Content Types | Axero Documentation

Axero has various content types for publishing news, posting thoughts, discussing ideas, collecting feedback, and more. 

Content Basics 

There are several ways you can interact with content in Axero, such as commenting, liking, rating, bookmarking, and more. Interacting with content engages you, the author, and other people. Content interactions encourage collaboration and increase engagement.

Articles 

Articles are formal written content that informs readers about a certain topic. Articles include information from research and interviews. Articles come from reliable news sources and are generally longer than blogs.

Blogs 

Blog posts are written content that provides an opinion about a certain topic. Blog posts are less formal and typically shorter than articles.

Calendar 

The calendar helps you organize and keep track of events and personal activities. Track event RSVPs and stay on top of all your important activities. Features such as comments, event resources, and calendar sharing make event planning and coordination even easier.

Cases 

Cases are great for tracking anything, from customer support and help desk requests to software bugs and project tasks. You can set up as many trackers as you like because each space you create has one built into its fabric.

Manage Space: CMS Pages 

Content Management System (CMS) in Axero is a way to create custom pages with static content.

Discussions 

Discussions are organized into a set of forums where users can post. Users can post a discussion in a forum to discuss a specific topic. Users can like and reply to discussions and replies. Users can subscribe to forums as well as individual discussions. Replies to a discussion can be marked as the answer to the discussion.

Files 

Axero's file management system is sophisticated and flexible. You can upload files to spaces and the top-level community and organize them into folders. In spaces, you can decide the actions different types of users can perform on files. You can give files properties such as a title, description, and tags and upload new versions of files. All the versions you upload are kept in the system, and you can revert to previous versions at any time.

Ideas 

Ideas are suggestions that users can post and vote on. Ideas have a title, description, category, and stage.

Photos 

You can upload photos to Axero and organize them in photo albums. Users can download, like, rate, and comment on photos and albums.

Polls and Surveys 

Polls and surveys provide a way to take votes and opinions from space members.

Tasks 

Tasks are to-do items relevant to a space. Tasks are separated into task lists and are assigned to specific users. Tasks have a priority and status and can have a due date and estimated completion time. You can sort tasks and move tasks to different task lists. Users can comment on and follow tasks.

Videos 

Sharing and watching videos in Axero is convenient and easy. Share videos from your computer, from popular services like YouTube and Vimeo, or with an embed code. Features such as likes, comments, and ratings encourage engagement and interaction.

Wikis 

Wikis are easily accessed pages of helpful content. Wiki pages can be organized into a hierarchy. Users can like, follow, and comment on wiki pages.

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How to Display Featured Content on Your Homepage 

You've been tasked to share information with the entire organization, and you want to quickly and easily share the new exciting information with everyone by posting it on your homepage. In this guide, you'll learn how to make important information visible on your homepage.

How to Add a Stock Album for Featured Images

You can make certain albums available to everyone for use when adding featured images to content. You can upload stock images to an album in a space and then make the album available to everyone to select featured images. Make it easy and painless for your content creators to add beautiful images to content.

How to See All My Content

See all the content you've created in one place, organized by content type. You can view, edit, and delete your content.

How to Include External Content in Search 

You can include external content in searches, like your organization's other systems and tools, external reference pages, social media accounts, and more. The external content will appear in search results with a title and description you set. Clicking the page will open the external page.