Posts

Posts are short, timely notices the property manager publishes to a channel — maintenance alerts, upcoming works, AGM announcements and general development news.

This page covers how a manager creates and notifies posts. For what a post looks like to the people receiving it, and how channels decide who sees what, see the owner and resident view of posts.

Creating a post

The new post form has no separate detail page — you fill it in line and save. Because there is no generated configuration for this screen, the fields are described here directly:

Field	Purpose
Channel	The channel the post belongs to. This is the primary control over who can see the post — residents, owners (members), or directors.
Target Area / Core	Optional. Leave blank and the post is visible to everyone in the channel. Populate to restrict it to contacts associated with units in that area or core.
Target Type / Category	Optional. As above, but restricts the post to contacts whose units are of the chosen type or category.
Post Title	The headline shown in the notice list and used as the email subject.
Details	The full body of the post, written in the rich-text editor. The complete content is included in the notification email, so write it to stand on its own.
Image / Attachments	An optional image, and any files attached to the post. Attachments are referenced in the notification email so recipients know to log in for them.

The target filters all work the same way: blank means everyone in the channel can see it; setting one or more narrows the audience to the contacts linked to matching units. The same visibility logic applies to documents and ballots.

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1. 1Click on the new button
2. 2Choose the channel — Residents Channel makes the post visible to everyone in that channel
3. 3Enter the post title: Car Park Resurfacing This Weekend
4. 4Write the body of the post
5. 5Save the post — it is now visible in the channel but no email has been sent yet

Attaching a file

A post can carry attachments — for example a notice as a PDF or a photograph of the works area. Attachments are listed in the notification email so recipients know to log in and download them.

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1. 1Open the post "Car Park Resurfacing This Weekend" from the noticeboard
2. 2Attach a file to the post — it will be referenced in the notification email

Notifying users

Saving a post makes it visible in the channel, but does not email anyone. Review the post first, then click Notify Users to send a copy to everyone who can see it. The full content of the post is included in the email, so recipients get the whole message in their inbox even if they never log in, and any attachments are referenced.

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1. 1Open the post "Car Park Resurfacing This Weekend" from the noticeboard
2. 2Click Notify Users to email a copy of the post to everyone who can see it
3. 3Confirm — the full post content is emailed to every recipient in the channel

Editing a post

You can edit a post after it is published. Note that editing cannot recall emails that have already been sent — if a correction is important, publish a short follow-up post and notify users again rather than relying on the edit alone.

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1. 1Open the post "Car Park Resurfacing This Weekend" from the noticeboard
2. 2Click Edit to change the post
3. 3Update the body of the post
4. 4Save the changes — note that emails already sent cannot be recalled

Deleting a post

A post can be deleted while it has not yet been notified. Once notifications have been sent the post is kept as a record and can no longer be removed.

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1. 1Click on the new button
2. 2Choose the channel — Residents Channel makes the post visible to everyone in that channel
3. 3Enter the post title: Draft Notice For Removal
4. 4Write the body of the post
5. 5Save the draft post
6. 6Click Delete to remove the post
7. 7Confirm deletion — a post can be deleted while it has not yet been notified

Comments

Posts can carry comments. Whether owners and residents may comment is controlled by the channel configuration — by default they cannot. Where comments are enabled they are visible to everyone who can see the post, the post creator follows it automatically, and anyone who comments becomes a follower and is notified of further comments. Comments need moderation; see the comments guide before enabling them.