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The News document Type is available to add notifications to your website similar to a news bulletin board. On the News page the summary of the articles will be displayed, when the link is selected the entire News item will show. A unique feature for a News item is the option to specify dates of when the information should be available or removed from the website. This means that items can be created ahead of time and will show up and also be removed from the website based on the dates indicated. Another feature that the News document type has is the ability to set up an RSS feed.

What is an RSS feed?

A RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed can provide frequently updated content published by a website. They are commonly used for news and blog websites allowing members to view current club information without having to log on to the website. A feed can have the same content as a web page, but it's often formatted differently. When you subscribe, Internet Explorer automatically checks the website and downloads new content so you can see what is new since you last visited the feed.
This section will cover how to create, edit, and organize your clubs’ News using the News document type. The RSS Feed will be discussed at the end once the News document has been created.

Creating a News Page

In order to use the News Document create a page first using a News Page Template, and then create items within it using the News Item document type.




1) To create a page template for News click on the 'New' button in the top left hand corner.
2) Select 'Page (menu item)'. From here you can select amongst the divers page templates available on your website.
3) Enter the 'Page Name' and select the News folder on the left to view the available news page templates. For this example we will use 'News with summary'.



The page created will hold the News Items. You can select different 'News' templates for different layout options.

Creating a News Item

1) Select the News page recently created to hold News Items and click 'New' above the content tree.
2) Select 'News Item' from the list of available document types.


3) Fill in the pertaining information:
  • Release Date: This is a required field. It will determine the order the documents are listed (this template lists most current event date on top of the page) If events are the same date it will be listed alphabetically in ascending order.
  • News Summary: Type in the Summary for the News item
  • News Text: Type in all details for the News item, this will show when the News Title is selected
  • Publish From: optional to set the date that the news item should become available
  • Publish To: optional to set the date that the news item should no longer be on the website


Click 'Save' when completed.

To view the News Page that was just created. Click on the News page and click on Preview. The News page will show all containing News Items along with the associated news summary, sorted by release date. Click on a News Item to view more details.

Editing News Items

Click on the News page within the site's content tree and select the News Item to be edited. Note that News Items and other Document Types are edited within the 'Form' tab. Click 'Save' when completed.

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