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

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:

Screenshot of a Message Board showing two Messages — one titled Kickoff and another named Inspiration. There are short previews of each Message Board post.

To create a new message, enter the Message Board and click "+ New message."

Screenshot of a Message Board showing two Messages with a red arrow pointing to the

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

Screenshot of notification options — “Just the 7 people working on this project,” “All 8 people who can see this project,” “Only the people I select…,” and “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:

Screenshot of notification options with a red arrow pointing to the clock icon located to the right of the

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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.

NOTE: A scheduled message will not be posted and remain a draft if:

The author was removed from the project
The author was removed from the account
The account is cancelled or inactive

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Message Board

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

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