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title: Common settings
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createdAt: 2022-06-01T22:47:11.000Z
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**Who can do this: **

- Anyone with editing permissions for Homescreen and the relevant content, whether Forms, Messages, Challenges, Rewards, etc. 
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These settings are common to most content you create in the dashboard, except where otherwise noted:

- Menu appearance, to set the image, icon, title, and summary
- Display tags, to place content within the layout
- Preview, to see how it will look in the app
- Scheduling, to set when when and how long it's visible
- Availability, to choose who it is visible to

# Menu appearance

Customize what appears on the homescreen by filling in the fields below. Users can view and click the menu on the homescreen to access the full content. 

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- **Menu title: ** This is auto-filled with the title of your content, which you can edit. It's recommended to stay under 40 characters to ensure your text fits, but the limit is 200. 
- **Menu text:** Enter a brief introduction, which appears below the menu title. It's a good idea to stay under 100 characters to ensure your text fits, but the limit is 400.
- **Menu icon: **Select a small graphic from the dropdown. The icon appears to the left of the menu title.
- **Highlighted: **Select this to make your item stand out by appearing in a different color.
- **Use main image: **Select this to use the image you uploaded with your content. Choose how it's displayed: poster, background, or both.
- **Menu image: **Use a high-resolution, landscape-oriented image in JPG or PNG format (ideally 16:9 or 4:3). 

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**Why does my image look cut off in the menu?**

Menu images work best in landscape format (ideally 16:9 or 4:3). Vertical images may be cropped on mobile, so for full display, use them inside a [Media Collection](docId\:mmupucvS7uLpqYPoqacSp) or [Focus Content](docId:75_U3U35dzq6ALLKk-oVM) instead.
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# Display tags

Display tags are used to place various types of content within a section of the layout:

- Focus Content
- Forms
- Media
- Sequences
- Rave forms
- Marketplaces

Select one or more **Display tags** to place the content within a section of the layout. Learn more at [Add blocks to your layout](docId\:mGpkvk1z3wPXsu-wSl3sk).

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# Previews

As you create your content, you'll see a preview on the right of how it will look in the app. Focus Content and Media Collections have both the **App** and **Menu preview**, whereas the other types of content have only the **App preview.**

**Menu preview:** On the right of the Menu Appearance fields, you'll see how the menu will look on the homescreen. 

**App preview:** This shows how your item appears after users go to your content.

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# Scheduling

**Specify begin/end dates** for when your content will be published and expire. Selecting dates allows you to present content in a variety of ways: 

- Schedule content in advance of when you want it to be published.
- Create a series of overlapping content pieces.
- Make content permanently available by choosing an end date far in the future.

If no dates are selected, your content will be immediately published.

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# Availability 

## Groups

Select the **Group** or **Team** (sub-group) you want the content to be visible to:

- If no Group is selected, the content can be viewed by everyone. 
- If you select a Group, the content can only be viewed by users in those groups. 

## User Tags

Select a **User tag **if you want the content to be visible to users with that tag. User tags are optional and useful for assigning content for a temporary special project or event. 

If both a user tag and a group are selected, the content can be viewed by everyone in the Group, **plus** everyone with those user tags.

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**How do I set up a user tag?**

Before you can select a user tag, you need to have created the tag and assigned it to users. For more details, see [Add user tags.](docId\:N6V-vlNUotdZgJpjx3qHt) 
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