Each announcement must belong to an announcement category. These announcement categories can be displayed on your website or viewed in news readers using RSS. An example announcement category is "Upcoming Events".
To manage your announcements go to "News" and click "Announcements".
Next click "edit announcements" next to the desired category. If there are no categories to choose from, then create a new one by clicking "Create category". For more information please see "Managing announcement categories".
Now you may manage your announcements.
To create am announcement, click "Create announcement".
To change the title, description, or display properties of an existing announcement, click "properties".
To create a more information page, click "more info".
To move a announcement up or down in the list, click "move up" or "move down".
To delete an existing announcement, click "delete".
Example: Creating an announcement
First, click "edit announcements" for the desired category.
Next, click "Create announcement".
Now enter the announcement's properties.
Title: |
the title of the announcement |
Description: |
the description of the announcement |
Display with: |
select whether you want this announcement to always be displayed with the current announcement, always be displayed with the archived announcement, or be displayed with the current or archived announcement depending upon the date. If the later is selected, you will have to enter the "Current as of" and "Archive as of" dates. |
Current as of: |
the day the announcement will begin to be displayed with the current announcements (MM DD YYYY). |
Archive as of: |
the day the announcement will begin to be displayed with the archived announcements (MM DD YYYY). |
Display: |
select "Yes" if you would like to show this announcement, otherwise select "No". |
Image: |
select the image to go along with the announcement. |
When finished, click "Save Changes".
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