clicking on "Show All" will open a new page showing all the badges you have earned as well as ones you have not earned yet. To read more about Badges, see this blog post.   About The about area surfaces quick information about a member including basic metrics on their community activity, biography and social media links if they chose to make them public.  Accepted Solutions Sometimes questions come up multiple times in the community. In this area, members can view their replies that were accepted as a solution. This will make it easier to find solutions you wrote previously that can help on a new question. Topics you have participated in  Members will be able to see topics have replied to or created. This includes questions, community articles, code repositories and blogs. Contact me Here you will see a member's online status, last visit date as well as options to private message them (depends on their settings), ignore their posts or add them as a friend.  My Friends Your friends on the community are those you would like to follow and who you also want to allow to know more about you (depending on your personal settings). This area provides a list of people who a member has added as a friend. Photos  This area provides members with a list of all the photos they have uploaded to the community. Clicking on the view all photos options provides an expanded view of all images and albums.  Public Statistics Here you will find more information about a member's activity, name and location (depends on their settings).  Viewing Your Profile Viewing your own profile adds additional information that is hidden from other members. For former HCC members this might also be the first place you notice your community nickname. To request a community nickname change Email the community team or send a Private Message to @cjervis. Note: there is a 15 character limit on usernames. Autosaved Drafts The community platform automatically saves your content as you create it. If you leave the posting page before submitting your post you can find the saved version on your profile. You can also delete your saved drafts here as well. Private statistics This area displays statistics about your activity in the community and is not publicly viewable.    Please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Community Team or comment below if you have questions.    ... View more

By default, your nickname, or user name, appears whenever you post or send private messages. This allows members who wish to not be identified by their real name to choose a community nickname and help them feel more comfortable participating. You can tell other community members as much or as little about yourself as you want. You can enter a short biography, your location, your interests, or anything else (within community guidelines, of course). See the Community FAQs for more information.  To tell other community members about yourself: Sign in to your community account. Click on your community avatar. Go to My Settings > Personal Profile > Personal Information. Enter information about yourself in the Biography field. You can also enter your name, location, company info, and any other information you want to share. Click Save. To change the visibility of your personal info only to people on your Friends List or No One: Community members can use their privacy settings to expose or hide private information about themselves to everyone (all), friends or no one. This allows members to protect their personal information, such as their real name if they wish. Click Preferences > Privacy. Set show private information in profile to one of the options: All, Friends only, No one.  Click Save. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Community Team or comment below if you have questions.  ... View more

Our community is now bigger, and better. We’re excited to announce that all legacy Hortonworks Community Connection (HCC) content is now available in our new Cloudera Community!  We hope you’re loving our newly redesigned and unified community, and we can’t wait for you to dive into all our new content.  Important Reminder for Legacy HCC Members  If you’re a legacy HCC member, please remember to activate your account by following the instructions on the activation guide. Once you register your account, take a moment to ensure all your content transferred to the new community. Please note, if you already have a Cloudera Community account under the same email as your HCC account, your HCC will be merged under your existing Cloudera Community profile and avatar.  Get Started Now Be sure to check out How do I . . . Help on Common Community Features for more information on how to perform common community tasks.  Or check out what’s changed for HCC members and what’s changed for Cloudera members.  Then, get started with these steps: Add Your Bookmarks & Subscriptions - Subscribe to labels to get notified of new content in your area of expertise. And in the new community, finding and subscribing to labels will be easier than ever. To select a label you want to subscribe to, click the label on a Support Question. On the “Topics with Label” page, click subscribe. Go to your Profile > Settings to find your subscriptions. (Hint: Navigate to the home page or any question page to find your "profile" component). Find your subscriptions or update your notification (email) preferences. Upload an Avatar - From most pages you will find the "Profile Component". Click your avatar to access the Profile menu. Choose “My Profile” View your profile information From your profile page, click on your Avatar to replace the community default image. Click your avatar to resize or choose a new one. Update Your Notification Preferences - Take a minute to set your preferences and ensure you’re subscribing to posts that match your interests. Click your avatar to get to My Settings > Subscriptions & Notifications > Notification Settings. You’ll receive an immediate email notification for your content subscriptions by default. You can change the frequency to: never, daily, or weekly. For more, see our Profile Tips. Introduce Yourself - If you haven’t yet, let us know a little bit about yourself: background, current role, Hadoop use case, favorite hobbies, etc. Ask Questions - Click “Ask a Question” in the main top navigation menu to start a new question from any community page. You can also navigate via the “Contribute” menu: Search or Browse - “Browse” all questions, technical articles, or repos, or initiate a new search anywhere in the community. Search: Browse: To get to advanced search, type your search term and hit “enter”. From there you can filter community content by labels, date, author, metadata, post type, and contains (text). Share Your Expertise - Share your knowledge or troubleshooting tips with members using Community Articles and Repos. These are new types of content for the Cloudera Community, but if you’re coming from Hortonworks Community Connection, you’re already familiar with how these work. To share an article or repo, click the Contribute menu. Search technical articles. All community members will continue to have access to user-generated Community Articles containing valuable troubleshooting tips submitted by our members. Subscription customers will continue to have access to the official Hortonworks Support Knowledge Base where you can search articles for answers to the most common issues our customers face. Later this fall, customers will also gain access to a greater repository of support content when the official Cloudera Support Knowledge is merged. To learn more about becoming a support customer, visit Cloudera Support.  Our teams worked tirelessly to perform the migration. However, we're still working to optimize the experience, so please be patient with us as we continue to resolve minor issues in the coming days or weeks. Watch for a post about known issues, where you can track progress or report any problems you encounter. Additional Resources We know you’re going to have questions about this change, so please check out these resources to learn more about the new community and maximize your community participation: Welcome to the Community New Reputation Program Terms of Service Community Guidelines How to use the forum  Key Changes and How to do Common Actions Please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Community Team if you have any questions or need any assistance. How are we doing? Tell us what you think about our new Cloudera Community in the comments below. Your feedback is very important to us and vital to our success. We look forward to your active participation and engagement. —The HCC and Cloudera Community Team   ... View more

In a previous article we outlined how community members can navigate the redesigned community. Once you understand the new board structure and how to find content that interests you, you'll want to stay up to date when new content is posted. Members who have been with the community for a while may have noticed the restructuring removed many of the boards they had subscribed to previously. It will be important for you, as well as new members, to create or update your subscriptions to remain informed on topics of interest. Let's discuss how to subscriptions and notifications work on the redesigned community.  What can members subscribe to? Understanding what you can and want to subscribe to is the first step. Here is a handy list of content types and areas you can subscribe to. Categories - Ex. Support and Announcements Content Types Forums - Ex. Support questions and Product Announcements Community Articles  Code Repositories Blogs - Ex. Community News Labels Individual Posts ex. forum topic, blog article, etc. How do I subscribe? Once you identify an interest, you can subscribe as follows. Subscribe to a category or content type (board) Navigate to the category or content type page (we call them boards). Select the Options menu above the content feed. Click on the subscribe option. Subscribe to Labels You will find labels both on the right side of a content feed page and on the content itself.   Click on one of these labels to view content in that uses the label you're interested in.    From the Label Search page (Cloudera Manager support questions, for example) there will be a link above the content to subscribe to the label. Click the "Subscribe to this label" link to receive notifications.  Subscribe to Individual Posts When viewing an individual piece of content, you have a couple of ways to subscribe. You're automatically subscribed to new replies on content to which you've replied. You can subscribe to content you have not replied to, but want to follow. If you want to follow replies without leaving a comment, you can: Select the option pull down menu Select "subscribe".  How will I be notified of subscription updates? Once you subscribe to content, you should check your settings to ensure you're receiving notifications in the way that works best for you.   To access your subscriptions and notifications: Click on your profile avatar to expand the user menu. Select My Subscriptions. From the Subscription and Notification page in "My Settings" you can see what you've subscribed to, remove subscriptions, and edit notification settings.  Select the "Notification Settings" in "My Settings" to refine your notification preferences. You can opt to change the frequency of email notice timing (i.e. receive emails immediately, as a daily or weekly digest, or never) and control what kind of actions you want to be notified about. If you have any additional questions about subscriptions and notifications, let us know in the comments.  ... View more

Starting on Saturday, August 17 at 12:00 a.m. PDT, Cloudera Community will be unavailable while we move Hortonworks Community Connection content and users. On August 17 at 12:00 a.m. PDT, the community team will migrate all site content and users from Hortonworks Community Connection (HCC) to the new Cloudera Community (see below for more information). During the migration, the Cloudera Community will be in maintenance mode and content will not be available until after migration is complete; HCC will be in read-only mode (you will not be able to post during this time) and urls will be redirected to Cloudera after the migration.  Our intent is to perform the migration during low-usage hours to reduce impact to your day-to-day community use. The community is expected to be back up no later than Sunday, August 18th midday PDT. We’re working hard to ensure this transition is as smooth as possible; please be patient with us and plan accordingly. If you need assistance during the migration, please contact community-team@cloudera.com. Related Announcements About the Community Migration (CLDR section) For more information about this migration project check out the following announcements: Our community is getting a little larger. And a lot better. (6/25/19)  What's Changing for the Cloudera Community  (7/11/19)  Community Changes and Feature Definitions Details (7/11/19)  Important Changes Coming to Cloudera’s Community Reputation: What You Need to Know (7/24/19)  ... View more