News
News is a feature for writing and publishing dynamic content to public pages of school websites.
This feature is suitable for:
- School announcements
- Activity coverage
- Educational articles
- PPDB info
- Other information is dynamic
Fast Flow: From Blank to Live
1. Create a Draft
- Click the Add New button
- Fill in the headline
- Enter the content/news content
- Click Save As Draft
2. Tidy up your news identity
- Set news Category
- Add relevant Tags
- Upload Featured Image (featured image)
- Set URL Slug (usually automatically from title)
- Add Short Description (excerpt)
3. Publish
- If you are ready to appear publicly, click the Publish button
- Your news is now accessible to the public
News Page Elements
News List
On the News main page, you see a table listing the articles that have been created.
Toolbar above the table:
- Search: Quick filter by news headlines
- Action Dropdown: Bulk actions for selected articles
- Column Dropdown: Choose which columns are displayed
- Number of rows dropdown: Set how much data per page
Table column:
- Title - Headline of the story
- Category - The category in which the news is published
- Writer - The person who creates the news
- Date - When the news was published
- Status - Draft or Published
- Action - Edit/Delete button
Tips
- Create an interesting and descriptive title
- Use categories to organize content
- Add images to make the content more interesting
- Use tags to make it easier to find related content