From the User Guide: How to create an article

Creating an article

Click on Add Article from the Dashboard.

You will be presented with a form with several fields on it. Here is what the fields mean:

o Article Edition (Required): This is the edition that this article will be associated with.

o Rotating headlines? (Optional): This is pre-checked. If you uncheck this then images posted with this story WILL NOT appear in the rotating images on your front page.

o Standalone video? (Optional): This reformats the output of this article to be video-centric with a little screen instead of article content. The on-screen instructions outline how to work it.

o For your blog? (Optional): If the blog option is enabled for this user, this will show up and classify this as a blog entry. Blogging is covered elsewhere in this guide.

o Categories (Required): These categorize the story. You change and add these elsewhere in the system. You must pick one, but you can choose more than one.

TIP: If you get a message saying Category required and you don’t see any choices to do that, then you’ll have to go create at least one category. Go to the Dashboard and click under Newspaper Sections.

o Author (Optional): The writer of the article.

o Headline (Required): The headline of the article

o Article Summary (Optional): This is what users see on the front page; it's the blurb summarizing the story. If you put in nothing here, the system will grab whatever is on the top of the story. Sometimes that leads to strange results.

o Article (Optional): This is where you put the article.

• The basic text box option will show you a naked text box (not unlike the Article Summary box).
• The Rich Text Editor offers you multiple ways to manipulate text, place links, place images, etc. It’s similar to Word.

TIP: If you get weird computer language text appearing in your stories (or in your summaries), the basic text box is your friend. Click on it and you should be able to see EXACTLY what you posted into the Rich Text Editor. Often, it’s very different from what you thought you posted.

o Icon (Optional): The story icon that appears above the headline (examples include Online Exclusive and Feature). The process for creating your own icon is outlined under Icon Administration.

TIP: Display of the At-a-Glance page is NOT affected by sort order. The At-a-Glance page lists stories from most recent to least.

• Sort Order (Optional): Number showing the rank of the article within its category. The lower the number, the higher it appears on the page. For example, an article with a 10 rank will appear above an article with a 20 rank. This ranking does not apply to the At-a-Glance page, which is sorted based on the last-updated date. If you do nothing, 0 will be inserted.
• Save: Save and go back to the article list.
• Save and Proceed to Media Gallery: If you wish to add any images, audio or video files, click this.
• Cancel: Cancel what you've just entered and go back to the article list.
• Delete: Similar to the above, but can be used if an article has already been created and you want to get rid of it.

Under the article is an “audit trail” of this article. It will show you:

• The time and date of what it’s reporting
• Who created the article
• Who last edited the article
• Any profanity reports associated with the article, what they are and where they appear.