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Add News Items...
News items are listed in your site navigation by news category. When
the user clicks a news category on the navigation bar they are shown a
list of all news releases by date (newest to oldest) for that category.
To enable the news listing on your navigation bar:
- Add the a new heading. From the administration section choose Site
Setup Values / Base Site Values and enter your title for the News
Heading. This value will be displayed above the news category
links. (See Getting Started)
- Add the news component to the navigation bar. (See
Navigation Bar Setup)
To add a news item you must first have a category to attach the news
release to. From the administration section choose News and Releases
/ News Release Categories.
This page displays all of your News Categories with all of
the relevant information about each.
To edit a category, locate it in the list, make your changes
and click the "Save Changes" button for that
category.
To add a category scroll to the bottom of the page and use the
fields under the "Add New News Category" section to
enter the appropriate information. Click the "Add
Category" button to save the new category.
News Category Name: This input is limited to 50
characters and is used to create a text link in the news
navigation section.
Please Note: News categories will not appear in the news
navigation if there are no releases added to that category.
Membership Level: News categories appear in the news
navigation based on the membership level of the visitor. Use
this dropdown to choose the LOWEST MEMBERSHIP LEVEL who will
have access to this news category. If you have not included
the Membership Component in your site your only Membership
Level choice will be Visitor.
Once your news categories are defined you can add a news release.
From the administration section choose News and Releases / News
Releases. This page shows you a list of all News Releases currently
in your site.
Cat: The category the release is assigned to. If there is no
category name the release is not applied to a category and will not
display on the site.
Title: The descriptive title of the news release.
Release Date: The release date of the news release.
Contact: The contact name for this release.
Check or X: A check indicates that the news release is published.
Edit News Release: Allows you to edit the news release information.
Delete News Release: Allows you to delete the news release...You
will be asked to confirm the deletion.
Review News Release: This link allows you to review what the news
release will look like in your site before you publish it. After
clicking the Review News Release link, close the review window to
return to this page.
Adding a News Release... From the News Release List page
choose Add New News Release. 
Release Date: Enter the official date of the news
release...The program uses this date to order the news releases from
newest (at the top of the page) to oldest.
Publish: Checking this box allows the release to display on the
site. If this box is not checked the release will not show.
Company Name: The company name / organization / person who
released the news item.
Contact Name: The contact person for this release.
Contact Email: Email address for requesting additional
information about this news release.
News Title: Maximum 300 characters...This is used as the link
from the news release listing page to the detail page.
More Info URL: Not Required...Maximum 150 characters...Must be
a fully qualified URL.
Choose Category: Choose the news category this release will be
listed in.
Content: This is the news release detail information.
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