Reading an article without leaving HQ: the preview panel

What the preview panel is

Click any card on the Industry News page and it opens in a preview panel, a large overlay that reads on top of the page rather than taking you to a new URL. It's how you read a full article, watch an embedded video, or listen to a podcast episode without ever leaving News. Close it and you land back exactly where you were in the feed, whatever filter chip and scroll position you had before.

The panel is a reading surface, not an editing one. Nothing in it can be changed, approved, or assigned. It shows you what's in an item, and gives you one way out to the original: a link to where the piece actually lives.

Where to find it

Open News from the HQ sidebar at hq.verinode.ai/news, then click any card, whether it's in the Featured group, the Latest group, or a filtered view under any of the five chips (All, Featured, Vendor, Industry, Verinode). Every card behaves the same way: clicking it anywhere opens the same preview panel.

What's in the panel, top to bottom

• Title bar. The item's headline sits as the panel's title, with a close control in the corner, the same modal chrome used across HQ.
• Cover image. When the item has one, it renders as a wide banner across the top of the panel. When it doesn't, the panel simply opens straight into the meta row below with no image at all, there's no placeholder graphic standing in for a missing cover.
• Meta row. A line of small pills and text just under the cover (or at the very top, if there's no cover):

- A pill naming the item's kind: Article, Video, Podcast, Press release, Webinar, or Franchisee post. If a kind doesn't map to one of those six, the pill falls back to a readable version of whatever the raw kind is, so you never see an unformatted value. - A copper Verinode research pill, only on items Verinode authored itself. - An amber Featured pill, only on items flagged as editorial highlights. This is worth knowing because it's different from how the card in the feed marks the same thing: out in the feed, a featured item is only marked with a thin copper outline around the card. Once you're inside the preview panel, it's spelled out explicitly as a labeled badge, so there's no ambiguity about whether something in front of you is featured. - The source name, as plain text. - The publish date. This is another place the panel differs from the card: out in the feed, the card shows how recently an item went out in relative terms ("Today," "3d ago," "2w ago," "2mo ago"). Inside the panel, that becomes an exact calendar date instead ("Jul 14, 2026" style), useful when you want to know precisely when a piece was published rather than roughly how old it is. If a date can't be read, the panel shows a single dash in its place. - A duration, only on items that have one (typically video or podcast episodes). Under a minute of extra seconds, it reads as a plain minute count ("3 min"); with leftover seconds, it reads as minutes and seconds ("2:05"). Items with no duration set show nothing here at all, not even a placeholder.

• Summary. A paragraph of body-size text, shown only when the item has a summary written for it. Items without one skip straight past this section.
• Article body. Under a small "Article body" heading, the item's full text, with its original line breaks preserved. This section is present only on items that actually have body text attached; an item that's really just a video or a headline with a link elsewhere won't have one.
• Watch / Listen. Under a small "Watch / Listen" heading, an embedded player for items that carry a video or audio embed. It renders in a wide 16:9 frame and supports fullscreen playback. This section is present only when the item has an embed; a plain text article won't show one.
• Tags. Under a small "Tags" heading, the item's tags as a row of small pills. Present only when the item has at least one tag.
• Open the original. A line reading "Open the full piece at the original source," paired with a button reading "View at [source name] →". Clicking it opens the source in a new browser tab. This section, and the button, only appear when the item actually has a source link recorded. If it doesn't, there is no way to reach an original from inside the panel, the source name still shows up in the meta row above, but there's nothing to click through to.

How to use it

1. 1Click a card anywhere in the News feed. The preview panel opens over the page.
2. 2Scan the meta row for the kind, any Verinode research or Featured badges, the source, the date, and (if present) the duration.
3. 3Read the summary, then the full article body, if either is present.
4. 4Play the embedded video or podcast, if the item has one.
5. 5Check the tags for related topics.
6. 6Click "View at [source] →" to open the original at its source, or close the panel to return to News.

Empty states

There's no separate "empty" version of the panel itself, since it only ever opens on a real item you clicked from the feed. What varies is which of its optional sections are present, as covered above: no cover image means no banner, no summary means no summary paragraph, no body means no "Article body" section, no embed means no "Watch / Listen" section, no tags means no "Tags" section, and no source link means no way to open the original from inside the panel at all.

If the News feed itself is empty, you never get as far as the panel, see the feed's own empty state on the Industry News page instead.

The HQ privacy boundary

Everything the preview panel shows is network-wide industry content: Verinode's own research, outside articles and video, vendor and product news, and franchisee posts a location has chosen to share into the network feed. A franchisee post is treated the same as any other item here, content the membership chose to publish, not a pull from its private business data. The panel never shows a specific membership's financials, job details, or ratings, and it never surfaces anything beyond what's already been published or voluntarily shared to the network.

Related help articles

• /help/hq-news-filter-lenses: the five filter chips (All, Featured, Vendor, Industry, Verinode) that shape what's in the feed before you ever click a card
• /help/hq-overview: what HQ is and how its sections fit together
• /help/hq-benchmarks: the peer-benchmark surfaces, which hold Verinode's own network intelligence rather than outside industry content

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