When you’re viewing a Community stream, including the Main Stream, you won’t see full posts. Instead, you’ll see the first 300 characters of the post and a preview of any attachments. Live posts have the following components: 

Title: The title of the post will appear in green. Clicking on the title will open the expanded view of the post in a shadowbox so you can view it in its entirety.

Identity Name & Avatar: Just below the post title (if present), the name and avatar of the identity that made the post will appear in black. Click either the identity name or avatar to open that identity’s profile page.

Post Date: The date the post was created appears beneath the identity name. 

Post Body: The first 300 characters of the post appear here. Clicking on the title or the post body will open the expanded view of the post in a shadowbox.  

Post Attachment: If the post contains an attachment, it will appear beneath the post body in one of four formats, depending on what type of file has been attached to the post:

1.  Image: An image thumbnail will appear. Click the thumbnail to open the full-sized file in a shadowbox. 
   
2. Video & Audio: A streaming player will appear. Use the streaming controls to adjust playback. 
   
3.  Document: A blue hyperlink will appear. Click the hyperlink to view the document attachment.
   
4. Link: If the post includes a hyperlink, a summary of the link and link title will appear. Click the link summary to open the link in a new tab. 
   

Note: Some websites like YouTube may be blocked by your school. If this issue occurs, we recommend attaching content like video directly to a post to upload it directly to MySciLife (as opposed to embedding from an external site).