How to Create a News Article

Here are step by step instructions for creating a news article for the Current Student website.

News items display, with their summaries, in news feeds throughout the website. Clicking on the article heading takes the user to a separate page displaying the complete article.

Create a news article

Step by step instructions on how to create a new article

You first need to have logged in here - https://student.unsw.edu.au/user

  1. Once logged in, in the admin/menu bar, select Add content.
  2. On the Add content page, select News.
  3. On the Create News page, enter a Title for the article and upload the Image that will display alongside the summary in the news feed.
  4. Select any relevant FILTERS. For general news articles, leave filter check boxes unselected.
  5. Enter Summary information - this will display in the newsfeed.
  6. Enter the Body of the article - this will display on the news page. If you want the summary information to display above it, repeat it at the head of the article.
  7. Browse for and upload any relevant FILE ATTACHMENTS.
  8. Select the appropriate Administrative Group that will own this article.
  9. Click Save.

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