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Managing their settings and general layout in the server will affect how users react when they first join your server. Once you have done so, click on Create Channel.Ĭreating channels and categories is a simple process and can be done within moments. Since channel names do not have to be unique, you can leave it as is or rename it. You will get a pop-up asking you to give the cloned channel a name.

To clone a channel, simple right-click the target channel, then select Clone Channel. This is usually handy when creating multiple voice channels that have the same purpose.

Cloning a channel will create a copy with the exact same settings as the original after allowing you to change the name. Once you have set everything on the pop-up window, you can click Create Channel and you are all done.įinally, the last method of creating a channel is by cloning another.

You can edit the role settings at any time via the Channel Settings which I will explain later in the article. Very handy for setting up staff channels as you can use this to easily lock the channels from all but your server staff roles. Private Channel -How you can lock a channel behind a set of roles.Text channels cannot have capital letters and spaces are replaced by dashes. Keep in mind that users will use channel names to determine their purpose before anything else. This isn’t permanent so don’t overthink it. Channel Name -Where you will enter the name of your channel.There are even more channel types that I will go into further detail on later in this article. Text and Voice are the common choices for any standard server. Channel Type -Where you select the type of channel you want to make.Below is a labelled view of the Channel and Category sidebar where users will be mostly navigating through when using your server. The owner of a server and any users with a role giving them Administrator implicitly have this permission. To be able to manage both Channels and Categories, a user must have the Manage Channels permission. Permissions commonly associated with roles but setting them in a category or channel is known as a Permission Overwrite, which I will cover in a future article. Categories allow you to manage multiple channels’ permissions at the same time via the Category Settings. Category - Used to organize Channels into sections that users can collapse and expand in their Discord client.Also often used to share information with the entire server in the form of announcements or community guidelines. Channel - The place where users interact with each other through text or voice chat.Let’s take a closer look at what each one does. Categories and Channels are very closely related to each other however they do very different things.