Message Board
Posting in the Message Board of a project is ideal for making announcements, asking questions to everyone on the project, and more.
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- Create a Message Board post
- Choose who to notify
- Schedule to post later
- Categorize the Messages on the board
- Pin the Messages to the top
- Sort the Messages on the board
- Format text and embed images
Create a Message Board post
Post on the Message Board when you want:
- to share an idea that doesn't necessarily belong in a text doc or in a Chat room
- others to see it
- it to have a more permanent place to live
It's a happy medium for those middle-of-the-road conversations 🛣️
The Message Board doesn't aggregate conversations that happen elsewhere — it's only for messages and discussions posted in a project's Message Board tool:
To create a new message, enter the Message Board and click "+ New message."
TIP: You can hide the Message Board tool from a Project if it's not needed.
Choose who to notify
Once you're finished composing, you can click to adjust who should be notified about this post. The options available are:
- Just the people working on this project (excludes folks who are "just following")
- All people who can see this project (includes folks who are "just following")
- Only the people I select…
- No one
Keep in mind that it does not *hide* the post from any non-clients on the project.
And if you're not ready to post your message just yet, click Save as a draft and Basecamp will keep it saved for when you're ready.
Schedule to post later
If you don't want to post your message right away because of the time zone differences or other reasons, you can schedule the publication of messages on the day and time you want:
Your scheduled messages will be saved in drafts. The small link at the top of the Message Board will remind you if you have any scheduled or normal drafts to be posted:
If you change your mind and decide to publish it right now or want to change or remove the schedule, you can do so by going to the footer of the draft and clicking on "Change...". From there several options will allow you to make any changes you need.
- The author was removed from the project
- The author was removed from the account
- The account is cancelled or inactive
Categorize the Messages on the board
🔗 Stay organized by categorizing your Message posts.
Pin the Messages to the top
🔗 Want to highlight important Messages? Pin them at the top!
Sort the Messages on the board
🔗 Sort a project's Message Board posts by latest comment or alphabetically in just a few clicks.
Format text and embed images
🔗 Need to format text or embed images? Head to this link to learn how!
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