Add, Remove and Update News Articles
Accessing the News Articles Module
From within the Control Panel
Navigate to Column Content > News Articles
You will be presented with this screen
From here you can add, edit or remove News Articles.
Please Note:
Dates from and to only apply to breaking news only
Key Features
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Live
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Green - Alert is Active Amber - Alert is due to be Active in the future Red - Alert has expired |
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Title |
The title of the article is clickable to that you can see how it looks |
Breaking |
Toggle a News Article to appear or not appear on the Home Page as breaking news |
| Feed |
Toggle a News Article to appear or not appear on the Latest News Page |
Creating & Editing News Articles
When adding or editing News Articles you will be presented with this screen
Key Features
| Date From |
This will be the first day you want it to appear either as Breaking News, Feed or both. This is managed on the previous screen |
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| Date To |
This will be the last day you want it to appear and how you wish it to behave in conjunction with Breaking News, Feed or both. These are managed from the previous screen
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| Remove on expiry? |
This will remove the article completely based on the 'Date To' |
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| Title |
A compelling title for your article that will grab attention but keep it short.
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| Image |
Images make news articles all the more interesting, and are also considered as search engine ranking factors. Best size to use is 600 x 400 |
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| Description |
Introductory description so that readers know what the article is about. This also appears as part of the Breaking News on the home page and as a snippet within the news feed. |
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| WYSIWYFG Editor | Here you manage the content of the News Article | ||||||||||||
| Title Tag | What is a Title Tag This self populates based on the Title | ||||||||||||
| Meta Description | What is a Meta Description This self populates based on the Title | ||||||||||||
| Slug |
What is a Slug This self populated based on the Title. You cannot have two slugs the same on a site, so if you get an error saving try altering the slug manually. |
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| Layout | If your site designs uses additional page columns, you can select a two column layout and choose which column you want to appear with this News Article |
Common errors
Should you get an error saving a news article here are a few common issues