Share a link

Post a link from a YouTube video or the web.

This method works with most online links, but won't work with Instagram posts. To share an Instagram post, create a custom HTML embed instead.

Tip: Posts in the content stream do not support Community activity links.

To use the Member Hub to distribute activity links:

• Distribute an activity to the Member Hub to add an activity link to the Activity Widget without sending an email invitation.

  Use this option if you want to track member participation.

• Embed a survey in the content stream to share an anonymous survey link in the content stream.

  Use this option to post Activity Links for projects unrelated to your community's activities.

1. At the top of the content stream, in the What do you want to share? box, click Share Link.
   Note: You cannot use this function to upload a PDF. Click Upload File instead.
2. In the Paste a link to content field, paste the link.
   A preview of the linked article appears.
3. Optional: Add text to the link.
   1. Click the Add some context field and type your text.
   2. Click the Style toolbar to apply a paragraph style.
      
   3. Select the text to open the formatting toolbar to apply a text style.
      
   Tip: To close the toolbar, place your cursor at the end of the text.
   For more information, see Format text and images.
4. Optional: Edit the preview image.
   1. Click Image.
      
   2. Click Upload and navigate to the image file on your computer, then click Open.
   3. Optional: Reposition the image.

      Preview images are cropped from the top and bottom, and on the left and right sides. The focus of the image should be contained within the inner 75% of the image.

      
   4. Optional: Drag the slider to the right to increase the image size.
   5. Click Save.
   Note:

   • Preview images do not support alternative text.

   • The resolution ratio for preview images is 4:3 of the original. To maintain image quality, the recommended image dimensions are 336(w) x 252(h) pixels.

   • Featured posts crop more of the image and degrade the preview image quality more than regular posts.
5. Optional: Add an image, gallery, media, or custom HTML to a post.
6. Optional: From the Collection list, select a post category.
   Tip: Adding the post to a collection helps members find similar content.
7. Optional: In the Tag post field, type a keyword that describes the content.
   Tip: When a member clicks the tag, they see all the content that share the same keyword.
8. Optional: Schedule the post.
9. Optional: Click Save Draft to continue working on your post at a later date.
10. Click Post.
    The link is published on the member hub.

Parent topic: Posts

Related information

• Collections and tags
• Supported file types