In Korbty Mobile and Web platform, the primary communication method is through the Newsfeed and the posts that have been published for a user to see based on their Audience membership and Category subscriptions.

Posts Screen in the CMS

To view the Posts menu

• Open the Mega Menu in the upper left corner

  • If needed, select the Mobile/Web option

    

• In the Content section, click on Posts

  

• You are now on the Post management Screen

  

• At the top are the Statistics about your posts and interaction from them

• Posts can either be viewed as a list or card selected next to the Create Post button

• Post can be in 1 of 3 statuses

  • Published - Viewable to their audiences

  • Submitted - A draft awaiting final publishing, possibly created by an Author

  • Archived - Removed from view

• You can see details on this screen, such as type, dates, author

• Action Icons to the right allow you to Edit, Preview, See Statistics, Clone, and Archive specific posts

Creating and Editing Newsfeed Post in the CMS

• From the Posts screen, click the Create Post drop-down

  • Or click the pencil Icon of a Post you wan to edit

• Select the type of post you wish to create

  • This can be changed in the next screen if needed

• Set the Headline/Title

  • Set the Optional short Description

  • This is the text that will preview with the item in the Newsfeed

    

  • Every Post type has a Headline and Description Option

• The other options available for the Post will be based on the Post Type

Newsfeed Post Types

Expand a Newsfeed Post to see that type’s options and details

After writing the Post, you will configure the Post Settings

Post Character Limit

To give your users the best experience possible, we standardized the character limits across key fields.

Post Settings and Options

Post settings allow you to configure who sees the Post and how they see it in the Newsfeed.
Some will require a selection, some have default options that do not require setting

Save / Publish or Submit / Previewing / Exit

The options at the top of a Post will vary based on the User’s Role

Approver and Higher’s View

Author’s View

At any time while editing a Post you can use the buttons at the top

• Publish

  • Publishes the article to the selected Audiences or Categories

  • Will be immediately viewable to users if no Schedule options were set

• or Submit for Authors

  • As an author, you can not fully publish a Post

  • When ready to be reviewed for publishing, clicking Submit will alert content approvers that the Post should be reviewed

• Save

  • Saves progress in a Draft status

  • Not viewable to users yet

  • Only option available to Authors for Mobile and Web

• Preview

  • Opens a new window showing how the item will appear in a user’s Newsfeed

• Exit

  • Leaves the editor

  • Will alert you if there are unsaved changes

Optional Creating a Signage Layout Design from a Newsfeed Post

Korbyt provides the option to create a draft Signage Layout when publishing a new Image, Video, or Article Post to your Mobile & Web news feed.

The feature is not available for other post types at this time

This will allow easier use of content across multiple communication channels

This option is available when adding a post in the Post Setting section on the right of the screen

This option will produce a Layout the when the post moves from a Draft to a Published status.

After constructing your and publishing your Post a new Layout will be created in draft status.
The name of the Layout will be the Title from the Post.

This new layout will have been created with Two Elements populated

• A Text Note Element at the top with the Text from the Title of the Article

• A media element that will vary based on the media in the post

  • A Video Element will be created from a Video Post

  • An Image Element will be created from an Image Post or an Article Post with 1 Image

  • A Carousel Element will be created from an Image Post or an Article Post with multiple images

    • Default 10 sec view time and a face transition for each item

    • Positioned using the Cover sizing mode

This new layout can be further edited as normal using the Builder Tool, and published to Playlists.

If you do not see this option present in your Mobile & Web tenant please contact your Korbyt Support team so that it can be turned on.