An article is a collection of content, that is made up of elements.
Each individual article you create, for example, “Principals report”, “School news,” “Calendar of events,” etc. will make up your newsletter.
The article headings will become a part of the table of contents in the final newsletter so that the reader is able to click and jump to an article that interests them.
The article headings are also displayed in the email notification your subscribers receive, so they know exactly what is in each issue.
Step 1 – From the left-hand menu, click on the Create/Edit Articles icon.
Tip: You will now be taken to your article management area. This will become your article archive area once you begin to create content for your school newsletters.
Step 2 – To create a new article, click on the blue Create New Article button from the left-hand side of the screen.
Step 3 – You will now be taken to your Create Article Area. Give your article a name then click Continue.
Step 4 – Now you can begin to use the different elements in the Add Content Elements Area to put together your information.
Not sure which element to use for your content? See below for more information.
Does your article contain:
- Lots of text and a few clip art – Text Block
- 3 or more photos with a heading and a description – Tiled Gallery or Slide Show
- 3 or more photos of different shapes and sizes, with a heading and a description – Nested Gallery
- Lots of text, a heading and 1 photo – Single Photo Gallery option
- YouTube link – YouTube Embed
- Forms, documents, and community flyers – Attach and Embed
- Payments dates, excursion reminders, dates to remember – Embedded Calendar
- Text-based announcement – Quote Block
- Simple awards table – Table Element
Step 5 – Once you have added your elements to your article click the blue Save and Exit button from the bottom left-hand corner.
You will be redirected to your Article Management Area, your brand new article will be listed at the top.
Tip: Do not worry about the order of your articles, there is a simple step during the newsletter creation process that will allow you to reorder your articles before submitting to Austnews.
Go to stage 2 – Adding a Calendar as an article in your newsletter.