How to create Site News
[ Site News ] feature allows users to configure news content displayed on the website.
Any client that subscribe conida website, will have news within the site modules. [ News ] is part of the system page, auto-generated once a website is ready.
News consists of the following URL :
- /news - this is the overall news page
- /news/:id - this is the individual news page, with its own slug created by the User
An example of /news page:
An example of /news/:id page
- News
- Content Service
- Categories
- Setting
1. News
Click on the [ News ] and you will come to the News Listing page. To create news, simply click on [ Create News ] button.
Remarks: Categories are mandatory for news creation. Make sure Categories are created before creating news.
1.1 Create News from Scratch
Click "Website" and click "Next" if we want to create from scratch.
In the form :
- Select Category : Every news item has to belong to at least one or more categories.
- Title : The title of your news
- Teaser text : Short description for preview under News title
- Content : Content editor of the news
- Status : Set this news as active / inactive ( by default it is active ) . Only active news will be displayed.
- Publish from : Set a publish date ( it is by default to publish the news at current time if user does nothing on this )
- Show publication date - when this is checked, every news will show when this article is published.
- Example :
- Has Expiry Date : Set an expiry date for this news. News will be removed from the website (status set to inactive) when this date & time is reached.
- Website Previewed image & Detailed image : Website previewed image is for /news page and Detailed image is for /news/:id page
Click "Submit" after all the above are configured. The news will be published and display on the news listing.
1.2 Create News from Content Service
- Tick "Website".
- Select which categories of content you're looking for.
- Content listed on the listing --> users may click on the button to select the content
4. Content is selected, click next.
5. Content selected will automatically fill in the News Configuration modal. See screenshots below :
Content text is filled:
Preview & Detailed image are also filled:
After review the content, Center Admin may choose to Edit existing content, or publish directly.
Additional Info :
Website news are displayed under www.url.com/news and Facebook news are news solely published to Facebook. The system needs the user needs to link their Facebook ID via News > Setting
There are 2 methods to create news :
- Create from Scratch
- Create from Content Service
1.3 Categories
This are the news categories configuration page.
Click on "Create News Category"
Input text to name your category, and click Submit to save.
1.4 Setting (Facebook ID)
1.3 Building / Editing News Content
When clicking on Edit Content, you will come to this modal.
From this modal, you can create your content which is mainly made by 3 components: Text, image, video.
After choosing your component, you can set if this component should be 100% in column or other percentage.
Additional Info
Columns are vertical sections that span the height of the content area and are considered to be the “building blocks” of grids. When you configure your column percentage, you decide the width allowed for your selected components.
On the same row, you can also add an image or video by using the following button.
After configuring, click on the Preview Mode button to see how it looks like in responsive view [ Desktop, Tablet and mobile ] screen.
