The bell icon

The bell icon at the top of every page is your shortcut to recent notifications. The small number on it shows how many unread notifications you have (it caps the visible number at 99 — even if you have hundreds waiting).

How to open it

Click the bell. A small panel drops down with the 10 most recent notifications.

What's inside

Each row is one notification — for example "Halifax group: Pat posted a new event", "Sam liked your post", "Your shift is tomorrow at 9 a.m." Click any row to open the thing it's about (the event, the post, the shift) — clicking also marks that one as read.

Mark all read

If you have any unread notifications, a Mark all read button appears at the top of the panel (with a small double-checkmark icon). Click it to clear the number on the bell — the notifications themselves stay in the dropdown so you can scroll back. If everything is already read, the button isn't shown.

Old notifications

For a longer history, click View all notifications at the bottom of the panel. That opens the full notifications page, which keeps notifications for about six months.

The panel is empty

If the panel says you have nothing yet, you have no recent notifications. That's normal during a quiet week.

Don't see the bell?

The bell sits at the top of the page on every screen size — it's to the right of the page title, next to your account menu. If it's not there, you're probably signed out; sign in and it'll appear.