Space Activity Stream | Axero Documentation

The Activity Stream is the home for all the latest updates in a space. It brings together all the activity in a space in one place.

The right-hand side includes the following:

• Space Search 
• Space Activity Ticker: Finer details of space activity
• Invite People
• Upcoming Birthdays
• Dynamic Property Modules: Custom widgets (See Manage Space: Dynamic Properties for details)
• Polls

What's on your mind

Wall updates are a simple and effective way to communicate with people and groups.

Links and Videos in wall posts

A post can link to any page on the Internet, and a link to a video on a site such as YouTube or Vimeo plays directly in the Activity Stream.

Note: You can remove the URL from the What's on your mind box. The video or link will remain. You can replace the URL with any message you want.

To change the thumbnail image for the video or link, click the left or right arrow to cycle through the available images. Click the box next to "No Thumbnail" to choose no image. 

Photos in wall posts

You can choose how photos are added to wall posts as a sitewide configuration. The WallPostPhotoLocation system property determines whether photos are displayed inline within wall posts or saved directly to a selected Space album.

To configure how photos are added, navigate to Control Panel > System > System Properties and set the WallPostPhotoLocation property to "body" or "album."

Adding Photos Inline

Set the WallPostPhotoLocation system property to "body" to enable photos to be embedded inline within wall posts. Inline photo embedding is supported for wall posts on your profile, other users’ walls, and Space walls.

To add a photo, click the photo icon in the toolbar. You can drag and drop an image, upload it from your desktop, or select one from your albums to embed it within the wall post.

Saving Wall Photos to Albums

Set the WallPostPhotoLocation system property to "album" to save photos added to wall posts directly to a selected Space album.

Files in wall posts

Files can also be added to wall posts, providing an organized way to share additional content. To upload a file, click the file icon in the toolbar. Files uploaded to wall posts are saved in the Files > Activity Stream Files folder by default unless you select another file folder during the upload process. 

@Mention people in wall posts

An @mention gets someone’s attention or points other readers to a particular person. When you tag a person with an @mention, they will receive a notification. @Mentions are public, visible to everyone, and link to the user's profile.

#hashtags in wall posts

Use #hashtags to categorize and add context to your posts.

When someone clicks on the hashtag in your wall post, they will be taken to a search screen showing other site content tagged with the same keyword.

Commenting on wall posts

Comments enable community members to engage in a discussion with you and with one another. When you write a new post, members can respond by adding a comment. You will receive a notification when your post receives a comment or when someone replies to one of your comments.

Rich text formatting can be used when adding comments, allowing you to format text and include bullet points, emojis, and more.

Note: To use rich text formatting in comments, ensure the Enable rich text HTML editor in comments setting is enabled in General Settings.

You can add photos to comments by clicking the photo icon in the toolbar. Photos in comments can only be added to wall posts in a Space, not to content created by other users. To enable this feature, go to System Properties > WallPostPhotoLocation and set it to "body".

Recognition Activity in the Space Activity Stream

Recognition activity also appears in the space Activity Stream when a recognition program has the space selected in its membership criteria and the "Include in Space Activity Stream" setting enabled. (See Add Recognition Program.)

Regardless of the recognition program, you can set spaces to display all badge activity from space members. Go to Control Panel > System > System Properties and add the space ID in ShowAllBadgeActivitySpaceIDs.

Filter

You can filter the activity stream to display wall posts, new content, recognition activity, or all.

Related pages

• Space Activity Ticker (the ticker beside the stream)
• Space Homepage (to put the stream on a Page Builder homepage)
• Manage Space: Dynamic Properties (to add custom widgets beside the stream)
• Posting on another user's wall (to write on a connection's wall instead of a space)
• Activity Widget (put the stream on a page)
• Wall Permissions (who can post to the wall)
• What's On Your Mind Widget (the post box on a Page Builder page)
• Vimeo Integration (to post a Vimeo video on the stream)