A server including a reception unit, a determination unit, a generation unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives an acquisition request for a first page associated with a first channel that is one of a plurality of channels provided by a platform application from a terminal. The determination unit determines whether or not the acquisition request includes supplementary information indicating that a shortcut icon to the first page has been selected. The generation unit activates the platform application in a case where the acquisition request includes the supplementary information and generates a response to the acquisition request, the response including a command to perform screen transition to a second page associated with the first channel after the activation of the platform application.