Share Your Post Hub To Your Website & The Launcher

So you've created some Posts, organized them into Collections, added topics and authors, customized your Post Hub. Now it's time to finally share it with the world and add it to your website, The Launcher, and anywhere else you want people to access your church's news and communications. How exciting!! 🎉😁

Sharing it is super easy and only takes a few minutes. So let's get to it!

In this guide, we'll cover the following topics. Click on any one to jump ahead.

Your Post Hub URL Slug

Slug. What a funny word to appear when talking about sermons 😅 No, we aren't talking about snails and slimy creatures sliding on the ground. A URL slug is what comes after your custom domain.

For instance, let's say your website's domain is realitybible.church

On this website, you have an About Us page. The slug for that page might be about

This makes the entire URL for that page: https://realitybible.church/about

No other page can have that URL slug. It is unique to that About Page.

It's like if you have an address for a house. The root domain of your web address is like the street name, while the slug is like the house number. If all you have is the street name, sure you can see all the houses down the road, but you won't know which one is the one you're looking for unless you have the actual house number.

It's the same with a website. You might have the root domain, but unless you have the slug, you won't be able to access that particular page.

So in reference to your Post Hub slug, we're talking about the part of the URL in the website address that comes after your root domain.

By default, your Post Hub's URL slug will be /posts. But you can change this to be whatever you'd like, such as /communications or /announcements.

To change this, while in Nucleus Posts, click Post Hub. Then select Settings in the top menu.

Here you can adjust the URL slug to anything you like, as long as there are no spaces. (You also don't need to include the backslash.)

Keep in mind, if you make any changes be sure to check off the option: Nucleus will automatically redirect anyone who tries access the previous slug to the new one. If you click to remove that checkmark, anyone who tries to go to that previous slug will not be redirected and will instead land on a 404 page.

This actually isn't a problem if you've never shared your Post Hub anywhere yet. But if you've shared the original URL with the previous slug, we recommend leaving the checkmark active.

And, as always, if you've made any changes, don't forget to save them!

Otherwise, once you've confirmed that your slug for the Post Hub is exactly what you want it to be, you're ready to share it to your website and The Launcher! But first, it might be wise to preview your Post Hub, just to make sure everything is how you want it to be once people start visiting it.

Note: If you haven't yet added a custom domain to your Nucleus Website, no worries! You can still share your Post Hub. It will just be linked to your Nucleus Web preview URL. To learn how to add a custom domain to your Nucleus Web, click here.

Preview Your Post Hub

Similar to how you preview a page on your website that you're building in Nucleus Web, you can preview changes you've made to your Post Hub at anytime by clicking the View Hub button along the top of your page. Then click Preview URL to open a new tab showing you a preview of your Post Hub with the current changes you've made.

Note: Changes you've made to your sermon hub will not fully take effect until you publish them.

You can also access your preview link by going to your Posts Hub, by clicking the Preview option on the right hand side


Share Your Post Hub Via A Direct Link

This link is the best way to share the live (published) version of your church's Post Hub anywhere you need it. From email, to social media, or literally anywhere else. To access this, simply go to your Post Hub and click Share. Then copy the URL and paste it wherever you like.

It can be helpful to share this link with pastors, staff, or volunteers anytime you want someone to see this Post Hub's latest changes without needing to publish it first. This lets you easily get feedback and make updates before publishing to your church's live website.

Note: This Preview URL by default is accessible by anyone with the link and it will reflect and use the Privacy Controls you have set on the draft (working) version of your Post Hub. So just be careful where you share this link especially if it is not set to “Private” (public areas like social media are NOT recommended).

Share Your Post Hub To Your Website

There are a number of ways to share your Post Hub on your Nucleus website such as through actions, page sections & even your navigation menu. Let's break these down one by one and give you some guidance on how to best do this.

Actions

Actions (or buttons) in Nucleus Web can link directly to your Post Hub in a variety of ways. When you first create an action or edit an existing action on any of your Nucleus Web pages, select Posts in the type field and then choose where specifically in Posts you want to link to.

Selecting Page and choosing Hub Homepage will link directly to your Post Hub, but you can also link to a variety of other areas across Nucleus Posts including Collections, Topics, Authors, etc.

Navigation

When creating a navigation item or editing an existing one you can also link to your Post Hub in the exact same way with the exact same options as an Action.

Simply choose where you want the navigation item to link to in your Post Hub and name it accordingly. In most use cases you'll just be linking to the Post Hub directly when creating a navigation link.

Page Section

When adding a new section to a page you're building out in Nucleus Web you can dedicate a section specifically to Nucleus Posts. First select the Post section type.

Then choose a layout for how you want your Post Hub to be presented. These layouts will work and function exactly the same as layouts across other pages on your website.

Finally, name the section something familiar for organizational purposes. Don’t overthink it. Just type something short and sweet that helps describe this section. (It’s only visible to admins).

From here, scroll down to the Post section on the page editor and click + Add New. You'll be then asked what you want to add specifically from Nucleus Posts. It can be your latest Post, featured Post or even a specific Collection of Posts.

In this example, we'll select Latest Post and then choose our source which in this case will be All Posts.

Once that's selected, this specific section will pull from the source we chose, which in this case was All Posts.

You could also choose from a specific Collection. This is a really powerful tool to use in conjunction with specifically themed pages on your website, such as a page dedicated to a specific ministry or event. You could have a Post section on that page pull the latest Post for a Collection dedicated to that particular ministry or event, so that people can see the latest information about that ministry or event.

Share Your Post Hub To The Launcher

Finally, The Launcher can also be a great place to point people to your Post Hub. Start by creating a new action in the Actions section. Click the + Add New button and then give the action a title (in this example we'll name it Updates.) Choose to link this action to an external url.

Finally, click the Setup button beside your newly created action and then add your Post Hub direct link which you can get from the share section of your Post Hub. Save your changes and you're all set!


What Next?

Congratulations! If you've just shared your Post Hub to your website or The Launcher, people can now access your Posts from any mobile device 😎

Next, it's never fun to bear the weight of everything on your own shoulders. If you haven't done so already, why don't you invite a couple more admins to access Nucleus Posts to help lighten the responsibility of maintaining your Collections and creating all your Posts? Click below to learn more:

  • Invite Other Admins To Help (Manage Posts)

And if you're wanting to explore more advanced features and settings within Nucleus Posts, here are a few great places to get started:

  • Adjust A Post's Advanced Options
  • Add & Manage Your Collections
  • Manage The Home Page & Other Main Pages Of Your Post Hub
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