Note: before creating news articles, you may need to first update the values Type and Topic drop-down lists, this can be done in the Filter Vocabularies if needed.
Administrators can create new articles by:
- From the Dashboard, click News articles
- Click +Add News Article
- Complete the fields in the form that opens
- Title - add a title for the article, this will be visible to users
- Author - add the author of the article, note: this is a text field
- Language - select the language for the article
- Type - select the type
- Topic - select the topic
- Image - select an already uploaded, or upload a new image for the article
- Depending on the size, images can be cropped once they have been added
- Click the Crop Image drop-down
- Select the most appropriate aspect ratio, a box will appear over the image indicating how it will be displayed, if further edits are required:
- Click and drag the edges of the box to further crop the image
- Click and drag the box to reposition over the area of the image to display, if it cannot be fully displayed
- Click Reset Crop, to cancel changes and return to the default image settings
- Select the most appropriate aspect ratio, a box will appear over the image indicating how it will be displayed, if further edits are required:
- Click the Crop Image drop-down
- Depending on the size, images can be cropped once they have been added
- Body - add the content of the article
- File Attachments - upload any relevant files as needed
- Update the Publishing workflow settings as needed
- Click Save
Once your article(s) have been created, review the Adding Content to Landing Pages article to see how to add news article content.