An in-depth article on how to create a post of any type in your Honeycommb Control Center.

Creating a post in the Control Center vs your member application, be it web, iOS, or Android, offer you more functionality. Those functions include;

To edit a post, in the primary Posts table view, click the ••• menu button on the far right of the post row and select “Edit” from the menu. You can also click on the post row to access the Control Center post view. Once at the Control Center post view, click the ••• button on the top right of the page, and select “Edit”.

These paths will bring you to the post creation / edit form view. Follow the instructions below for how to edit or add each section.

Notes:

To Create a post in your Control Center, go to Posts in the right side menu and click the “Create New Post” button in the top right corner.

This will open up a new page in the Control Center that includes all the form elements you need to create and schedule or publish a post. To go back to the Posts table, click the back arrow button to the left of the “Posts / Create New Post” page title.

The post author is just that, the profile in the network that owns the post. The avatar, name, and username of the author will be displayed on the post wherever it travels in the network. The post will also be displayed on the author's profile.

To change the author…

The post title is the first text of a post displayed in a larger and heavier font. Post title is not a required field.

The post title has a character limit of 90 characters and is emoji-friendly. You can use your native language keyboard to enter any characters you like.

The post title is displayed in the post itself, in post preview cards in feeds, and in post notification emails.

The post title is NOT link-friendly; won’t link or create a link preview.

The post body is displayed under the post title, if used, and is only a required field if your post has no media (images or video).

The post body will be displayed in the post itself, in post preview cards in feeds where it may be truncated to fit the preview card, and in post notification emails where it also may be truncated to fit.

The post body has a character limit of 5,000 characters and is emoji-friendly. You can use your native language keyboard to enter any characters you like.

The post body is link-friendly. If you include a link, the link will be truncated to only show the primary domain as often links are extremely long and can break the view and make readability challenging. Links in the post body will also generate a link preview on the post, getting the open graph image and open graph page title from the web page the link points to.

Use @usernames to tag a community member, which will send them a profile “mention” activity and, if your network has mobile apps, a mobile notification that they were mentioned in your post.

Use #hashtags to tag your content and make it searchable by community members.

Posts are defined by their media type;

The Honeycommb platform uses media type as a way to display the post in an optimal way to your community members.

Media Type: Text-only

If you don’t want to include media in your post, select “None (text-only)” in the drop-down menu.

Media Type: Image / Multi-image

If you want to include an image or a set of up to 10 images, select “Image / Multi-image” from the media type drop-down menu.

To add images, click the “+Add Images 0/10)” button that appears after you select “Image / Multi-image” from the media type drop-down menu.

Select up to 10 images one by one or all at once from your desktop file menu system. Once you do, those images will load into the page as rows.

To rearrange the order of the images, hover over the image row you want to move with your cursor, click and hold the move icon on the far right, and move the image row to the order you want the image to be in.

To delete an image, hover over the image row you want to remove with your cursor and click the trash icon in the set of icons to the right. The image will be removed immediately.

To replace the image, hover over the image row you want to remove with your cursor and click the refresh icon, the icon on the left in the set of icons. Select the new image from your desktop file menu system and the image will be replaced.

Media Type: Video

If you want to include a video with your post, select “Video” from the media type drop-down menu.

To add a video, click the “+Add Video)” button that appears after you select “Video” from the media type drop-down menu. Select the video from your desktop file menu system.

With a video of large file size… BE PATIENT! Depending on your internet connection, it may take some time for the original video to upload and process into the many file-size versions our system processed your video into.

Use the “Add a thumbnail image” button to include an image that will be used in the post as the cover image for your video. The thumbnail image should be the same resolution, often 16:9, as your video.

Media Type: Livestream RTMP

If you want to livestream from your desktop, select “Livestream RTMP” from the media type menu.

Livestream RTMP (Real-Time Messaging Protocol) creates a Stream Key and Stream URL for you to use with streaming software like OS, Zoom, Streamyard, and more.

Note that your livestream post will not be published until your stream is connected and active. Once connected and active, your livestream post will be available in the network.

Read: Livestream using RTMP for more detailed information on how to use this technology.

To send a post notification email to approved community members turn on the “Send post email when published” toggle.

Once published, a beautiful post notification email will be sent to every approved community member excluding pending and banned members. If the post is being published to a group, only approved members of that group will receive the post notification email.

There are a number of other post capabilities available to you when creating a post in the Control Center. These settings are found and available to add by clicking on the “+ Add Available Post Settings” button on the bottom left of the post creation page.

This setting is only available to networks that have Subscriptions turned on and activated for their network.

To make this post Premium, select the “Premium Post” setting from the list of settings. The toggle will automatically be turned on to make the post premium when published.

Read: Premium Post for more details

To publish this post directly to a group, select the “Post to Group” settings from the “+ Add Available Post Settings” drop-down menu.

Click the “+ Add Post To Group” drop-down menu to select a group. Note that the groups available in the menu are the groups the Author is an approved member of.

Add file attachments of any kind to a post by selecting the "+ File Attachments" from the "+ Add Available Post Settings" drop-down menu.

Add up to 10 file attachments where each file is no greater than 10 MB.

To rearrange or remove file attachments from the post, hover over the file row with your cursor and use the action icons on the right.

To schedule your post to publish at a later date and time, select “Schedule Post” from the “+ Add Available Post Settings” drop-down menu. This setting will now be added to your post but you must complete the date and time field for the setting to activate.

Complete the date and time fields by clicking into the input areas and selecting a future date and time from the available options.

Featuring a post will publish that post to the very top of every member's home feed. Featured posts include a non-obtrusive icon that signifies the post has been featured by an administrator.

To feature the post, select “Featured Post” from the “+ Add Available Post Settings” drop-down menu. Turn the Featured Post toggle to the on position.

A sponsored post signifies to community members that the post is in the network due to a partnership the network has with a sponsor. The post will include a “Sponsored” insignia or sponsored logo if one has been added.

To make the post a sponsored post, select “Sponsored Post” from the “+ Add Available Post Settings” drop-down menu. Turn the Sponsored Post toggle to the on position.

Once the sponsored post toggle is turned to the on position, the option (not required) to include a sponsored post logo will appear. Click the “+ Add sponsor logo” button to include the sponsor's logo that will display over the post in an unobtrusive but viewable way. A square-to-horizontal format is recommended.