Create a Company Newsfeed in Notion
In working with a recent client, they requested an “updates feed” on their Notion dashboard to easily share announcements, news, and other general information with their global team.
Here’s how we accomplished it (watch the video or read the guide below).
Step 1: Create the Announcements Database
Add whatever properties you’d like, such as Announcement (details), Category, Date Added (created time), and Link(s).
The ‘Latest’ checkbox is required to make this setup work.
Step 2: Create Two Linked Database Views
Create two linked database views on your desired dashboard page — one for the ‘Latest’ post, and one for all of the other posts.
Set up the ‘Latest’ post view;
use the Gallery card layout
add a filter (if ‘Latest’ is checked)
show properties: Announcement, Date Added and Category
Set up the ‘Newsfeed’ view;
use the List layout
add a filter (if ‘Latest’ is not checked)
show properties: Date Added and Category
Step 3: Set Up ‘Latest Post’ Automation
To prevent multiple entries showing in the Recent Announcements section, create the following automation;
Tigger: When a new page is added
Action:
Edit all pages in the database and uncheck the ‘Latest’ checkbox property
Set Latest to ‘checked’
This automation will remove the the checkbox from the previous announcement, and add it to the newly added entry.
And that’s it!
Written By: Sara Loretta
👋🏼 Sara Loretta is the Chief Digital Architect & Founder @ _systms™ — she’s also the 10th US Certified Notion Consultant, and 1st Certified Paperform Expert. Through her work and creatorship, Sara is focused on connecting and educating teams on tech, workflows, and all the ways they can optimize their business to scale.
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