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Newsfeed

The newsfeed is your landing page after you sign in. Its heading reads The Kitchen, and it shows a shared stream of short posts written by people on the instance. Every post has a title, an optional Markdown body, an author, and a comment count, and any signed-in user can add a post or join the discussion on one. Newer posts appear first, and each post opens onto its own page for reading and commenting.

Where to find it

  • URL: gitvetrix.com/newsfeed
  • Navigation: After you sign in you land here automatically. To return at any time, open the main menu next to the Vetrix logo in the top bar and choose Newsfeed. On a narrow screen, open the navigation menu and choose Newsfeed at the top of the panel.

Read the newsfeed

  1. Open Newsfeed from the main menu.
  2. Scroll the list of posts, newest first. Each card shows the post title, a preview of the body, the author, and how long ago it was posted.
  3. Select a post title, or its comment link, to open the full post and its discussion.

Move between pages

The newsfeed shows up to 20 posts at a time.

  1. Scroll to the bottom of the list.
  2. Select Next to see older posts.
  3. Select Previous to return toward the newest posts. Previous is disabled while you are on the first page.

Write a post

  1. Select New Post at the top right of the newsfeed.
  2. Type a Title. A title is required.
  3. Optionally write the post body in the Body (Markdown, optional) editor. Markdown formatting is supported, and links to YouTube or Vimeo videos become click-to-play thumbnails.
  4. Select Post. Your post appears at the top of the newsfeed.

To close the form without posting, select Cancel. You can also press Ctrl/Cmd+Enter to post or Escape to cancel without leaving the keyboard.

Read and reply to a post

  1. Open a post from the newsfeed.
  2. Read the full body at the top of the page. Below it, the comment count and the discussion thread are shown, with replies nested under the comment they answer.
  3. To comment on the post, write your comment in the Add a comment box and select Comment.
  4. To answer a specific comment, select Reply beneath it, write your reply, and select Comment. Select (cancel reply) to return to a plain comment instead.

As with the post form, Ctrl/Cmd+Enter submits your comment and Escape cancels a reply.

Edit or delete your own post

  1. Open a post you wrote.
  2. Select Edit to change the title or body, then select Save. Select Cancel to discard your changes.
  3. Select Delete to remove the post and all of its comments. You are asked to confirm first.

You can delete a comment you wrote from the Delete control next to it. Removing a comment also removes its replies.

Tips

  • When the newsfeed has no posts yet, it shows No posts yet with an invitation to be the first to share something. Select New Post to start.
  • The full post header shows an "edited" time whenever a post has been changed since it was created.