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Tips for creating a rules list on Discord
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Are you setting up a Discord server and need to add rules? They are a required channel when you're creating a community server, so we've listed a few ideas here. While you can opt for Discord to automatically create a "rules" and "mod-only" channel, you can also create your own and force your server members to agree to the rules before interacting with your server. This wikiHow guides you through the process of creating a "rules" channel, making sure people read and agree to your rules before posting, and gives you a few ideas for Discord rules.
Things You Should Know
- Discord requires that you have a rules channel if you have a community server.
- Copy and paste from the template into your rules channel.
- Make sure all current and new members of your server read and agree to your rules by right-clicking your server and clicking "Server Settings > Community Settings > Rules Screening > Set up Membership Screening."
Steps
Section 2 of 4:
Creating a Rules Channel
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Open Discord . Click the app icon that looks like a controller on a light blue background in your Start menu or Applications folder.
- You can also create a channel using the mobile app. The steps are similar to this method, but the buttons are in different places.
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Navigate to your server. You'll see icons of all the servers you've joined displayed vertically on the left-hand side of your screen.
- Click your server to see it.
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Click + . This plus sign is in the channel list next to "Text Channels" and will allow you to create a channel .
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Name your channel. Make sure you have the "Text" circle filled and enter a name like "rules" or "server-rules" into the "Channel Name" field.
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Click Create Channel . The channel will be created, but you're not done!
- Drag and drop the channel in the channel list to move it up or down. Move it to the top if you want it to be more visible.
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Right-click the channel name and select Edit Channel . Alternatively, click the gear icon to the right of the channel name in the channel list.
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Click the Permissions tab. This tab is on the left side of the window and will change the options you see on the right.
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Click Advanced permissions to expand the menu. The toggle you want is nested in the "Advanced" menu, so you'll need to expand it before continuing.
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Disable four permissions. To do this, click the red x next to "Send Messages," "Send Messages in Threads," "Create Public Threads," and "Create Private Threads."
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Click Save Changes . This prevents everyone in your server from leaving messages in that channel. Only you are allowed to post in that channel.
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Section 3 of 4:
Enabling Rules Screening
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Open Discord. Click the app icon that looks like a controller on a light blue background in your Start menu or Applications folder.
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Right-click your server. You'll see icons of all the servers you've joined displayed vertically on the left-hand side of your screen.
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Hover your mouse over "Server Settings" and click Community Settings . If your server is just for you and a few friends or family, you probably don't have a community set up and don't need to continue. However, if the server is for a larger amount of people, you probably have a community set up.
- Click Get Started if you haven't converted to a community server yet.
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Click Rules Screening . It's under the "Moderation" header on the left side of the window.
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Click Set up Membership Screening . You'll see this at the top of the page.
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Click Get Started . This is in the "Set up server rules" space.
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Enter a rule. You can copy and paste from the above template and enter each rule one at a time or you can click an example rule to automatically add that information.
- Click Add a rule to add more than one rule. Use the grid-like icons to drag and drop rules as you'd like.
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Click Save . It's in the bottom right corner of the window.
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Click Enable . This is in the upper right corner of the "Rules Screening" window and will require all members of your server to check a box next to "I have read and agree to the rules" before they can post.
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