All activities of a user are displayed in the user's and Space's Activity Stream.

To enter the *Activity Stream* page{anchor:id="go_to_activity_stream"}, hover your cursor over your display name (for example, John Smith) on the *Administration* bar and select *Activity Stream*.

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The *Activity Stream* page consists of the following tabs:

* *All Updates*: lists all updates of yours, of your connections, and of your spaces.
* *Network Updates*: lists all updates of users who have established their connections with you.
* *Space Updates*: lists all updates of spaces where you are a member or a manager.
* *My Status*: lists all your own activities, such as your profile updates, link updates or another activities pushed by yourself.

You can see activities of any registered people by clicking their display name to go their profile page, then select *Activity Stream* on the left pane. However, for people to whom you have not connected, you only can view their activities but cannot post any *activities*, *comments* or *like* on their activity streams.

In addition, you can keep track of activities of a space application. For example, whenever there is a new post in the *Forum* application, it will be updated in the activity stream.

The actions described in this section are those which you can do on activity streams of yours, of your connections or of any spaces where you are a member or manager, depending on the accessed tab.

h1. Update status {anchor:id=Soc_User_Guide.Activity_Management.Update_Status}

By entering your status message, you can tell people what are you doing on or ask for their helps or ideas. Thereafter, your colleagues who are connected with you can see your updates in their connections.

There are 2 ways to post your status.

*The first way*

*1.* Hover your cursor over your display name on the right corner of the page.

!images/Update_status_textbox.png|align="center" width="50mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

*2.* Input your status into the *Status Update* textbox from the drop-down menu, then hit the *Enter* key to accept updating your status.

*The second way*

*1.* Go into the *Activity Stream* page as [here|#go_to_activity_stream].

*2.* Enter your current status in the *Status Update* box.

 
!images/status_update.png|align="center" width="150mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!


*3.* Click *Share* to accept sharing your status.

Your new status will be updated in two tabs: *All Updates* and *My Status.*
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You can use some HTML tags when updating your status. See more details in the [Create rich activities with allowed HTML tags|#Soc_User_Guide.Activity_Management.HTML_tags] section.
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h1. Share a link  {anchor:id=Soc_User_Guide.Activity_Management.Share_Link}

*1.* Click !images/Share_link_icon.png|width="13mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!.

!images/share_link.png|align="center" width="150mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

*2.* Enter the link and click !images/Add_link_icon.png|width="5mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!.

If the link address is correct, it will be attached, then shown with the overall content of the link.

!images/attach-link-edit.png|align="center" width="150mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

* If you do not want the thumbnail to be displayed, select the *No thumbnail* checkbox.
* If there is more than one thumbnail, you can click blue arrows to go through all available thumbnails.
* If you want to edit the link content, double-click the content and edit.

*3.* Click *Share* to share your entered link with your connections, or click !images/Share_link_icon.png|width="13mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"! again to remove your entered link.

h1. Share a file {anchor:id=Soc_User_Guide.Activity_Management.Share_File}

*1.* Click !images/Share_file_icon.png|width="11mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"! to open the *Select File* box.

!images/Browse_files_box.png|align="center" width="150mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

*2.* Click *Select File* to open the *Select Document* form.

!images/Select_document_form.png|align="center" width="120mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

*3.* Select the relevant drive category from the *Select Drive* drop-down menu.

*4.* Select the folder and the server file, then click *Select* to finish uploading your selected file. 

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You will see your uploaded file in the *Select File* box as below.

!images/Uploaded_file_form.png|align="center" width="150mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

*5.* Click *Share* to share your uploaded file with your connections.

* To remove your uploaded file, simply click !images/Remove_file_icon.png|width="4mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"! next to your selected file, or click !images/Share_file_icon.png|width="11mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"! again.


h1. Delete activities/comments  {anchor:id=Soc_User_Guide.Activity_Management.Delete_Activity}

You are allowed to delete your activities/comments that you created, and those in your activity stream and in the space where your are the manager.

*1.* Select *All Updates* or *My Status* to view all your own activities.

!images/Updates_tabs.png|align="center" width="120mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

*2.* Select the activity you want to delete, then click !images/Delete_activity_icon.png|width="4mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!.

!images/Delete_activity.png|align="center" width="120mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

*3.* Click *OK* in the confirmation message to accept your deletion.

h1. Comment on activities  {anchor:id=Soc_User_Guide.Activity_Management.Comment}
This action allows you to get ideas, answers, and any additional information when your collaborators respond to your status updates. Besides, you yourself give your ideas about any contacts' status update as follows:

*1.* Select an activity on which you want to comment.

*2.* Click *Comment* in the bottom line of the profile to open the *Comment* form.

!images/comment.png|align="center" width="150mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

3. Enter your comment into the *Comment* form and press the *Comment* button.
Your comment will be displayed right below the profile.

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You can use some HTML tags when commenting on activities. See more details in the [Create rich activities with allowed HTML tags|#Soc_User_Guide.Activity_Management.HTML_tags] section.
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h1. Like/Unlike activities  {anchor:id=Soc_User_Guide.Activity_Management.Like_Activity}
The function allows you to show your interest by selecting *Like* and/or *Unlike* activities.


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*1.* Select the profile containing the activity you want to like.

*2.* Click *Like* beside the activity.

!images/like.png|align="center" width="150mm" fo:scalefit="1" html:scalefit="0"!

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You only can *Unlike* an activity after you liked it.

*1.* Select an activity that you clicked *Like*.

*2.* Click *Unlike* beside the activity.

h1. Create rich activities with allowed HTML tags    {anchor:id=Soc_User_Guide.Activity_Management.HTML_tags}
When updating the status or writing a comment, you can use the following HTML tags:

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                  <emphasis role="bold">&lt;ol&gt;</emphasis>
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                  <emphasis role="bold">&lt;ul&gt;</emphasis>
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                  <emphasis role="bold">&lt;li&gt;</emphasis>
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                   &lt;img src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR59KE-ltJTWbaNBpB3K_uOJYMGE0HaQOx4htrm8DML6lUj90t4"/&gt;.
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