Creating News Articles

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:

1. From the Dashboard, click News articles
2. Click +Add News Article
3. Complete the fields in the form that opens
   1. Title - add a title for the article, this will be visible to users
   2. Author - add the author of the article, note: this is a text field
   3. Language - select the language for the article
   4. Type - select the type
   5. Topic - select the topic
   6. Image - select an already uploaded, or upload a new image for the article
      1. Depending on the size, images can be cropped once they have been added
         1. Click the Crop Image drop-down
            1. Select the most appropriate aspect ratio, a box will appear over the image indicating how it will be displayed, if further edits are required:
               1. Click and drag the edges of the box to further crop the image
               2. Click and drag the box to reposition over the area of the image to display, if it cannot be fully displayed
               3. Click Reset Crop, to cancel changes and return to the default image settings
   7. Body - add the content of the article
   8. File Attachments - upload any relevant files as needed
   9. Update the Publishing workflow settings as needed
   10. 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.