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31 short guides in plain words, up to date with today’s OneBump, from your first bump to growing your server. Guides marked with start with a video.
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What is bumping on Discord?
Bumping means advertising your Discord server in other servers. How it works, what you get, and what you give back.
1 min video ·3 min read
How to add a bump bot to your Discord server
Three steps: add OneBump, set it up, send your first bump. About two minutes. Lists the seven permissions it asks for.
2 min video ·4 min read
How to write a good Discord server description
Your description is the text on your advert. A simple formula, a bad and a good example, and the limits to know.
4 min read
Moving from the old OneBump: what changed
For servers that already used OneBump. What stayed the same, what is new, what is gone, and the two things worth doing today.
4 min read
Bumping
How often you can bump, reminders, and letting OneBump bump for you.
Discord bump cooldown: how often can you bump?
How long you wait between bumps, how many servers each bump reaches, and what a whole day adds up to.
1 min video ·3 min read
How do bump reminders work?
OneBump posts “Time to bump!” when the wait is over. How to be mentioned in it, stop yours, switch the message off for a server, and mention a role.
4 min read
What is auto bump and how do I turn it on?
Premium’s main feature: OneBump bumps your server every hour by itself. What it reaches, how to switch it on, and what it turns off.
3 min read
How to see who bumps your server the most
The leaderboard ranks the people who bump your server. How to see it in Discord and on the website, and how to see one person’s bumps.
2 min read
Why does OneBump ask me to tap an animal?
The quick check before a bump: what it is, why you got it, and what happens if you miss it.
2 min read
Your advert and who sees it
What your advert says, how it looks, and which servers get it.
What is on my advert? Every part explained
The card other servers see, piece by piece: name, facts line, description, tags, banner, colour and the four buttons.
3 min read
How to change your advert’s colour and banner
The colour stripe is free for everyone. The banner is a wide picture for Premium servers. Sizes, formats and where to press.
3 min read
Who sees my advert? Categories, tags, matching
Pick a category and a few tags, and servers like yours see your advert first. How matching works, and the full list of categories.
4 min read
How to hide an advert, or see why you got it
For moderators of a server that receives adverts: what the buttons under an advert do, how to hide one, and how often that is fine.
3 min read
How to block words in adverts you receive
Choose words you never want to see. Adverts that contain them are not sent to your server. 3 on Free, 10 with Premium.
3 min read
How to stop receiving adverts (Premium)
A Premium switch: your advert still goes out, but no adverts from other servers are posted in yours.
2 min read
Rules and safety
What is allowed, what happens when a rule is broken, and how to report an advert.
Fair play: what are the rules of bumping?
What is allowed, what is not, how OneBump checks, and what happens to a server that breaks the rules.
4 min read
Where does my server stand? (/info server)
The five steps of fair play, what each one changes, how it gets better by itself, and what else /info server shows.
4 min read
Can 18+ (NSFW) Discord servers use a bump bot?
How adult (18+) servers are kept apart, how the automatic check works, what the 18+ lock is, and how to ask for a review.
4 min read
How to report an advert and follow your case
Report a bad advert in ten seconds, see what happens next, and what an admin sees when their own server is reported.
4 min read
The website and reference
The dashboard, every command, and a fix for every message.
How to use the OneBump website
Logging in and what we see, why a server may be missing from your list, what each tab is for, and your Account page.
4 min read
What do my bump stats mean?
What each number on your server’s Overview tab means, how to use them, and how to make a printable stats report.
4 min read
What are OneBump’s commands?
Every slash command and right-click action: what it does, who can use it, and who sees the answer.
4 min read
Fix a problem: find the message you see
Every message OneBump can show when something is wrong: what it means and how to fix it. Plus the common website problems.
1 min video ·7 min read
How to find your Discord server ID
What a server ID is, how to copy yours on a computer and on a phone, and where OneBump asks for it.
2 min read
How to remove OneBump and delete your data
What to do before you remove the bot, how to remove it, what is deleted and when, and how to ask for your own data.
3 min read
Running your server
Not about OneBump: general help with running a Discord server.
How to grow a Discord server
A practical checklist: make people stay first, then bring more in. Bumping is one part of it.
1 min video ·5 min read
How to add custom emojis to your Discord server
Where to find emojis, how to upload them in five steps, and the limits to know: how many a server can hold and how big a file can be.
3 min read
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