News - Tshwane Interim
Add news content to the site.
Content Type Details
- ID: 108
- Name: News - Tshwane Interim
- Minimum user level: Contributor
- Compatible with page layouts: Newsroom
- Image - select an image from the media library, recommended dimensions are 1000 x 600 pixels
- Published Date - use the calendar to select the date the article will be published
- News Category - add as many categories as needed
- Show as Featured News - will ensure the article appears in 'Featured News' content types e.g.) Featured News Slider
Metadata
The following elements are mapped to metatags:
- Abstract - description, og:description, twitter:description
- Keywords - keywords
- Title - title, og:title, twitter:title
- Title is also used to construct URLs for og:url, twitter:url
- Image - og:image, twitter:image, og:image:alt, twitter:image:alt
- Published Date - date
Notes and Related Content Types
- This content type uses Fulltext to generate URLs
- This means multiple News items can exist in the same section
The following Content Types can display News Articles:
Content Type Elements Details
| Name | Description | Size | Type | Required | Conditionally Shown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | The Name Element | 80 Characters | Plain Text | Yes | No |
| Title | Enter the news title | 150 Characters | Plain Text | Yes | No |
| Image | Select an image from the media library | N/A | Media | Yes | No |
| Published Date | Select the published date of the news | N/A | Date | Yes | No |
| Author | Enter the name of the author | 150 Characters | Plain Text | No | No |
| Show as Featured News | Select the checkbox to mark news as featured Choose from options: Yes | N/A | Check Box (List: Yes) | No | No |
| News Category | Select the category from the list Choose from options such as: Academics, Alumni, Sports, Student Life, VC's articles | N/A | Multi-select List (List: News Category - Sample Site) | Yes | No |
| Abstract | Enter the abstract for the news | 200 Characters | Plain Text | Yes | No |
| Main body | This is the main body. See TinyMCE content options. | 99999 Characters | HTML | Yes | No |
| Keywords | Add relevant keywords for the news meta tags | 100 Characters | Plain Text | No | No |
Live Example
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