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Creating a new news article
Add your digital assets
Eg Images, videos etc
Click on the Media menu on the left-hand side of the page.
Click on Add New
Drag and drop files into the dotted border container or click on the Select Files button and navigate to the digital asset you want to upload on your computer.
Before adding an image choose a folder to upload to. Choose articles.
Once the upload is complete, you will it at the bottom of the page.
Create a new Article/Post
Click on the Posts menu on the left hand side of the page.
Click Add New
This will open a blank post that requires your new content
Add a title to your article in the Add title field
Add you article body text here. You can use the editor to format your text.
If you would like to add an image in the article body text click on the Add Media button in the editor and navigate to the media library and select your image.
If you uploaded the image to a folder previously, you can find it by selecting the correct folder on the left hand side.
Metadata and Excerpts
Add your metadata for this page and an Excerpt. These can be the same or different if you would like. Metadata is for Web Search Engines like Google and an Excerpt is for the Articles landing page.
Categories
On the right hand column choose your category. For now, these will always be Articles. These are for filtering articles in the future.
Feature Image
Lastly choose your Feature image. This is for the image in the tile on the article landing page.
Click on Set feature image and navigate to the image you want in the media library.
When all the content has been added you can select a publishing option at the top right of the side menu.
Options are:
- Save Draft – Credit a non-published version of the article so you can return later to edit.
- Preview – This will open a new tab in preview mode so you can see how it will look before you publish
- Publish – Sends the article live and the public can now see it.
