Difference between revisions of "Website News and Media Guidelines"

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##Click 'Browse' and select, in our example, the 13 November 2011 noticesheet from your PC. Once it appears, click it and it will generate the link in the white box.  Click OK.
 
##Click 'Browse' and select, in our example, the 13 November 2011 noticesheet from your PC. Once it appears, click it and it will generate the link in the white box.  Click OK.
 
##Back in the 'Article Manager: Add New Article' screen, in the 'Publishing Options' screen, click 'Select User' and enter your name.
 
##Back in the 'Article Manager: Add New Article' screen, in the 'Publishing Options' screen, click 'Select User' and enter your name.
##nter your name enter a butto cititle of the News Item, then under ''Category'' select ''News'' from the drop down. The other items in the ''Edit article box'' probably won't need to be changed.
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##Enter today's date in the 'Created Date' and 'Start Publishing' boxes. Enter a date '''four weeks''' hence in the 'Finish Publishing' box.  
# Write the text of the item in the ''Article text'' box.
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##Press 'Save&Close'
# Complete the drop downs on the right, headed ''Publishing Options'': you will usually only need to complete the ''Finishing Publishing'' box. The ''Article Options'' and ''Metadata Options'' will not usually need to be completed or altered.
 

Revision as of 15:49, 17 November 2011

News Items appear on the Home page in one line summary format. When you click on this line, the full news item is displayed. In order to create a news item, you have to log in to the back end (though you can edit them from the front end). News items can be a Noticesheet, Newsletter, News Bulletin or Sermon Download:

  1. To add a Noticesheet.
    1. First make sure the Noticesheet is saved somewhere on the PC on which you're working.
    2. Select Content>Article Manager>Add New Article
    3. Under Title, write the date of the Noticesheet, eg '13 November 2011'.
    4. In the Category box select '-Noticesheets'
    5. In the white area under 'Article text' type 'Noticesheets'. Highlight this and click the Link icon above (shows as a link of a chain with a green plus sign).
    6. A pop up box appears. Click 'Browse Server'and then the 'Noticesheets' directory.
    7. Click 'Browse' and select, in our example, the 13 November 2011 noticesheet from your PC. Once it appears, click it and it will generate the link in the white box. Click OK.
    8. Back in the 'Article Manager: Add New Article' screen, in the 'Publishing Options' screen, click 'Select User' and enter your name.
    9. Enter today's date in the 'Created Date' and 'Start Publishing' boxes. Enter a date four weeks hence in the 'Finish Publishing' box.
    10. Press 'Save&Close'