Get started with Discuss

Start Discuss, set up your channels and invite your team in the first hour, and find your way around.

Ellibo Discuss is team chat for your business. Your team talks in channels, sends direct messages, replies in threads and calls each other with one click. It runs on the same sign-in and the same business as your other Ellibo apps, and a small chat button shows inside each of them.

Start Discuss

Open Discuss from All Apps and choose your business, or create one. The business owner starts it and becomes its Admin. Every new business gets a 14-day trial with every feature, for up to 25 users, 5 GB of files and 6 people in a call. No other app has to be started.

Your first hour

Home > Getting started has a setup guide. Each step ticks itself off when it's done.

1. Say hello in #general. Everyone with a Discuss role is in #general. Use it for news for the whole business.
2. Make a channel for each team. For example #kitchen, #sales or #site-12. See Channels.
3. Invite your team. Give each person a role. See Users and roles.
4. Send a direct message. Pick a person under Direct messages. See Direct messages and groups.
5. Try a call. Click the phone or camera at the top of a conversation. See Calls and screen sharing.
6. Turn on notifications. See Notifications, phone and email.

What's on the screen

• Left - your channels, direct messages and groups. Bold means unread; a red number means mentions.
• Middle - the open conversation, with the box to write in at the bottom.
• Top - search, the Inbox (mentions and replies to you), Starred and your status.
• Menu - Calls, Quick replies, Guests and, for Admins and Managers, App updates, Email to channel and Settings.

Writing a message

Type and press Enter to send; Shift + Enter starts a new line (you can swap these in My settings). Light formatting works as you type: *bold*, _italic_, ~strike~, ` code , > quote and - lists. Type @ to mention someone, # to link a channel and ::` for a quick reply.

On your phone

Open Discuss in your phone's browser and choose Install or Add to home screen. It isn't a store app. See Notifications, phone and email.

Plans

Discuss is priced per business. See Plans and limits.