1. Overview

1.1 What the module does
1.2 A community is a DLE category

2. Installation

2.1 Requirements
2.2 Installation
2.3 Updating and removing

3. Sections

3.1 What a section is
3.2 Top-level communities

4. Creation

4.1 The wizard on the site
4.2 Who can create
4.3 Administrator approval

5. Converting categories

5.1 Make communities
5.2 Import from a template
5.3 Removing community status

6. Catalog and feed

6.1 Module pages
6.2 Joining and requests
6.3 The “My communities” feed
6.4 Notifications
6.5 Private communities
6.6 Invitations
6.7 About page, links and announcement

7. Moderation

7.1 Who is who
7.2 Moderator panel
7.3 Post and comment buttons
7.4 Who can post and post review

8. Bans

8.1 Banning in a community
8.2 Appeals

9. 18+

9.1 18+ communities and posts
9.2 What the template needs

10. Tags

10.1 Quick start
10.2 Community page (main.tpl)
10.3 Post card and post page
10.4 Comments (comments.tpl)
10.5 Anywhere in the template
10.6 API for your own blocks

11. Appearance

11.1 The “Appearance” page
11.2 Template files
11.3 CSS variables

12. Admin panel

12.1 Overview
12.2 Communities
12.3 Log

13. Settings

13.1 Creation
13.2 Membership and moderators
13.3 Pages, notifications and 18+
13.4 Maintenance

14. License

14.1 Key
14.2 Updates

15. FAQ

15.1 Do I need to change the template?
15.2 A new community is not visible in the catalog
15.3 Will a community moderator get access to the DLE admin panel?
15.4 How do I delete a community?
15.5 Will the module slow the site down?
15.6 Does it work with other DLEMod modules?
15.7 Can posts be hidden from everyone except members?

16. Version history

Version 1.0.0 — 10.10.2026

DLE Communities PRO

Module documentation 16 chapters 54 sections

For license owners

The documentation is open to those who bought the module. Sign in to the account you made the purchase with, and the guide will open.

What the guide covers

DLE Communities PRO adds user communities to DataLife Engine 15.1 – 21.0, like Reddit. Visitors create topic communities themselves, join them, read the “My communities” feed and write posts, while the creator and their moderators run the community without admin rights: requests, the post queue, reports, bans and rules. Every community is a regular DLE category, so friendly URLs, RSS, search and SEO keep working as before.

A community can be private, so only members see its posts. Moderators invite people by login or with an invitation link, and the About page gathers the description, social links, rules and the team.

1. Overview 2 sections
2. Installation and initial setup 3 sections
3. Sections 2 sections
4. Creating communities 3 sections
5. Converting categories into communities 3 sections
6. Catalog, feed and notifications 7 sections
7. Roles and moderation 4 sections
8. Bans and appeals 2 sections
9. 18+ content 2 sections
10. Template tags 6 sections
11. Appearance and .tpl files 3 sections
12. Admin panel 3 sections
13. Settings 4 sections
14. License and updates 2 sections
15. FAQ 7 sections
16. Version history 1 section