diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/SingleNotificationView.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/SingleNotificationView.java
index 2dd40b5..3961d1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/SingleNotificationView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/SingleNotificationView.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class SingleNotificationView extends Composite {
 		case LIKE:
 		case COMMENT:
 		case OWN_COMMENT:
+		case POST_ALERT:
 			goApp.setHTML("<a class=\"link\" href=\""+toShow.getUri()+"\"> See this Post.</a>");
 			break;
 		case DOCUMENT_WORKFLOW_STEP_REQUEST_TASK:
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ public class SingleNotificationView extends Composite {
 			return images.calendarEdit();
 		case CALENDAR_DELETED_EVENT:
 			return images.calendarDelete();
+		case POST_ALERT:
+			return images.postAlert();		
 		default:
 			return images.generic();
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/images/NotificationImages.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/images/NotificationImages.java
index 6106524..05351c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/images/NotificationImages.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/images/NotificationImages.java
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import com.google.gwt.resources.client.ClientBundle;
 import com.google.gwt.resources.client.ImageResource;
 
 public interface NotificationImages extends ClientBundle {
+	@Source("post-alert.png")
+	ImageResource postAlert();
+	
 	@Source("comment.png")
 	ImageResource comment();
 	
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/images/post-alert.png b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/images/post-alert.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b97b74a
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/images/post-alert.png differ
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/Notifications.css b/src/main/webapp/Notifications.css
index 328912a..e0072d4 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/Notifications.css
+++ b/src/main/webapp/Notifications.css
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ div.portlet-content {
 	vertical-align: middle;
 	cursor: pointer;
 	background-image: none;
-	border: 1px solid transparent;
 	white-space: nowrap;
 	-webkit-user-select: none;
 	-moz-user-select: none;
@@ -27,17 +26,14 @@ div.portlet-content {
 	user-select: none;
 	color: #3B5998;
 	background-color: transparent;
-	border-color: #3B5998;
-	padding: 8px 12px;
 	line-height: 1.33;
 	border-radius: 6px;
-	margin: 0 10px -20px 0;
+	margin: 0 0 -20px 0;
 }
 
 .notification-btn:hover {
-	border-color: #6E8CCC;
-	background-color: #6E8CCC;
-	color: #FFF;
+	opacity: 0.8;
+	text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
 a.link,a.link:active,a.link:visited {
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/conf/categorybytype.properties b/src/main/webapp/conf/categorybytype.properties
index a6f4e87..3a8e7d8 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/conf/categorybytype.properties
+++ b/src/main/webapp/conf/categorybytype.properties
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ COMMENT=Social Networking
 MENTION=Social Networking
 LIKE=Social Networking
 MESSAGE=Social Networking
+POST_ALERT=Social Networking
 CALENDAR_ADDED_EVENT=Shared Calendars
 CALENDAR_UPDATED_EVENT=Shared Calendars
 CALENDAR_DELETED_EVENT=Shared Calendars
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/conf/descbytype.properties b/src/main/webapp/conf/descbytype.properties
index 57ada80..e8fc5a5 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/conf/descbytype.properties
+++ b/src/main/webapp/conf/descbytype.properties
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ COMMENT=Someone replied too to a post you replied
 MENTION=Someone mentioned you in a post
 LIKE=Someone set favorite your post
 MESSAGE=Someone sent you a message
+POST_ALERT=Someone shared a news and would like everyone to be notified about it
 DOCUMENT_WORKFLOW_EDIT=A document workflow you created was editeded
 DOCUMENT_WORKFLOW_VIEW=A document workflow you created was viewed
 DOCUMENT_WORKFLOW_STEP_REQUEST_TASK=Someone requested you to perform a task on his document workflow
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/conf/labelbytype.properties b/src/main/webapp/conf/labelbytype.properties
index 04ac50a..32006c9 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/conf/labelbytype.properties
+++ b/src/main/webapp/conf/labelbytype.properties
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ COMMENT=Replies
 MENTION=Mentions
 LIKE=Favorites
 MESSAGE=Messages
+POST_ALERT=Post Alerts
 CALENDAR_ADDED_EVENT=Added events
 CALENDAR_UPDATED_EVENT=Edited events
 CALENDAR_DELETED_EVENT=Deleted events