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Web settings (website for posts)

The web feed controls how posts are available on the web, and whether posts can be shared publicly or are only accessible to specific recipients. In Spoks, every post has a web version.

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Written by David Isak Hansen
Updated over 2 weeks ago

How that web version behaves depends on your feed visibility and whether a post is private or public.

your feed public to get shareable links to your posts.

Private feed (default)

When feed visibility is set to Private, all posts are private by default.

Private posts still have a web page, but:

  • The page is tied to a specific receiver

  • The page requires a contact ID in the URL to open
    The post cannot be freely shared

Private web pages are primarily exposed through SMS links.

Email posts are rendered directly in the email, but if the post contains interactive blocks such as videos, surveys, polls, or forms, the interaction will open the private web version of the post.

Even if someone forwards a private link, it will not work unless the correct receiver context is present.

Public feed

When you enable a Public feed, you unlock the ability to publish public posts and generate shareable links.

To enable this:

  • Go to Settings -> Web

  • Set Feed visibility to Public

This activates your feed page, hosted on your Spoks URL or your custom domain. The feed page lists all posts that are marked as public.

Public vs private posts

Once the feed is public, the post review screen allows you to choose whether a post is Private or Public.

Private posts

  • Only accessible to selected recipients

  • Delivered via email or SMS

  • Not shareable

Public posts

  • Generate a shareable web URL

  • Can be shared on social media, your website, or anywhere else
    Appear on your public feed page

  • Remain accessible as long as they are published

Without a public feed, all posts are assumed to be private.

Shareable links to posts

Shareable links are only available for public posts.

To create one:

  1. Enable the public feed in Settings -> Web

  2. Publish a post and mark it as Public

Any public post will automatically receive a URL that can be shared freely on the web.

Feed page and post pages

  • The feed page is a list of all public posts

  • It may also show private posts for visitors who are already identified as recipients

  • Each post, public or private, has its own web page

  • Access to private post pages is always receiver-specific

Subscribe button

When the feed is public, you can enable a subscribe button on the feed page.

This allows you to link to the feed from your website, for example as a “Blog” or “Updates” section, and let visitors subscribe directly.

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