Cross-Board Posting - Member Experience
Creating a post flow
Once Cross-Board Posting is enabled, the “Create Post” button appears on the homepage, category pages, and group hub pages. Members can start writing without navigating to a specific board first.
Figure 1. The “Create Post” button on the homepage when cross-board posting is enabled in the community.|
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What to do |
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1 |
Click “Create Post” from the homepage, a category page, or a group hub page |
Button is only visible when the member has post permission on at least one board |
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2 |
The board picker opens |
Shows: a “Search boards” field, a “CURRENT BOARD” section (pre-selected board), and an “ALL BOARDS” section |
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3 |
Browse or search for a board |
Categories show a folder icon with › expand arrow. Click a category row to expand and see its boards. Direct boards (Blog, KB, Ideas, Events, Forum) show coloured icons. |
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4 |
Select a destination board |
The “Posting to:” pill at the top updates to show the selected board |
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5 |
The standard post editor opens |
All board-specific settings apply: required fields, tags, polls, moderation workflow, AI moderation |
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6 |
Write the title and body |
Full rich text editor with all community posting features (attachments, @mentions, formatting, tables, code blocks) |
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7 |
Click Publish |
Redirected to the newly created post. Post goes through the destination board’s moderation workflow. |
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Note: Destination board selection happens before the post editor loads. This is required because the editor template, custom fields, poll eligibility, tags, and autosave are all board-specific and require the destination board to be known first. |
