MenuWare - HowTo: Adding News

How do I add a news item?

News items show up on the front page of your site. Each news item has a start date and an end date, and will appear and disappear on these dates automatically.

To create a new news item:

Choose the News item of your Content menu.
Click on the Add News button at the top of the News Administration page.
Fill in the entries in the form.
- Title - The short name describing the news item.
- Start Date - The first date that the entry shows up on the front page. This can be in the past, present, or future.
- End Date - The last date that the entry shows up on the front page. This can be in the past, present, or future.
- Summary (optional) - Shows up below the headline on the front page, to give an idea what the story is about.
- Priority - A number from 0 to 100 (default 50) indicating the priority of the story. The higher the number, the more important.
- Entry (optional) - This is where the actual news story goes. Type in your story, using HTML tags if you wish. When the user clicks a headline, it will bring them to a page showing this.
- URL (optional) - If you want to link directly to another page instead of typing the news in yourself, enter the URL here. Note that this should only be used if you leave the Entry field blank above.
- Topic (optional) - Assign this news item a topic. Topics must be created before they are used.
Click the "Add Entry" button. The entry will now show up between the start and end dates.

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