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Introduction
The News page consists of 5 main sections as below:
- News
- Links
- RSS Feed
- Weather
- Tasks
News Page – Layout
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The News page is edited by clicking the (
) in the Login Controls Toolbar at the top of the page. The following screenshot shows the Administration screen:
News Page – Administration Functions
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News
Existing News items are viewed by clicking the menu to the left of the screen. Users can leave a comment against a News item by clicking the ‘comments’ link below the News item.
Administration of News Items (Admin permissions required)
Click on the News TAB within the Administration page.
To CREATE a new News item, enter a title and text in the editor window to the bottom. Click ‘Save’ when you have finished. You can apply formatting using the toolbar options within the editor.
To EDIT an existing News item, click the () icon corresponding to the News item, and edit the title and content. Click ‘Save’ when you have finished.
To DELETE an existing News item, click the (
) icon next to the News item.
To INSERT AN IMAGE into a News item, you must first place the image anywhere within the Intranet Resources folder in the Filing Cabinet.
You can then select this image and display it in your News item using the (
) icon. You can resize an image by selecting and dragging the corners.
To INSERT A DOCUMENT into a News item, you must first place the document anywhere within the Intranet Resources folder in the Filing Cabinet. You can then link to this document the () icon.
You can INSERT A LINK into a News item by clicking the (
) icon and typing the title and address for your link.
Links
Users can access commonly used Links via the list to the bottom right of the News page.
Administration of Links (Admin permissions required)
Click on the Links TAB within the Administration page.
To CREATE a new Link, enter a Name and Location and click ‘Save’ when you have finished.
To EDIT an existing Link, click the () icon corresponding to the Link, and edit the Name and Location. Click ‘Save’ when you have finished.
To DELETE an existing Link, click the () icon next to the Link.
RSS Feed
The RSS Feed will automatically update during the day with news items from the selected external RSS feed once configured. Clicking on a link will open the corresponding news item from the supplier website.
Administration of RSS Feed (Admin permissions required)
Click on the News Feed TAB within the Administration page.
Edit the Name, Location and Number of items to determine how the news feed is displayed.
The address of news feeds for major newspapers can be obtained from their relevant website.
Weather
The Weather feed updates automatically during the day. Users can select an appropriate location from the drop down list of sites.
The setting for each User is saved and the last selected location is presented again when the User next logs in.
Tasks
The Tasks listing is only visible when the User has access to the Tasks module. When active, the list provides a the Users’ Prioritised tasks on the left had column,
and Scheduled tasks on the right hand column. Tasks can be closed, and new tasks created from the News page.
Clicking either of the ‘view all’ links at the bottom will take the User to the Tasks module and display all of their active Tasks in one list.