This page is a guide for creating news posts and events. Please review the Content Editor Training or Publisher Editor Training videos for a demonstration.
Table of Contents:
Add a News Post
In the top left of your site, click on the + New button
Select News Post from the drop down. Note: DO NOT select News Link.
Select templates listed under Saved On This Site
Select your groups News Post Template. Every group has their own unique template pre-populated with page data.
Select “Create Post”
Update the News Post page
Update Banner
Click on the picture icon in the top left of the banner.
Select “Site” as your source
Select “Site Assets” folder
Select “News Assets” folder
Choose desired banner from banners folder
Update thumbnail
Navigate to page details (top left)
Select “Change Thumbnail”
Select “Site” as your source
Select “Site Assets” folder
Select “News Assets” folder
Choose matching thumbnail from thumbnail folder
Add a title
Add title to end of breadcrumb in place of [Enter News Post Title]
Review post verbiage standards prepopulated in the body of the post. These have been provided by MarCom for your reference. Remove this once you have read it, and paste or write your own message.
Add a contact to the “people” webpart at the bottom if you wish! Or, you can delete this webpart.
Update the Page Details to submit this post to a main hub homepage (eg Faculty, Staff or Student)
Select Page Details in the top left
Scroll to Properties
Select YES for Feature On Home
Add relevant groups under Target Audience
Add relevant RedhawkHub distribution groups to Audience: RedhawkHub-AllFaculty, RedhawkHub-AllStaff, RedhawkHub-AllStudents
Submit for Approval. This approval is sent to our Internal Communications Manager for review. Once approved, the post will automatically show on the selected homepages.
Add an Event
From your site’s homepage, navigate to the Events web part and click “Add Event”
Update Event Page
Select a pre-saved banner by clicking on the browse images icon in the top left of the banner
Select “Site” as your source
Select the “Site Assets” folder
Select “Event Assets” folder
Select your desired banner
Add a title
Add When (date, time)
Add Where (physical or virtual)
Optional - add Link
Update Category and Audience to submit for Staff, Faculty, and Student homepages
Category: Campus Event
Audience: Update with relevant groups from RedhawkHub-AllFaculty, RedhawkHub-AllStaff, RedhawkHub-AllStudents
Update description about this event
FAQs
How do I delete a news post?
For either a published or draft news post, click on Page Details. Scroll to the bottom and select Delete.
How do create a news post that only lives on my site?
Create a news post following all of the directions above, but do not update the page detail fields to assign audience or feature on homepage. Once approved by your site publisher, this post will show under events for your site only.
How long does a news post last?
A news post will not go away unless it is manually deleted (although you don’t ever need to delete it if you don’t want to). As more posts are created, the newer messages will be the ones shown on homepages and push out the old ones.
How long does an event last?
Once the event date and time has passed, SharePoint will automatically delete this event post for you.