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Create your news story / blog post using the following content:

  •  Each story should have a heading/title
  •  Each story should start with the date and location in brackets, for example (21 February 2017, Nairobi), and have an identical posting date (this is based on the publication date)
  •  Each story requires a photo
  •  Each story requires an excerpt macro, this is the preview text that will appear in the snippet (this guideline provides more information about the excerpt macro)
  •  Each story requires labels as this determines where it will appear (see News Stories: News dissemination: Using labels in News Stories for more guidance)
  •  Each story requires the image to be selected



Creating a news story / blog

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Step 1: Go to your office space

From the unEnvironment menu go to your Division/Office space

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Step 2: Click on Create News

Click on Create News

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Note

Confirm that you are about to create a news story / blog and not a page, ensure that once you have clicked on create you are able to see the following

    • Additional information for this blog post heading on the top left hand corner (see screenshot below)
    • URL link that includes /createblogpost.action
    • You are asked write a Blog post title and not a Page title

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Step 3: Add Publication Period and Labels and Select Image

1. Click on the Additional information for this blog post to get a drop down

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2. Enter the publication date and the expiry date (if relevant / required) (see screenshot below)

Click on publish to add the date and time when you want the blog to be published

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Click on expire to add the date and time when you want the blog to expire

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3. Enter the assigned labels by clicking on the pencil (see screenshot above)

Note

These are determined by where you want to news story to appear (see News Stories: News dissemination: Using labels in News Stories for more guidance)

4. Select the image to appear in the news feeder (see screenshot below)

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5. Click on save additional information (see screenshot below)

Step 4: Add Except Macro

1. Add the except macro by click on the + button in the menu and selecting other macros (see first screen shot below), search for except and click on the macro (see second screen shot).

Note

The text you want to appear in the summary of this news story should appear in the excerpt macro.

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2. Click Publish / Save

Example of a news item with all the features

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