# Food Web Community

> The Food Web Community forum is where food entrepreneurs, kitchen owners, equipment lenders, inspectors, and partners ask questions, share hard-won advice, and find each other.

Food Web Community (forum.foodweb.network) is a standalone community forum application for the Food Web ecosystem. It is public-by-default with three-tier per-thread visibility: **public** (anyone can read), **members** (authenticated Food Web users), and **private** (invite-only). Discussions are organized into role-based categories — General, Kitchen Owners, Renters, Partners & Nonprofits, and Health Inspectors. All reads and writes go through the Platform API (`/v1/forum/*`), which enforces visibility server-side and filters admin-hidden content. The forum supports threaded replies (depth-1), votes, public user profiles, and consent-gated analytics. Authentication uses Firebase session cookies.

## AI & Discovery

- [LLM site index (this property)](https://forum.foodweb.network/llms.txt): Curated index for AI assistants, answer engines, and retrieval crawlers.
- [Food Web Kitchens (main marketplace) — LLM index](https://foodweb.network/llms.txt)
- [Food Web API (developer portal) — LLM index](https://api.foodweb.network/llms.txt)
- [Food Web Maps — LLM index](https://maps.foodweb.network/llms.txt)
- [Food Web Partner Portal — LLM index](https://partners.foodweb.network/llms.txt)

## Documentation & Guides

- [Forum Discussions](https://forum.foodweb.network/discussions): Browse all public forum discussions across categories.
- [General Category](https://forum.foodweb.network/c/general): Open discussion for the whole Food Web community.
- [Kitchen Owners Category](https://forum.foodweb.network/c/kitchen-owners): Discussions for owners of commercial and shared kitchens.
- [Renters Category](https://forum.foodweb.network/c/renters): Discussions for food entrepreneurs renting kitchen space.
- [Partners & Nonprofits Category](https://forum.foodweb.network/c/partners-nonprofits): Discussions for partner organizations and nonprofits.
- [Health Inspectors Category](https://forum.foodweb.network/c/health-inspectors): Discussions for health and food-safety inspectors.
- [Food Web Kitchens (Main Site)](https://foodweb.network): Commercial kitchen rental marketplace.
- [Rent a Kitchen](https://foodweb.network/rent-a-kitchen): Guide for food entrepreneurs booking commercial kitchens.
- [Provide a Kitchen](https://foodweb.network/provide-kitchen): Guide for kitchen owners listing space.
- [FAQ](https://foodweb.network/faq): Platform FAQ — useful context for forum questions about bookings and payments.
- [About Food Web](https://foodweb.network/about): Company mission and team.
- [Contact](https://foodweb.network/contact): Support and general inquiries.

## Products & Tools

- [Forum Home](https://forum.foodweb.network): Public landing page with hero, role value props, category preview, and sign-up CTAs.
- [All Discussions](https://forum.foodweb.network/discussions): Cross-category feed of public discussions sorted by recent activity.
- [Start New Discussion](https://forum.foodweb.network/new): Compose a new forum thread (requires login).
- [Category Feeds](https://forum.foodweb.network/c/general): Category-specific discussion feeds (URL pattern: `/c/{slug}`).
- [Category Composer](https://forum.foodweb.network/c/general/new): Start a new thread in a specific category (URL pattern: `/c/{slug}/new`).
- [Discussion Threads](https://forum.foodweb.network/d): Individual discussion pages with messages and replies (URL pattern: `/d/{id}`).
- [User Profiles](https://forum.foodweb.network/u): Public user profile pages (URL pattern: `/u/{uid}`).
- [Profile Settings](https://forum.foodweb.network/settings/profile): Edit your forum display name and public profile (requires login).
- [Onboarding](https://forum.foodweb.network/onboarding): New-user onboarding flow for forum participants.
- [Sign Up](https://forum.foodweb.network/signup): Create a Food Web account to post and reply.
- [Log In](https://forum.foodweb.network/login): Sign in to participate in discussions.
- [Food Web Maps App](https://maps.foodweb.network): Interactive map of local food places discussed in the community.
- [Partner Portal](https://partners.foodweb.network): Partner organizations active in the Partners & Nonprofits category.

## Optional

- [API Developer Portal](https://api.foodweb.network): Platform API reference including `/v1/forum/*` endpoints.
- [Partner Program](https://foodweb.network/partner-program): How organizations partner with Food Web.
- [Blog](https://foodweb.network/blog): Food Web stories and community highlights.
- [Events](https://foodweb.network/events): Workshops and community events.
- [Terms of Service](https://foodweb.network/terms): Platform terms of use.
- [Privacy Policy](https://foodweb.network/privacy): Data collection and protection practices.