After creating a News Feed and adding News or Newsletter posts to the feed, it is ready to be placed on a page. There are three types of News Feed blocks that can be used on pages:
- News Feed - The 'regular' News Feed block displays all news posts from the selected news feed(s). This type of feed provides pagination for a visitor to access all the posts assigned to the selected news feed(s) and an optional 'archived link'. The News Feed is primarily placed on a full-width inside page.
- News Headlines - The News Headlines block displays posts from the selected feed(s) that are set to 'Display in News Headlines'. News Headlines allows a user to set the # of posts to display in the feed and can provide a link for a visitor to click to get to a page with the full News Feed displayed. News Headlines are primarily used on district or building home pages.
- Newsletters - The Newsletters block displays selected newsletter-type feeds as a list of links.
Adding a News Feed to a Page
- Select the Web Pages tab from the admin panel menu and add or edit the page where the feed is to be placed.
- Hover the mouse over where the news feed is to be added and choose Change Block. Note: If a new block needs to be added for the News Feed, choose Add Block.
- A window with a dropdown menu will appear. Select News Feed and click Change Block. The following options are made available in the Edit News Feed properties window:
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- Title - Enter the title that will appear above the feed as a Heading 2 (optional).
- Read Full Post Link Text - Allows customization for the 'Read Full Post' link that accompanies any news post with content added to the Post Details.
- Read Full Post Link New Window - Allows setting the 'Read Full Post' link to open in a new window.
- News Feeds (selector) - Click to select any news feeds whose posts should be displayed in the news feed block.
- Show Month Headings - Adds a Month heading above posts from a particular month.
- Show Date on Post - Post dates can be displayed or hidden in the feed.
- Show Image - Displays images in the feed that are added to posts via the 'Image' tab when the post was created.
- Maximum Items Per Page - Limits the # of posts displayed in the feed. Additional posts will be made available through pagination below the feed.
- Show Archive Link - Archive link can be displayed or hidden.
- RSS Enabled - Activated the RSS button visitors can use to subscribe to the feed.
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- Save the block and Publish the page to make the feed available to the public.
Adding a News Headlines Feed to a Page
- Select the Web Pages tab from the admin panel menu and add or edit the page where the feed is to be placed.
- Hover the mouse over where the news headlines feed is to be added and choose Change Block. Note: If a new block needs to be added for the feed, choose Add Block.
- A window with a dropdown menu will appear. Select News Headlines and click Change Block. The following options are made available in the Edit News Headlines properties window:
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- Title - Enter the title that will appear above the feed as a Heading 2 (optional).
- Show Image - Displays images in the feed that are added to posts via the 'Image' tab when the post was created.
- Read Full Post Link Text - Allows customization for the 'Read Full Post' link that accompanies any news post with content added to the Post Details.
- Read Full Post Link New Window - Allows setting the 'Read Full Post' link to open in a new window.
- News Feeds (selector) - Click to select any news feeds whose posts should be displayed in the news headlines block.
- Show Month Headings - Adds a Month heading above posts from a particular month.
- Show Date on Post - Post dates can be displayed or hidden in the feed.
- Maximum Items Per Page - Limits the # of posts displayed in the feed. Additional posts will be made available through pagination below the feed.
- Show More News Link - Activated a link below the feed that can link to other pages with the 'regular' News Feed placed on them.
- More News Link Text - Allows customization for the 'More News' link text.
- More News Link Page - This dropdown contains a list of all pages with the 'regular' News Feed placed on them. The selected page will be the destination for the 'More News' link.
- RSS Enabled - Activated the RSS button visitors can use to subscribe to the feed.
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- Save the block and Publish the page to make the feed available to the public.
Adding a Newsletters Feed to a Page
- Select the Web Pages tab from the admin panel menu and add or edit the page where the feed is to be placed.
- Hover the mouse over where the newsletters feed is to be added and choose Change Block. Note: If a new block needs to be added for the feed, choose Add Block.
- A window with a dropdown menu will appear. Select Newsletters and click Change Block. The following options are made available in the Edit Newsletters properties window:
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- Title - Enter the title that will appear above the feed as a Heading 2 (optional).
- News Feeds (selector) - Click to select any newsletter feeds whose posts should be displayed in the newsletters block.
- Maximum Items Per Page - Limits the # of posts displayed in the feed. Additional posts will be made available through pagination below the feed.
- Show Archive Link - Archive link can be displayed or hidden.
- Show Archived Newsletters Text - Customizes the 'archive' link text. Useful for when using the Newsletters feature to display non-newsletter content, such as board minutes.
- Show Current Newsletters Text - Customizes the 'Current' link text. When a visitor clicks the 'Archive' link to view archives, a 'Current' link is displayed to navigate back to the current newsletters list.
- RSS Enabled - Activated the RSS button visitors can use to subscribe to the feed.
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- Save the block and Publish the page to make the feed available to the public.
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