Overview of The Hub

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The redesigned Hub brings your updates, documents, conversations and tasks into one place. Here's what each page does, so you know where to go for what.

Before you begin

What you see in the Hub depends on your role and the components your administrator has enabled, so some pages below may not appear for every user.

Overview

A centralised, customisable dashboard giving quick access to essential resources and updates. Enable, disable and rearrange components to suit how you work.

Hub Overview dashboard with Top Stories, Spaces and Links components

Fig 1 — The Overview dashboard.
Component What it shows
Top Stories News updates
Spaces Organised library documents
Links External resources
Quick Links Important internal documents
Library Documents Recent uploads and downloads

Spaces

Organises library documents into predefined groups so franchisees can find relevant information quickly. Navigate to a specific space from the Spaces page.

Spaces page in the Hub showing grouped document collections

Fig 2 — The Spaces page.
Go further

See this article for the full guide to Spaces.

Library

A centralised repository for franchise documents, with categorised resources, essential links and recent uploads or downloads. Key features are the Spaces section for navigation, Folders for organisation, and the Library Documents box for an at-a-glance view of available files.

Hub Library page showing folders and document cards

Fig 3 — The Hub Library.

Franbuzz

A communication platform where franchisees and franchisors share updates, collaborate and exchange files — a centralised space for discussions, announcements and resource sharing.

Franbuzz feed showing posts and replies

Fig 4 — Franbuzz.

Teams

Lets administrators create and manage groups tailored to organisational needs or shared interests, so users see content specific to their assigned teams alongside general updates.

Teams page in Franbuzz listing configured teams

Fig 5 — Teams.

Directory

A comprehensive listing of all users in your FranConnect system, with detailed profiles — a central place to find and connect with team members.

Directory page listing users with their profiles

Fig 6 — The Directory.

Alerts

Lets administrators send targeted notifications to individual users — a quick way to get critical updates, reminders or announcements to the people who need them.

Alerts page for sending targeted notifications

Fig 7 — Alerts.

Messages

A central place to view all messages and support tickets sent and received within the Hub, so you can track conversations and manage support requests in one view.

Messages page showing sent and received messages and tickets

Fig 8 — Messages.

Calendar

A shared scheduling tool for communicating important events and dates across your network, so deadlines, meetings and activities are visible to everyone who needs them.

Hub Calendar showing scheduled events

Fig 9 — The Calendar.

News

A curated news feed where franchisors share top stories and updates — industry news, company announcements and other insights relevant to franchisees.

News page showing top stories for franchisees

Fig 10 — News.

Tasks

An overview of all tasks assigned in the Hub, in a clear list so you can stay on top of deadlines and monitor progress.

Tasks page listing assigned Hub tasks

Fig 11 — Tasks.

Related Links

Lets franchisors share important URLs with franchisees for quick access to external resources, tools or reference sites. Franchisees can also add personal links for their own use.

Related Links page with shared and personal links

Fig 12 — Related Links.

What's New

Showcases upcoming events and updates within the franchise, giving a centralised view of new and noteworthy happenings.

Whats New page highlighting upcoming events and updates

Fig 13 — What’s New.
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