How to enter in a story
- In the T4 Site Structure, navigate to the News & Press Releases section.
- Expand News & Press Releases. Click on your category (Alumni News, Arts & Sciences News, Business News, etc.). Click the Content tab. You are presented with the section content list.
- Click the green Create content button. The News Article Content Type loads automatically.
- Enter a Name* and a Title&. Keep this short. The text will create the URL of the news article. example: www.umasd.edu/news/namegoeshere.html
- Select a Date Released*. It can be left as today's date or changed.
- Select a byline radio button. The default is: By.
- Select an Author*. The Email Address* field will populate automatically. If an Author is not in the list, contact the Webteam using the T4 Tech Support Request form.
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Fill out the required fields. If the author and email address aren't in the dropdowns, contact T4 Tech support.
- Enter a press release Summary*. The Summary will display below the Title on the published page.
- Select a Category* or Categories. This is the 'tag' or 'tags' that will pull the proper feed onto the correct page.
- If using a video, enter the video embed code.
- Select an Image and Image Thumbnail.
- Supply an Image Caption. This will sit below the image.
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Fill out the other fields for your article and upload images as desired to supplement your story.
- Supply a Quote and a Quote Attribution. The quote and attribution will display in a different font on the press release page. Here is an example:
- Paste the Press Release text in the Main Body* field.
- Enter additional paragraphs using the paragraphs fields.
- Add additional images using the optional Select media buttons.
- Add additional image captions using the Image Caption fields.
- Add additional videos using the video embed code fields.
- Select Showcase images using the Select media buttons. And/or add a link to an external gallery. Use this to link to an external image gallery (like Flickr).
The fields marked with a * are required
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- Contact Blocks
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- Terminalfour access levels
- Enter a research award
- Email Builder
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