Creating a community

A community is where you bring people together. You announce your events here, keep your members under one roof, and stay in touch with them.

What a community is for

A community is the home for your brand or group on Gathin. The events you run are attached to this community, and everyone who joins shows up in your member list.

You can open a community for a single event or for a group that meets regularly. Either way, a community is your starting point.

Creating your community

If you don't have a community yet, press Create Community at the top of the page. If you already run one, the same spot says Organizer Panel; it takes you to the list of your communities, where you press Create. You can also go straight to /communities/create.

The form asks for:

• Community Name (required): The name people will know you by.
• Description: A few sentences about what your community is about.
• City: Start typing and pick your city from the list.
• Category: Choose a category so the right people can find you.
• Logo and banner image: The logo is square (1:1) and the banner image is a wide band (3:1).

Once you fill it in and press Create Community, you land on your new community's page.

Public or private

The Visibility option decides who can reach your community.

• Public: Anyone can discover your community and join.
• Private: Only people you invite or whose join request you approve can enter.

You can change this later from your community settings.

Where to find the communities you run

Every community you own or run is on the /admin page, under the Communities tab, as cards with the one with the most members first. You get there from the Organizer Panel button at the top. Press a community's card to open its admin panel. The Create button for starting a new community sits beside the tabs.

After you create it

As the person who set it up, you become the owner. You can edit everything from the logo to bank details in the Settings area of your admin panel, manage your members, and start adding your first event.

In the app

In the app, the communities you run are listed under Communities you manage, with your role beside each. Create a community at the bottom opens a sheet asking for the same things: cover and logo, name, description, city, category, and Public or Private.