News

In the top menu, select Content. From the drop down, select News. 

To create a new news item, click on the green "Create a news item" button.

1. Title: Add the title.

• This is also referred to as the headline of your news story. The ideal length is six to ten words, but you can write longer if needed for clarity.

2. Content: Add the news story copy.

• The content area of the news page functions identically to a content block on a page. 

3. Subtitle: Add a brief summary. The subtitle is an alternative headline that gives further explanation of the title. The two work together to build curiosity and tell the reader what the piece is about. 

• Note: Just like a meta description, this should be no longer than 150 characters.

News articles are fed into and filtered by the CMU News widget according to the categories, tags and college departments assigned to the article. 

4. Categories: Click on the plus symbol to view the selection. Click on "show all categories". Click on the News drop-down arrow and make a selection then click on the green Use Selected button.

5. Tags: Click on the plus symbol to view the selection. Click on News to select as the content type.

6. Author name: Add the author's name here.

7. Author email address: Add the author's email address here.

8. Media contact email: If the media contact is different than the author, add their email here.

9. Media contact name: If the media contact is different than the author, add their name here.

• You do not need to adjust or change anything under More options. 

10. Thumbnail image: Add a thumbnail image (360x240) here. This image appears in the News widget next to the summary of your story.

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11. Featured image: Add a featured image (720x480). This image is used on the CMU News home page.

12. Title for search engines: The title is automatically populated with your story's title.

13. Description: Add a 155-character brief summary of your story. 

14. Title for social media: Automatically populates with the title of your story. 

15. Description: A 255-character summary of your story. Most users will choose to use the same text for their description as they have in their meta description.

16. Image for social media platforms: Add an image for the social media post. Must be 1600x900 or 1200x675 minimum.

17. YouTube URL: Add the url of a YouTube video to accompany your story.

18. Original publication date:  Select the publication date and time. Once you've entered the time, select Done at the bottom of the field. 

Note: Publication date and time are required fields and you cannot save or publish your page without filling them in.

19. College departments: Optional field where you can select a college department related to the story. Scroll to the bottom to find the section for adding college department(s). Click on the plus symbol. Click "show all departments." Select the appropriate college department option(s).