Write a post
Write and publish a community post with images, video, files, a poll or a voice message, keep an unfinished post as a draft, and manage comments on it.
Posts are written in the community itself, not in the dashboard. You and your members use the same composer; as the owner you get a few extra controls. When you finish, your post is live in its channel and in the feed.
Write and publish
Open the composer
Open the community (/app/community/<slug>/feed) and click Add new post at the top of the
feed or of a channel. The box expands into an editor and the page behind it dims.
Pick the channel
In a channel, the post goes to that channel. On the feed, next to your name you see posting in with a channel picker: choose where the post belongs. Only channels you can write in are listed.
Write the post
Title (optional) takes up to 300 characters. In the text area type your content; typing /
opens a menu of blocks (headings, bulleted and numbered lists, a quote, a code block), and typing
@ mentions a member. The Publish button becomes active as soon as there is content.
Add media
Use the toolbar under the text. The table below lists every button.
Publish
Click Publish. The post appears at the top of the feed (below pinned posts) and in its channel, and members with the feed open see it without reloading.
The composer toolbar
| Button | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Add image | One or more pictures inside the text. The preview shows immediately, slightly faded, while the file uploads. |
| Add Video | Upload a file (MP4, MOV or AVI, up to 2 GB) or paste a URL from YouTube or Vimeo. Upload is offered when Allow video uploads is on. |
| Add from media library | An image or a processed video from your media library (Images and Videos tabs). Shown to the owner and admins only. |
| Attach files | Files attached under the post, for example a PDF. |
| Emoji | An emoji at the cursor. |
| Add GIF | A GIF from the built-in search. |
| Add poll | A poll with 2 to 10 options. Members vote on the post and see the vote count. |
| Record a voice message | A voice clip of up to 5 minutes. A post can consist of a voice message alone. |
Videos in posts never start playing by themselves; members press play.
Drafts and leaving the composer
Clicking Cancel or pressing Esc with something written asks Discard this post? with three choices:
| Button | Result |
|---|---|
| Keep editing | Back to the editor, nothing changes. |
| Save draft | The editor closes and the title and text come back the next time you click Add new post in that channel, also after a reload. |
| Discard | The content is gone for good. |
A draft is kept in the browser you wrote it in, one per channel. It does not follow you to another device.
Edit, delete and post settings
Open the ⋮ menu on a post:
| Item | Who sees it | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Pin to top | Owner, admins, moderators | Keeps the post at the top of the feed. |
| Copy link | Everyone | Copies a direct link to the post. |
| Report | Anyone, on others' posts | Sends the post to the moderation queue. See Moderate a community. |
| Edit | The author and moderators | Reopens the editor with Save. Cancelling with changes asks Discard changes? An edited post is marked edited. |
| Delete | The author and moderators | Asks "Are you sure you want to delete this post? This cannot be undone." |
| Notify all members… | Owner and admins | Announces the post to everyone. See Notifications and announcements. |
| Settings | Owner, admins, moderators | Post settings: Adding comments, Display comments, Display reactions and Post always expanded. |
Turning Adding comments off keeps existing comments readable and shows "Adding comments is turned off for this post". Turning Display comments off hides the discussion and shows "Comments are turned off for this post".
Comments and reactions
Members comment in the Write a comment… box under a post card or in Add your comment... inside the opened post, and answer each other with Reply. The comment box has Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, Emoji, Add image, Add GIF and the voice recorder. A comment takes up to 4 attachments; images can be JPEG, PNG, GIF or WebP, up to 10 MB each. Reactions are added with the like button or Add a reaction.
Clicking an image in a post or a comment opens it in a dark full-screen viewer with a download button. With several images the viewer shows a counter such as 1 / 3, arrows, and a strip of thumbnails; the arrow keys switch images too.
Good to know
A half-written comment is protected as well: closing the post with Esc or by clicking outside asks Discard your comment? with Keep editing and Discard. An attached image counts as content even without text. Comments have no drafts, so a discarded comment cannot be restored.
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