How to add ZombyIO to your Discord server and set it up

What you will end up with

Step by step

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   Step 1: Press Add to Discord

   Press Add to Discord on zomby.io or at the top of your server list in the dashboard. Discord opens its own screen: choose your server and confirm.

   That one screen does three things. It adds the bot, adds its slash commands, and signs you in to the dashboard with your Discord account. For signing in, ZombyIO reads your Discord name and the list of servers you are on. It does not ask for your email address.

   The invite asks for every permission at once, which includes Administrator, so Discord shows Administrator on that screen. Roles and permissions explains what each feature actually uses.

   Tip

   In the dashboard, a server without the bot has a Set up button. It opens the same Discord screen with that server already chosen and locked, so the bot cannot end up on the wrong server.

   zomby.io/dashboardServers where you can manage settings.Add to DiscordNight Owls1,284 members · EditPixel HarbourBot not added yet · Set up

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   Step 2: Wait a moment while the bot joins

   After you confirm, Discord sends you back to the dashboard, already signed in. A short page says ZombyIO is joining your server and checks again by itself until the bot has arrived, which usually takes a few seconds.

   If it takes more than 30 seconds, the page says This is taking longer than usual and offers Check again and Add ZombyIO again. After three minutes it stops checking on its own.

   ZombyIO posts nothing in your server when it joins. A new server starts with only Moderation switched on, so the moderation commands work for members who have the matching Discord permission. Everything else waits until you set it up.

   Important

   If you close Discord’s screen without confirming, the bot is not added. Start again with Add to Discord.

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   Step 3: Tell Quick Start what the server is for

   The first time you open a server, Quick Start appears instead of the overview. It asks one question: what the server is for. Pick Friends and community, Gaming, Streamer or creator or Brand or support and press Continue.

   Your answer only decides what is ticked on the next screen. You can untick anything there, and change every setting later.

   Tip

   Not ready yet? Set up later takes you to the overview. Quick Start stays one click away on the overview, and in the search under Ctrl K.

   zomby.io/dashboard/…/setupStep 1 of 2What is Pixel Harbour for?One answer, and ZombyIO picks settings that suit it. You can change everything afterwards.Friends and communityA place to hang out and talk.GamingPlaying together, clans and game nights.Streamer or creatorA home for your viewers and fans.Brand or supportCustomers, questions and announcements.Continue

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   Step 4: Check the plan and pick the channels

   The second screen lists what ZombyIO will do, already ticked for your answer:

   • Greet new members posts a short welcome in the channel you pick. Quick Start suggests a channel it found, such as one called welcome, and marks it Found in your server.
   • Keep spam and scams out switches on the spam filter. Under How strict? choose Relaxed, Balanced or Strict.
   • Reward active members switches on levels, so members earn XP and can check it with /rank.
   • Keep a server log writes joins, leaves, deleted messages and moderator actions to a channel only admins see. The default is Create a private channel #zomby-logs. You can pick an existing channel instead.
   • Language is what the bot writes in on this server.

   Every answer ticks greetings, the spam filter and the server log. The spam filter starts on Relaxed for a community, Balanced for gaming or a creator, and Strict for a brand or support server. Levels are ticked for every answer except a brand or support server. Anything that already runs stays ticked.

   The In Discord preview beside the list shows the greeting and a level-up message in the language you picked.

   zomby.io/dashboard/…/setupGreet new membersA short welcome in the channel you pick, whenever somebody joins.Greeting channel#welcomeFound in your serverKeep spam and scams outKnown scam links disappear and floods are slowed down.Reward active membersMembers earn XP for chatting, climb levels and check them with /rank.Keep a server logJoins, leaves, deleted messages and moderator actions, in a channel only admins see.Log channelCreate a private channel #zomby-logs

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   Step 5: Press Set up and read the result

   Press Set up followed by your server’s name. ZombyIO switches on what is ticked and switches off anything you unticked. A greeting or level-up text you wrote yourself is kept; only the standard texts are written in the language you picked.

   The new log channel is called #zomby-logs. Everyone except administrators is kept out of it, and ZombyIO gets the permissions it needs to post there. Moderation cases and spam filter reports go there too, unless you already chose a channel for them. Creating it needs the bot’s Manage Channels permission.

   The last screen lists everything that now runs, each with an Adjust link, and suggests up to three next steps that suit your answer.

   Important

   Running Quick Start again is not only additive. A feature that was running and is unticked on the plan screen is switched off when you press Set up.

   zomby.io/dashboard/…/setupPixel Harbour is readyThis runs from now on:ModerationAdjustAuto moderationAdjustWelcome messagesAdjustLevellingAdjustServer logsAdjustTry it: type /help in your server to see what your members see.

   welcome

   ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32

   @Alex just joined Pixel Harbour. Welcome!

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   Step 6: Check it in Discord

   Type /help in any channel of your server. Only you see the answer: the list of features running on the server, a button back to the dashboard and one to the support server.

   From now on the server opens on its overview. Choose any feature there or in the sidebar to set it up. Every page stores your changes only when you press Save. The dashboard guide shows how everything is laid out.

   Tip

   Have someone join, or use a second account, to see the greeting arrive in the channel you picked.

   zomby.io/dashboard/…5 of 15 features switched onEverything this server uses, at a glance. Click a feature to change it or to switch on something new.Welcome messagesEnabledLevellingEnabledServer logsEnabledReaction rolesDisabledQuick StartAnswer one question and ZombyIO sets up the basics.

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