📋 What this article covers
How to enable the Timeline feature
How to give a group permission to use the Timeline
The difference between contributor and manager roles
What users can do in the Timeline
✅ Step 1: Enable the timeline feature
To turn on the Timeline functionality across your platform:
Go to Settings > Features
Scroll to Social learning
Toggle on Social timeline
🔧 Step 2: Assign timeline roles to a group
Once the Timeline is enabled:
Go to TinQwise Control > Groups
Select the group you want to assign Timeline permissions to
Open the Roles tab
Click the blue Update group roles button
In the User roles modal, there is: "Timeline contributor" and "Timeline manager"
👀 Note:
Managers automatically have contributor rights as well.
🌟 Example
You want users to post in their team's timeline and the manager to manage the posts:
In the group "Users managed by Bobby Tyddelle"
Add specific role: Timeline contributor
Specific user: Bobby Tyddelle
Role: Timeline manager
🧠 How permissions work across groups
If you assign a Timeline role to Group A, for Group A, members can post in their own group Timeline
If you assign Group A a role for Group B, Group A members can post or manage Group B’s Timeline, but not the other way around
Example 2:
You want members of the Managers group to post updates in the Timeline of Group A (Sales Team):
Go to Groups
Select Sales Team (this is Group B)
In the Roles tab, assign the Managers group the role Timeline contributor
✅ Result:
Members of the Managers group can now post in the timeline of the Sales Team
The Sales Team cannot post in the Managers’ timeline (unless separately given permission)
🔥 Important:
This setup is useful for moderators or managers who need to oversee another group's timeline without posting in their own.
What can you do on the timeline?
Writing posts editing them and deleting them
Commenting on other people's posts
Embed links or gifs
Add attachments incl. images and videos
Add activity links