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Article number: 301126

Add a News Article

The News Article Editor is used to both create a new article and edit an existing article.

The following steps describe how you can edit an article.

  1. Modify the title for your article in the Title box, if it needs changing.
  2. Edit the summary for your article in the Summary box.
  3. Edit the full text of your news article in the Body Text box.
  4. Set appropriate dates and times in the Do not show before and Do not show after boxes.(There are helpful popup calendars alongside these fields to help you select the right dates). If you are using the Calendar View, then the start date will default to the date that you double-clicked to create the new article.
  5. If you want to include a picture with the summary text click Enter new picture in the Summary Picture section.
    In the pop-up window, choose a picture from the library or upload a new picture to the library. When a preview of the picture that you want to use is displayed click OK.
  6. If you want to include a picture with the news article click Enter new picture in the Body Picture section.
    In the pop-up window, choose a picture from the library or upload a new picture to the library. When a preview of the picture that you want to use is displayed click OK.
  7. If you want to give your audience access to files relating to your article click Add Download Files in the Choose files to show with this news article section. This opens the Asset List Editor. Here you can either select an existing Asset List of files, or create a new list.
  8. If you want to Include the article in other news modules tick the appropriate boxes next to the list of available modules.
  9. If you want to add a link to this article to other pages on your website tick the box next to Make this article available as an internal link.
  10. Click Publish to save and publish your edited article.

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