Each topic in Slab has its own page. In this article, you will learn the basics of a topic page. A separate article explains how to make updates.
Who can see the topic page?
The visibility of a topic and its page is controlled by its permission settings and the user's membership status. This article provides detailed explanations.
On a private topic, users who don't have view access to a topic page will be shown the option to request access from a topic owner. Admins of your team also have an additional option to join the topic with their admin superpower.
Editing the topic page
Topic members, with edit permission, can customize a topic’s name, description, and banner image. Learn more about editing topics pages here.
View topic activity
On a topic page, you can see all updates made to posts within the topic, including edits, comments, and publications.
To view topic activity:
Go to the topic.
Click the … menu in the top right corner.
Click 🕘 Activity.
Posts
Posts that belong directly to the topic are shown first on the topic page, followed by the topic's subtopics and their posts. Subtopics are always ordered by their depth - the nearest subtopics are shown first.
Filtering and sorting posts
By default, the topic page will show all the published posts and sort posts by popularity.
To filter posts:
Go to the topic page.
Click on Published in the top right corner to open the dropdown.
Select to show from the following post types: Published, Verified, Archived, Drafts, All posts.
To sort posts:
Go to the topic page.
Click on Popularity in the top right corner to open the dropdown.
Select to sort from the following options: Popularity, Recently Viewed, Recently Updated, Recently Published, Alphabetical.
Members
Membership of a topic affects topic permissions. To view a topic's members:
Go to the topic.
Click the … menu in the top-right corner.
Click Members.
Learn how to edit topic membership in this article.