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Adding News Article
- First save the news icon from the website news page to somewhere on your
computer!
- Login by clicking the admin link at bottom of any page on the site
- Click on 'News Publisher' on the left hand menu:
- Choose Type: Click 'Article'
- Type in the title in the box provided.
- Thumbnail: Now click the 'Browse' button to find the news icon you saved
to your computer previously!
- Type in a brief description of the news article in the 'Summary' box provided.
- Type or paste in the news article information into the 'Content' area
provided. Tip! To remove strange formatting if you are pasting in from word
use the 'Paste as Plain text' icon on the editor toolbar.
- If you wish to insert an image into the article:
- First resize it so it is not too big about 300 pixels wide maximum..
- Then click on the 'Insert/Edit Image' button on the editor toolbar.
- Pop up window appears. Now click 'Browse server'.
- Now click 'Browse' on the new pop up window to find the image on your
pc.
- Then click the 'Upload' button to send it to the server.
- Now the image file should appear in the list in the pop up window
- select it.
- Now you can align it or add a border etc.
- Click OK to insert it.
- Now click the 'Add' button at the bottom of the page to save your news
item to the site.
To go back and edit your news article
- Click on the 'List News' link on the top menu in News Publisher and click
the pencil icon that corresponds with article you wish to edit.
- Click the update button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.
To add an Announcement to the Homepage
- Click on 'Add News' on the top menu in News Publisher
- Choose Type: Click 'Announcement'
- Date Expired : Pick a date (say 2 weeks in advance for it to disapear
automatically)
- Type in the title in the box provided.
- Thumbnail: You could add a small image here or leave blank
- Type the announcement in the 'Summary' box provided.
- Now click the 'Add' button at the bottom of the page to save your announcement
to the homepage.
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