News Content Type

The editorial groups determine who will have permission to update your news article once you've saved it.

Start typing your Drupal editorial group, usually your department, in the text field. A drop-down list will appear. You must select your group from the list.

You can enter more than one editorial group.

Enter a title that describes your news article into the text field.

The title is used as:

• The page title that shows up in search results.
• The H1 for the article.
• The title for the article on the News webpage, and in news-related components.

Keep the title concise and interesting. Spending time making the title more interesting will result in more people reading the article.

Enter a subtitle in the text field.

The subtitle will appear below the title on the news article itself.

Subtitles don't display with title on the News webpage or in news-related components.

Enter the name of the author if desired. The author will display next to the published date near the top of the page.

Note: We do not normally add an author if an article was written by Grinnell staff.

You may wish to if the author is:

• a student
• faculty or staff who should be recognized for the article's authorship
• an alum or member of the public

The field will default to the date you create the News node. Enter or select a different date if that is not appropriate.

The published date displays under the title but above the image in Image Carousel.

For example, you may want to enter an earlier date if the news article was originally published elsewhere (such as a memo or newsletter) and you want to reflect the original publication date.

The published date will appear at the top of the News node under the title.

Publication vs. Authoring Dates

Your News node has two different dates associated with it.

• Drupal uses the publication date, which you can edit, to determine which is the most recent news for news-related components and the News webpage.
• GrinnellShare uses an authoring date, which you can't see, to determine which is the most recent news item for displaying its featured news section.

If you are updating a news node and need both systems to consider the news item either newer or older than it really is, enter the publication date you want, and leave us a moderation note asking us to update the authoring date for you.

Enter complete sentences in Summary. The field is for plain text only (not bold or italics, for example).

Use the summary in conjunction with the title to:

• Encourage people to click through and read the article, or
• Provide crucial information they should know if they don't click through. E.g. the date and time of an event or a deadline.

Important!

The summary will appear on the News webpage and some news-related components as the teaser.

The summary does not appear on the News node itself. Always repeat any critical information in the body field.

The Hero image appears at the top of the node. Unlike hero images on Group Info and Page nodes, however, the news hero images are the width of the main content area and appear below the node's title, not as a background image for the title.

Hero Images

The Hero > Image field works similar to a Carousel: Image Feature component on which it is based.

Use an image that is:

• at least 1200 pixels wide
• about twice as wide as it is tall and looks okay when cropped to be only slightly wider than tall

Important: Please talk to us before adding a background color, section header, or intro when using the Images option.

To add a hero image:

1. Click Hero, then Image, and then Add Carousel: Image Feature to open the carousel fields.
2. Click Add Image, which you will find under Slides > Image.
3. Select your image. Do not add captions before talking with Communications and Marketing staff.
   See Images for detailed instructions on how to add a image using the Add Media dialog box.

Although you can add additional images, we recommend adding only one. The first image you add to the carousel appears:

• As a large image at the top of your article
• As the image on the News webpage and some news-related components.

When you load your image, use preview and focus tools to make sure it looks good as:

• Carousel: Image Feature
• Featured News and Event
• News: Detail
• News: Feature
• News: Teaser

See Images for more information on how to work with images on the site.

Hero Video

You will need to load a standard video to YouTube (not a "short") to use this option and will need a backup image that is:

• at least 1200 pixels wide
• about twice as wide as it is tall and looks okay when cropped to be only slightly wider than tall

To add a hero video:

1. Click Hero, then Video.
2. Enter your YouTube video URL.
3. Add a backup image. See See Images for detailed instructions on working with images.

Enter the main content of your article in Body.

The field is a full-featured WYSIWYG.

For events, our standard is to include an event information block at the top of Body. See “Entering Event Information” above.

Add additional components by selecting one from the drop-down list.

Do not use these checkboxes. They were designed for events and are no longer accurate.

If you are providing information about an upcoming event, whether in-person or virtual, check:

• Add ADA Language

If the event will be on campus, check:

• Add Supervise Children Language

If the event will be held in a venue that is looped for a t-coil (hearing aid use), check:

• Add T-Coil Language

Many major venues, such as Roberts Theatre, Faulconer Gallery, and Room 101 of the Rosenfield Center are looped for t-coils. If you aren’t sure if your venue is, contact Disability Resources.

The source fields — URL and link title — are no longer used. Please leave them blank.

Enter your department's group tag in the text field.

A drop-down list will appear. Select the correct tag for your area.

Repeat for other areas that want to display the news in a news-related component.

See “Reusing News on Other Pages” for details on how these tags are used.

This field is not currently used, but please enter the same groups you entered in the previous field.

Enter the target audience(s) for your article.

Do not use this field unless you are instructed to by Communications and Marketing staff.

Ignore this field. It is no longer used.