Managing News / Posts:

• About News / Posts
• Creating and Publishing News / Posts
• Borrowing News / Posts
• Additional News / Post Features
  

About News / Posts

News / Posts (or "posts" for short) are individual articles that you can publish to any of your Blog / Publication pages. Posts can have images, links to assets, categories, comments, "teaser" images, be marked as "featured", and can even be assigned to events.

Creating and Publishing News / Posts

1. Click News / Posts from the Content Types menu.
2. Click Add News / Post.
3. Enter your content within the various fields on this page:
   • Name: A short name that describes the news item. This is for internal use.
   • Title: The actual title of the post. Shows up on the public site.
   • Author: Author of the post
   • Date: Date and time the article was published.
   • Description: A very brief description of your post. Often used on the main Blog / Publication page instead of the full text article. Sometimes referred to as a "teaser," used to entice readers to view the full content of your post.
   • Content: The full text of your post.
   • Choose Categories: Check the categories your post should appear in.
   • Keywords: Keywords related to your post.
   • Status: Published (will appear on your site) or Pending (won't appear on your site).
   • Allow Comments: Yes to allow comments, or No. The Blog / Publication on which the post appears must also have comments enabled in order for comments to work.
4. Under the heading "Publications", check all Blog / Publications where you'd like this post to appear. If no box is checked, your post will not appear on your site.
   
5. Click Save and Continue Editing or Save and Finish.

Borrowing News / Posts

1. Click News / Posts from the Content Types menu.
2. Click the Borrow tab.
3. Use the Search box to find the post(s) you want to borrow. (Note: if your site has already borrowed a lot of posts you may have to scroll a long way down to reach the Search box.)
4. Click Borrow beside the post you want to add to your publication.
5. Click Blogs / Publications from the Content Types menu.
6. Click Edit beside the name of the Publication.
7. Click Manage Posts from the Publication's menu in the left sidebar.
8. Beneath the Search box, you'll see all the posts that have not been added to the publication. Click Select beside the ones you want.
9. Click Finish.

Additional News / Post Features

Associate Images with Posts

Posts, like normal pages, can have images attached to them that will appear automatically in the sidebar. (You can also add manually place images in the main text of your news story using the inline-method. See Inline Image Placement for instructions.)

1. While editing a post, click Associate images with this post in the left sidebar menu.
2. Click Select next to the image you want to associate with this post. You can associate as many as you want. Your selected images will then appear under the Selected heading. 
3. You can also borrow an image from another site, or add a new image.
4. Move on to another step, or click Finish.

Associate Teaser Images

Teaser images appear next to the post descriptions on your main blog page. They are a good way to catch the attention of your readers.

1. While editing a post, click Associate teaser image in the left sidebar menu.  
2. Click Select next to the image you want to associate with this post. Only one teaser image can be associated with the post.
3. You can also borrow an image from another site, or add a new image.
4. Move on to another step, or click Finish.

Assign Posts to an Issue

Posts that are published to issue-based publications need to be published to an issue.

1. While editing a post, click Assign this story to an issue in the left sidebar menu.
2. Click Select next to the issue under which you'd like the story to appear.
3. Move on to another step, or click Finish.

Make Links to Assets

Posts, like pages, can have links to assets attached to them that will appear automatically in the sidebar. 

(You can also manually add links to assets in the main text of your news story using the inline method. See Inline Asset Placement for instructions.)

1. While editing a post, click Make links to Assets (PDFs, etc.) in the left sidebar menu. 
2. Click Select next to the assets you'd to attach to the post.
3. Move on to another step, or click Finish.

Assign to Categories

All posts should be assigned to categories. (See About Categories for basic category info.)

1. While editing a post, click Assign to Categories in the left sidebar menu. 
2. Click Select next to the category you'd like.
3. Move on to another step, or click Finish.

Managing Comments

Edit or remove comments left on your posts.

1. While editing a post, click Comments made to this post in the left sidebar menu. 
2. To remove a comment, click Deselect in the row corresponding with the comment you'd like to remove.
3. To edit a comment, click Edit in the row corresponding with the comment you'd like to edit. Edit the comment, then click Save and Finish.
4. Move on to another step, or click Finish.

Feature on Publications

Generally, posts appear on your site in reverse chronological order—the newest posts come first and appear at the top of the page. 

But Featured posts allow posts to stick to the top of your main Blog / Publication page, even after newer posts are published. This is great if you want to keep a post in the spotlight.

1. While editing a post, click Feature on Publication(s) in the left sidebar menu.
2. Click Select next to the Blog / Publication on which the post should be featured.
3. Move on to another step, or click Finish.

Assign to Events

If a post corresponds with an event in your events calendar, you can assign the post to the event. This will create a "Related Events" link in the sidebar of your post which links over to the event details in the events calendar.

1. While editing a post, click Assign to event(s) in the left sidebar menu.
2. Click Select next to the related event.
3. Move on to another step, or click Finish.

Edit Posts Inline

You can edit the content of a post directly within a page. See Inline Editing.