Adding a news item
Click “Add content” in the upper left administrative shortcut toolbar. If you have permission to add multiple content types, choose “News” from the content type list. If you only have permission to add a news item, you will be taken directly to the “Create News” form.
If you do not see “News” in the content type list, or “Create news” in the form that opens, contact your programme administrator.
See the section below for information about the form.
The news item form
Title
Fill in the Title for the news item. You are limited to 80 characters.
Date
Publication date
The publication date will be displayed on the news landing page and on the detail page. By default it is the current date but it may be set to any date. This does not affect how Drupal publishes the news item. News items will be listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first) on the news landing page by using this date.
Remove from homepage by
If the news item is promoted to home page (see below), it will appear on the home page until it is on or after the date set here. By default this is set to two weeks in the future.
Description
Short summary
The short summary will appear on the news landing page only.
Longer text description
The longer description is the text that will appear on the detail page. Note: if the “short summary” is, for instance, the first two sentences from the longer description, the two sentences should be duplicated in both fields.
To include a set of links about the news item, please follow the format used in the news item MSI startup celebrates first place at Europe’s biggest technology conference (scroll to the bottom, the “Useful Links” section). Make a header for “Useful links” that is a Sub B (H4) style. See the WYSIWYG documentation section for more information about formating.
Optional photo
The optional photo will appear on the detail page. The photo uploaded should be a jpg file at least 700 pixels wide (1200 recommended).
Publication options
Note: depending on your user privileges, you may not see this section.
Promoted to home page
Check this box to allow this news item to appear on the home page, until the date set in the field Remove from homepage by (above).