In this guide, you’ll learn how to add and configure the Timeline on a homepage.
The Timeline Applet makes it easy for employees to connect and engage by bringing posts from multiple areas or Hubs into a single, easy-to-follow feed. It helps people discover updates, stay informed, and join conversations across your organisation, all in one place.
Before you start
- You will need to have the Homepage Manager security role assigned to configure this applet
- Make sure you have applied the correct permissions in the area you are adding the Timeline, to ensure the right people can see it
Adding the Timeline Applet
Click top right page options (three vertical dots) and select edit this homepage.
Click on the pencil toolbox in the bottom-right of the page.
Find the Timeline Applet and drag onto the homepage where a blue line appears.
- To edit the applet, hover over it and click the three dots to open the options/configuration window.
Enter a new title. The default title is 'Timeline' and automatically toggled off.
As you would expect, the title is amendable and you can click show title to toggle it on/off. If required, choose a new applet icon.
You can also specify whether the applet should have a background and padding.
Top tip: provide all applets with a meaningful title, even when the title is switched off on the desktop view; on the mobile view these titles are always shown.
- Include system generated posts is enabled by default. Turn this setting off if you want to remove notifications about published content and create a more social-focused feed.
- Include Recognition posts is enabled by default. To remove posts from the Employee Recognition Applet from the Timeline feed, turn this setting off.
Top tip: Add a second Timeline Applet beneath your Employee Recognition Applet to create a dedicated feed for recognition posts.
- Allow quick polls is switched off by default. Turn this setting on to allow employees to create anonymous quick polls in the Timeline. When enabled, a bar chart icon appears in the Post now section.
By default the content source will be area that the applet is being added to. To change this, click the drop-down next to Content Source and select from the list.
If you choose This Area, User's Office or User's Department, these options do not require any additional set up.
If Hubs has been selected, you will need to choose the Hub(s) you would like to pull the timeline conversations from. Hubs will only appear as an option if you have the Hub application enabled in your site.
- There is also the option to choose a custom source, which can you select from the object picker.
- Include child areas is toggled off by default. Toggle it on to include timeline content from every area in your intranet structure which sits underneath your chosen content source(s).
- Allow posting to all sources. This option only appears where there are multiple sources selected. By default, where multiple areas are selected, this option is toggled off, meaning users are not able to create new posts.
When allow posting to all sources is enabled, users have the option to create a post and select which location they would like to publish it to.
Note: the post will only appear in the Timeline of the location they select to publish to, and any Timelines which are using the published location as a source. It is not possible to post to more than one Timeline feed.
- Show area posted to as a link is enabled by default. This displays the area or Hub where a post was published as a bold, clickable link. Turning this setting on or off updates all posts displayed in the Timeline
Click the Paging options dropdown and select the option that best suits the experience you want to create for your employees.
- Click Close when you're happy with your Timeline Applet setup. Continue building your homepage, then click Publish in the top-right corner to make your changes live.