Features · Channels
Five kinds of channel.
The kind decides the post.
The kind decides.
Discussion channels make threads. Question channels make questions with accepted answers. Tutorial channels make tutorials with a cover, tags, a series and a reading time. Showcase channels make showcases with a cover. Announcement channels are for the team and notify everyone on that side.
- Markdown bodies, up to five tags
- Pinned posts for what everyone should read
- The team's starter posts are marked as the team's
Be clear about this
What is in it today.
- Pre-betaThe community is new
The starter posts are written by the team: a welcome on each side, how the community works and a tutorial on the app registry. Everything after them is by members.
- Pre-betaReplies are flat
Replies sit under the post. Threaded replies are not built yet.
Questions
About channels.
Which channels are there?
Six on each side. Users: Announcements, Help & questions, How-tos, What I made, Feedback and General. Developers: Announcements, Dev questions, Tutorials, Built on Geenius, Ideas & proposals and Open core.
What decides what a post is?
The channel's kind: discussion makes a thread, questions a question with accepted answers, tutorials a tutorial, showcase a showcase and announcements an announcement, which only the team posts.
What can I write?
Markdown, with up to five tags. Tutorials and showcase posts can carry a cover, and tutorials a series and a reading time.
Are replies threaded?
Not yet. Replies sit in a flat list under the post.