Adding a News Article is easy in Advantage CSP when you follow the order of operations. First you must create the categories in the News Category tool from the navigation menu on the left side. Once categories have been created you can proceed to create a News Article, see the steps below.
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Create a News Category
- Go to Content Manager.
- Go to News Category.
- Click the
button.
- Fill in the Category Name.
- Click the Publish button in the top right and select the Share and Publish check boxes, followed by the Publish It! button. If you manage multiple sites, here is where you can easily share and publish categories to them all from this button. Repeat these steps for each category you need to make.
Create a News Article
- Go to Content Manager.
- Click on News Article.
- Click the
button.
- The Version Name will be filled in with the current date and time, or you may choose your own name.
- Fill in the Article Information section with the Headline, Date, Author and Summary. In the Page URL section enter the SEO Name.
- In the Taxonomy section is where you'll use the check boxes to select all the relevant category names you had created earlier.
- Images for the article are selected and edited in the Images field where you'll see a tab for Thumbnail and Detail.
- Next the Full Article Content field displays the standard editor for you to add content for your News Article.
- At this point you can Save Draft or Publish.
Add a News Article to a Page
- Go to Page Manager
- If the News Article will be added to an existing page then click on the Content icon. In the Drag and Drop Widgets panel on the right side drag News Article widget to the area of the page you want your News Article to appear.
- Click the Pencil edit icon.
- Configure how you want your News Article to appear by entering the required information and selecting check boxes for the various settings.
- Click Update in the top right.
- Your News Article will look similar to this as seen in the preview below.
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