Newsfeed Overview

The newsfeed is Pasco Cloud's informal communication channel — the place for team updates, site photos, and day-to-day collaboration. Unlike formal correspondence, the newsfeed is designed for quick, visible team communication that keeps everyone in the loop without cluttering your contractual records.

What Is the Newsfeed?

The newsfeed is a project activity stream that combines two types of content:

• User-created posts — text updates, photos, and shared content written by team members. These are the informal updates that keep your team informed about what is happening on site.
• System-generated activity posts — automatic records of key events across the platform. When an issue is raised, a report is approved, or a task is completed, an activity post appears in the feed.

Together, these create a living record of project activity — both the human updates and the system events.

The Dashboard

The newsfeed is the primary content on the dashboard. The dashboard uses a two-column layout:

• Left column — stat cards (reports, issues, tasks counts) and a list of open issues requiring attention
• Right column — the newsfeed stream showing the latest posts and activity

An expand/collapse toggle lets you go full-width for the newsfeed. The expand button also navigates to the dedicated feed page (/feed) where the newsfeed takes centre stage.

Creating Posts

Write text posts using the rich text editor, which supports:

• Formatted text (bold, italic, underline)
• Bullet and ordered lists
• Links and blockquotes

You can also attach photos to your posts — useful for sharing site progress, documenting conditions, or highlighting items of interest.

Visibility

Posts use the platform's sharing and visibility model:

• Shared groups — share with specific groups to control who sees the post
• Shared users — share directly with individual users
• Visible to all connections — toggle to share with everyone in your personal connections group

Posts default to visible to all your connections. If you turn this off and do not add any groups or users, the post is private — visible only to you.

Activity Posts

System-generated activity posts appear automatically when key events happen across the platform:

• Issues — issue raised, status changed, comment added
• Reports — report submitted, approved, rejected
• Tasks — task completed, comment added

Activity posts show structured information — the entity title, the new status, and the name of the person who took the action. Each activity post links to the source entity so you can navigate directly to the issue, report, or task.

Activity posts cannot be commented on, reposted, or deleted by regular users. They are an automatic, objective record of what happened on the project.

Comments

Comment on user-created posts to continue the conversation. Comments support text content and appear below the original post in chronological order. Comments are visible to anyone who can see the original post.

Reposts

Share someone else's post with your own audience by reposting it. A repost creates a new post with your visibility settings, referencing and displaying the original content. This is useful for amplifying important updates to a wider audience — for example, reposting a site manager's update to a group that was not in the original audience.

Bookmarks

Save posts for later reference by bookmarking them. Bookmarked posts are accessible from a bookmarks filter on the feed page. Use bookmarks to keep track of posts you want to refer back to — site condition reports, important announcements, or reference photos.

Newsfeed vs Correspondence

The newsfeed and correspondence serve fundamentally different purposes:

Use the newsfeed for day-to-day communication. Use correspondence when you need a defensible, immutable record.

💡 Tip

The newsfeed is a great way to keep your team informed about what is happening on site without sending emails. Post a quick update with a photo after a site visit, and everyone with access to those groups will see it on their dashboard.

Mobile Support

The newsfeed is available on the mobile app with the same dashboard integration. Create posts, view activity, and comment — all from the field. The mobile feed mirrors the web experience, making it easy to post a site update with photos immediately after a walkthrough.

What's Next?

• New to the dashboard? Read Dashboard & Navigation.
• Need formal communication? See the Correspondence Overview.
• Want to track issues? Start with the Issues Overview.