The channel page consists of the field group containing general data, and several tabs.
General information about the channel.
Channel name | Name of the channel. This is a required field. |
Channel image | The image that is used to visually identify the channel messages in the feed, for example, a channel logo. Click the button to add a new image by using the standard file selection window. Click the button to remove the image. |
Description | Additional information about the channel. |
The [Follow] button is used to subscribe to the current channel, and the [Unfollow] button is used to unsubscribe from it. The Unfollow button is unavailable if the given user does not have permission to unsubscribe from the channel.
Information about the owner of the channel and the access rights that are configured for the channel.
Owner | Employee user who created the channel. This non-editable field is filled in automatically when creating a new channel. |
Channel created on | The date when the channel was created. By default, this field is filled in with the current date. This is a non-editable field. |
Permission to post entries | [All users can post] – set the option to allow posting messages for any user who has the view permission for this channel. |
[Only users with edit permission for this channel can post] – select this option if you want to allow to post messages only for those users who have the permission to edit the channel. You can set up access rights to the channel by selecting the [Set up access rights] action of the channel page. |
The Followers detail contains the list of users whose feeds display messages of the selected channel.
The toolbar of the Followers detail contains the additional buttons.
[Add] – add a user or user group to the detail by selecting the corresponding menu command.
[Actions] – select the [Enable unfollowing] or [Disable unfollowing] commands to allow the selected users to unsubscribe from the channel or disable this option correspondingly.
The Feed tab on the channel page contains the list of posts of the current channel.
[What are you working on?] – post a message in the channel. Enter the message text in the field and click the [Publish] button. The field is available only for users who have the permission to post messages in the selected channel.