Products of John Hallett RSSTue, 22 Sep 2026 13:58:30 GMTA hands-on course for people who want to build their own community web app. Start with components and state, then build a working member feed, profiles, and notifications on top of a real API.Includes 24 short lessons, project files, and access to a private space where you can ask the instructor and other students questions.

]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:58:30 GMTLearn Java from the ground up by building the backend for a small community platform: user accounts, posts, comments, and moderation tools.No prior experience needed. Comes with weekly live Q&A sessions and a study group space for students.

]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:57:47 GMTA beginner-friendly Python course built around community projects. You'll write scripts that welcome new members, summarise discussions, and export activity reports.Self-paced, with a members-only space where students share their projects and help each other.

]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:57:29 GMTSixty minutes, one video call and a shared document: that's all this puzzle game needs. Teams of four to eight work through a chain of linked puzzles, each one unlocking the next.Comes with a host guide, hint cards and a printable answer key. It works well as a warm-up for a new group or as an end-of-year social.

]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:47:43 GMTLeaderboards that never reset end up rewarding the same five people forever. This planner helps you run short seasons instead: four to eight weeks with a theme, a clear points table, small prizes and a fresh start for everyone at the end.It includes a season calendar, points table templates for different kinds of communities, announcement posts for each stage and tips on keeping things friendly rather than cut-throat.Free download.

]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:47:28 GMTSixty badge icons for rewarding helpful members: first post, welcome committee, problem solver, event regular, streaks and more. Each one comes in three colour styles, sized to work as profile badges.Also includes a short list of badge ideas that encourage helpful behaviour rather than just more posting.

]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:47:16 GMTEverything you need to run a quiz night for your community, online or in a room: ten ready-made rounds, a blank round for local questions, answer sheets, a scoring spreadsheet and a host script with timings.Free. Swap in your own questions and keep the format.

]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:46:57 GMTBetter search for UNA communities that have outgrown the built-in one. Members can search posts, discussions, groups, events and profiles from one box, with typo tolerance, filters by type and date, and suggestions as they type.Admins get a report of the most common searches and the ones that returned nothing. That second list turns out to be one of the best sources of ideas for new help pages.One-time purchase, including a year of updates.

]]>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:17:30 GMTFive things to check every quarter to keep a community site safe: two-factor sign-in for admins and moderators, a permissions review, spam and bot protection on sign-up, an update routine and off-site backups.Each item has short steps and a note on what to do if something doesn't pass. It takes about an hour once you've been through it the first time, and it costs nothing.

]]>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:17:09 GMTWhen your feed starts to feel slow, the cause is usually one of a handful of things. This guide goes through them in order: caching, image sizes, database housekeeping, background jobs and when a CDN is worth it.Each section starts with a quick test, so you can see whether it applies to your site before you change anything.

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