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News story - basic

This content type is for news stories and uses a tagging system to identify which faculty, subject or theme it belongs to so that it can be showcased via the content type 'news listing - blocks'.

Example

Below is an example of how the content type looks like.

Steps

Step one - create child pages

  1. Identify where you wish to store your news stories on T4.
  2. Create a child page called 'News' in the desired section.
  3. In 'News', create another child page called 'Items' - this is where you should create your news stories.

Note: remember to untick the 'show in navigation button' for these child pages as they shouldn't be accessible from the navigation bar.

Step two - create the news stories

  1. In the 'Items' child page, press the green '+ Add content' button and select the 'news story - basic' content type.
  2. Fill in the content fields as appropriate.
  3. Repeat as many times as needed for the amount of news stories you have.

Note: these news stories are 'content items' sitting within its 'items' section, therefore if you wish to link it from elsewhere on T4, remember to select "insert content link" rather than "insert section link".

Content fields

Below are the essential fields to fill in for this content type:

Name

Give the content type a name that will help you remember what it contains. This won't appear on the public webpage, only in T4.

Display name

This will be the name displayed on the news story.

Date released

Usually this should be filled in with the date and time of publishing the article on T4.

Main story

The main section of the news story.

Primary image

The main image for the news story.

Organisational unit

Click on the white box and select from the drop down list the appropriate faculty, subject or theme (multiple can be selected if appropriate).

Step three - publish your content

  1. Save and approve all the 'news' and 'items' sections and their contents.
  2. Go to the 'news' section and click on the publish section button.

Uploading images - important note

You need to make sure you have the appropriate permissions before publishing an image or video. This includes permission of the copyright holder and, in some cases, the permission of anybody in the image (eg a signed consent form). Find out more about this on our Images page. 

Availability

Only on the new template.

If you cannot add the content type mentioned, email websupport@qmul.ac.uk.

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