Slack guides, tips, and tricks

Some Definitions

• Slack Team – Think of this like an organisation, you are invited into organisations and have a unique profile in them all.
• Channel – Think of this like a room or an area, normally Channels have a specific purpose, so maybe around a particular project or feature.
• DM – A direct message. This is a message shared between you and one other person, no one else will be able to read it.

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• Integrating RSS feeds to Slack (including YouTube)
  How to add an RSS feed to a Slack channel to automatically post new content from the feed
• Adding an integration to a Slack room
  How to add an integration to a Slack room. Part of our Slack mini series
• Custom Startup Messages on Slack
  How to set a custom start up message on your team's Slack channel. Part of our Slack mini series
• Syntax Highlighting on Slack
  How to do syntax highlighting on Slack. Part of our Slack mini series
• Making a Channel on Slack
  How to make a new Slack channel. Part of our Slack mini series
• Formatting on Slack
  How to do formatting on your Slack messages to improve their readability
• Shrugging on Slack
  How you can go about adding a shrug to a message in Slack
• Setting Your Status on Slack
  How to set your status on Slack to give people an idea of what you're doing
• Making Custom Emojis on Slack
  A guide on how to make custom emojis for your Slack team to enjoy
• Accessibility Options on Slack
  A short guide to some of the accessibility options available on Slack
• Setting Reminders on Slack
  A comprehensive guide to everything you can do with reminders in Slack
• Slack Shortcuts
  Here are some of my most used Slack shortcuts, using these will improve your Slack experience, making it quicker to get to the conversations that matter