Access & Membership

What's free, what requires a plan, and how to get access.

Free for everyone

Every signed-in member can read, reply, react, follow and join. You never need a paid plan to be part of the conversation.

Membership plans

We are putting the finishing touches on our membership tiers. When they launch, you will be able to choose a plan that fits how you use the site — whether that is contributing to the forum, listing a property, or running an organisation.

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Tasks

A shared to-do list for a group. Break a project into steps, see who is doing what, and tick things off as they are finished.

What Tasks is

Tasks lives inside a Group, Space, Event, Job or Club. It is not a personal planner and it is not a site-wide tool. Each place keeps its own set of task lists, and each list holds the tasks for one part of the work.

A task has a title and a description. It can also have a due date, people assigned to it, attachments, and comments.

Where to find it

1. Log in and open the Group, Space, Event, Job or Club.
2. Choose Tasks from its menu.
3. You will see the task lists and a calendar based on due dates.

Tasks does not appear on organisation pages or personal profiles. If an organisation wants to run projects with Tasks, the simplest way is to create a Group for each project.

What you can do

• Browse and read. Open any task to see its description, who it is assigned to, and its comments.
• Comment. Add comments to a task, unless comments have been switched off for it.
• Add lists and tasks. The New TaskList and New Task buttons appear for group admins.
• Complete and re-open. A task can be marked complete and re-opened later by the group's admins, the author, or anyone assigned to it.
• Filter. Show all tasks, only completed ones, or only the ones still to do.

Notifications

• When a task is assigned to you, you are notified on the site, by email and by push notification.
• You are also notified when a task you are assigned to is completed, re-opened or expires.
• Nobody is notified when a task is edited or deleted.

Groups

Groups is where people with something in common gather. Every group has its own page with a name, a description, a category, a picture and a cover, a member list, and a timeline where members post.

What Groups is

A group is looked after by its own admins rather than by the site team. When a group is created it can be made Closed — anyone can find the group and see who is in it, only members can see posts — or Secret — only members can find the group and see posts.

Where to find it

1. Log in.
2. Open Live Here in the top menu and choose Groups.

What you can do

• Read and browse. Open any group to read its description, info, member list and timeline.
• Create a group. The Group link in the add-content menu opens Create Group.
• Join or leave. Join Group adds you as a member. If approval is required, you wait until a group admin accepts.
• Follow without joining. Follow and Unfollow let you keep track of a group you are not a member of.
• Post. Members post to the group's timeline.
• Run the group. Group admins can edit the group, manage members and set roles: Regular, Moderator and Administrator.

Works with

• Timeline. Posts made in a group feed the Groups view on the site timeline.
• Other sections. Events, Discussions, Albums, Posts, Videos, Stories, Jobs, Clubs, News, Listings, Ads, Pages and Tasks.

Notifications

• You are told when you receive a join invitation.
• Group admins are told about join requests and new members.
• Followers are told about new posts, new likes and votes.

Neighbors

Neighbors is where the site's spaces live. Every space has its own page with a name, a description, a category, a picture, a member list and a feed where members post.

What Neighbors is

A space is looked after by its own admins. It can be Closed — anyone can find it and see who is in it, only members can see posts — or Secret — only members can find it and see posts. A space can also sit inside another one.

Where to find it

1. Log in.
2. Open Live Here in the top menu and choose Neighbors.

What you can do

• Read and browse. Open any space to read its info, its members and its feed.
• Create a space. The Space link in the add-content menu opens Create Space.
• Join or leave. Join Space adds you as a member.
• Follow without joining. Follow and Unfollow keep you up to date.
• Post. Add new content inside that space.

Works with

• How things become visible. Posts, events and tasks each have a visibility field that lists the spaces you belong to — pick one and only people who can see that space will see it.
• Other sections. Events, Discussions, Albums, Posts, Classes, Listings, Videos, Groups, Ads, Stories, Jobs, Clubs, Pages, News and Tasks.

Notifications

• You are told when you receive a join invitation.
• Space admins are told about join requests and new members.
• Followers are told about new posts, new likes and votes.

Orgs

Organisations are profiles for businesses, teams and other groups that need their own identity on the site.

What Orgs is

An organisation is looked after by its own admins. It can be Closed or Secret. You also choose who may post to the organisation, and you can require approval before somebody is let in.

Where to find it

1. Log in.
2. Open Live Here in the top menu and choose Orgs.

What you can do

• Read and browse. Open any organisation to read its info, its members and its timeline.
• Create an organisation. Organisation Name and Category are required.
• Join or leave. Join Organisation adds you as a member.
• Follow without joining. Follow and Unfollow keep you up to date.
• Post. Posts appear on the organisation's timeline.
• Invite people. Organisation admins can invite others.

Works with

• Groups and Spaces. The organisation's page has Groups and Spaces tabs for the ones it has joined.
• Tasks are not available inside an organisation. If your organisation runs projects that need tasks, create a Group for each project.

Notifications

• You are told when you receive a join invitation.
• Organisation admins are told about join requests and new members.
• Followers are told about new posts, new likes and votes.

Forum

Forum is where the site keeps its discussions. Each discussion is a topic with a category, a header image, a list of replies, and a visibility that decides who may read it.

What Forum is

A discussion is a topic people reply to in order. Discussions can be Pinned so they stay at the top, Locked so nobody can reply, and marked Resolved when a question has been answered.

Where to find it

1. Log in.
2. Open Talk & Gather in the top menu and choose Forum.

What you can do

• Read and browse. Open any discussion to read it and everything posted under it.
• Reply. Add a reply under Replies.
• React and rate. Add a reaction, an Up vote or a Down vote.
• Mark as Resolved. If you started a discussion, you can mark it resolved.
• Start a discussion. Starting a new discussion requires a membership that includes this feature. See Access & Membership for details.

Works with

• Groups, spaces, organisations and events each carry a Discussions tab.
• Visibility. Point a discussion at a group, space or organisation and only people who can see that place see it.

Notifications

• You are told when someone replies to your discussion.
• You are told about new likes and votes on your discussions.
• You are told about new discussions from people and places you follow.

Events

Events is where members set out what is happening and when. Each event has a name, a category, a description, a date and a place, and members decide whether they are going.

What Events is

An event page shows its Info, the list of people Going, how many are interested, and how many views it has had. An event can be Closed or Secret, and can ask for approval before letting somebody in.

Where to find it

1. Log in.
2. Open Talk & Gather in the top menu and choose Events.

What you can do

• Read and browse. Open any event to read its info, location, dates and who is going.
• Create an event. Anyone signed in can do this, apart from suspended accounts.
• Join. Going adds you to the event.
• Invite people. Invite sends other members an invitation.
• Calendar. Sync to Calendar puts the event into your own calendar.
• React and share. Like, vote, favourite, repost, share or report an event.

Works with

• Groups, spaces, clubs and jobs each carry an Events tab.
• Discussions and the timeline. Every event carries a Discussions tab.

Notifications

• You are told when someone invites you to an event.
• Organisers are told about join requests.
• You get a reminder before an event starts — 24 hours ahead by default.

Ads

Ads is where members post the things they want to sell, hire out or look for.

What Ads is

An ad has a Title, a Category, the Text of the offer, a Quantity and a Visibility setting. Price, Year and photos are optional. Ads go live immediately and are taken off the lists after 30 days.

Where to find it

1. Log in.
2. Open Find & Do Business Locally in the top menu and choose Ads.

What you can do

• Search and filter. Pick a category, browse Latest or Popular.
• Create an ad. Anyone signed in can post an ad, apart from suspended accounts.
• Say you are interested. I'm interested tells the seller you want it.
• Buy or make an offer. An ad with a price shows Buy for… Auction ads take offers instead.
• Rate the seller. Every ad carries a Rating block and a Reviews section.
• React and share. Like, save, repost, share or report.

Notifications

• You are told when someone is interested in your ad or when your ad was purchased.
• Offer added, accepted, declined or canceled notifications keep a negotiation moving.
• Ad was shipped and Ad was received carry a sale through to handover.

Rentals

Find a place to live in the communities you belong to, or offer one of your own.

What Rentals is

Rentals is the neighbourhood property board. Landlords and estate agents post rooms, houses, flats, backyard units and townhouses, each with photos, monthly rent, size, lease terms and contact details. Anyone signed in can browse every listing and contact the landlord directly.

Where to find it

1. Log in.
2. Open Find & Do Business Locally in the top menu and choose Rentals.

What you can do

• Search and filter. Pick a province, a property type and a bedroom count.
• Open a listing. See the photo gallery, price, location, full specification and contact details.
• Contact the landlord. Phone number, WhatsApp chat button, email address.
• Browse near you. Rentals Near Me shows properties tied to communities you have joined.
• List a property. Creating a rental listing requires a Landlord or Agent membership. See Access & Membership for details.

Works with

• Communities. A listing can be tied to a community and shows on that community's page.

Publications

Publications is where members write and share articles, notes and blog-style posts.

What Publications is

A publication has a Title, a Text, a Category and a Visibility setting. The Summary is optional and shows in listings. You can attach photos, videos, sounds, files, polls and a link.

Where to find it

1. Log in.
2. Open Share & Explore in the top menu and choose Publications.

Elsewhere on the site the same section is labelled Posts.

What you can do

• Read and browse. Open a publication to read the whole text and scroll through comments.
• Write one. Anyone signed in can do this, apart from suspended accounts.
• Attach media. Photos, video, sound, files, polls and links.
• Control the discussion. Allow comments turns the comments box on or off.
• React and share. Like, vote, favourite, repost, share or report.

Notifications

• You are told when someone comments on your publication or replies to your comment.
• You are told about new likes and votes.