The feed is used to share information on an entry in the repository (document or folder) and record changes to the post.

The following message types are shown in the feed:

• Posts (written by a user)
• Comment (on a post)
• Polls
• Events (e.g. when a new version of a document is filed or changes are made to the working version)

Writing a post

Use the Post a reply input field to comment on the respective entry in the repository in a feed. You send the comment by clicking Create.

The text in posts, polls and comments can be formatted with the following syntax:

Bold: To format a part of the text in bold type, place an asterisk (*) at the beginning and end of the desired text section.

Example

I would like to emphasize this *again*. will appear in the ELO feed as follows: "I would like to emphasize this again.".

Information: If you want the asterisk to appear as a character in the text, enter a backslash before the asterisk. The asterisk does not have a formatting function, but appears instead.

Poll

Clicking the Create poll button opens a new area in the ELO feed in which you can start a user poll.

Enter the title or question of the poll in the first input field (with the placeholder text Ask a question). Enter the answer options to the next input fields (with the placeholder text Add answer option). To create an additional answer option, click the Add new answer button. You can select how long you want the poll to remain open in the Poll duration field.

Clicking Show more settings opens an area with additional settings. Here, you can you define whether you want to offer the user multiple options to select from, whether you want the user name of the participants to be visible in the poll result, and whether you want participants to be able to add further answer options.

Click Create to open the poll.

Mention

Use the Mention button (@ icon) to address a feed post directly to another ELO user or an ELO group. The users mentioned then see the corresponding feed post in the My ELO work area.

Reference

Use the Reference button (document icon with arrow) to link a feed post with an entry in the repository. The reference jumps directly to the respective entry.

Hashtag

Use the Hashtag button (# symbol) to add hashtags to a post. You can subscribe to hashtags. You can also filter the My ELO work area with hashtags.

Subscribe to a hashtag

1. Click the respective hashtag to subscribe to it.

The discussion page for the selected hashtag appears.

2. Click the Subscribe button.

You have subscribed to the hashtag. All posts that are marked with the corresponding hashtag appear in the My ELO work area.

Visibility

Use the Visibility button (eye icon) to restrict who can read the post.

Search feed

Use the Search feed button (magnifying glass icon) to search within the currently selected feed. When the searched term is found, the feed is reduced to the corresponding posts. The locations where the terms are found will be highlighted. Start the search by clicking Search. Click Reset search to exit the results list and return to the full feed.

Subscribe to feed

Use the Subscribe button (send icon) to subscribe to the currently open feed. All subscribed feeds are collected in the My ELO work area. Once a post is added to a subscribed feed, you also see the post in the My ELO work area.

Automatically subscribe to feed

ELO enables you to automatically subscribe to feeds. This applies to specific events that are triggered by a user:

• Filing a document
• Creating a folder
• Creating a new document version
• Creating a feed post or comment

You can enable the automatic feed subscription option under ELO > Configuration > Advanced settings > My ELO.

Comment

You can post comments in any feed. The procedure for adding a comment is almost identical to how you create a post. However, the visibility settings for a comment are bound to the visibility settings for the commented post, which is why you are unable to change the visibility settings for comments.

Edit post

Click the Edit button (pencil icon) to edit posts and comments.