Creating a News Article

Important Note: The newly created/updated news will be added/displayed on the top of the listing.

STEP-BY-STEP
  • 1
    Log in as an administrator and go to the Admin Dashboard.
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  • 2
    Select News
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    Then select News Items and click Create New News button
    News
  • 4
    Enter the Title of this news article
  • 5
    Set the status
  • 6
    if you have a Title Image, upload the image
  • 7
    Put Date Start and optionally Date End for this news article.
    • The dates determine when the news article will be displayed
    • This allows you to create articles well before they are needed and have them automatically appear on this date
    • You can also have news articles expiring automatically for articles such as Xmas or Easter
  • 8
    Set the Categories this article will appear in
    • News Articles can be displayed in multiple categories
  • 9
    Enter an Abstract for the article
    • Abstracts are displayed under the title in a news listing to give the visitor an idea of the article
    • They can then click a read more button to see the full article
  • 10
    Enter the Meta Title of your news item
    • The Meta Title is the title that shows on search engine results apart from the page title.It acts as a name tag for the web page and is also read by search engine robots and seen by users searching the web.
  • 11
    Add Meta Keywords for your news item
    • Meta Keywords are usedto give search engines more information about a page's content.Meta keywords are distinguished from regular keywords because they appear “behind the scenes,” in the source code of your page, rather than on the live, visible page itself.
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    Add a descriptive Meta Description
    • The Meta Description appears under the meta title in search engine results.This information defines the content and quality of a web page. The meta description is the one usually displayed when the page for a specific query is listed as a snippet in search engine results.
  • 13
    Enter the content for the article
    News
  • 14
    Once Content is complete you can go directly to 'Save'
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    There may be a 'Hot News' item included in your website's news template. Hot news ensures an article is kept on the page at all times (or perhaps placed at the top - template depending). If this is the case, please ensure the Hot News checkbox is checked. See below
    Hot News button
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    Once completed hit Save
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