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8. Creating News Items
News Items are one of the main ways of sharing informtion with your Clann Members. They are also free for everyone to see
- Select the News menu option and then the News menu item
- Select ‘Create News’
TL/DR
What is It?: News Edit Form
Appears: Under the News Menu
What’s it for?: News Items are the free source of information you share with everyone
Field | Type | Details | Sample |
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News Image | File: Image | Overlay Image 900×600 |
| The image that appears on the news grid |
Title | String | Suitable Title | Welcome |
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Colour | String | Colour Name or Hex value | Blue | This is the title colour |
Description | String | Sub title that appears under the title | Welcome to our Clan |
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Upload Extra | File: Doc | PDF, HTML, Markdown, Image |
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Link | String URL | URL Link (or Vimeo Playback URL) |
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Position | Number | 0 … |
| Higher numbers appear first |
Published | Date | Select from Date Picker |
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Notes:
Make sure the title colour works well with the Image (Title appears as an overlay)
The App will attempt to combine Extra and Link if both are present. i.e. if you have a Vimeo URL in the Link field this will appear above any document (Extra field) when the News Item detail view is displayed. If the Link is not to a Vimeo video then the App will display ‘Click to open online’ (ie to open the actual Link)
Vimeo:
Select the ‘HTTP Live Streaming link’ from Distribution -> Video File Links
This should look like :-
https://player.vimeo.com/external/356354363.m3u8?s=e52b3a32bafa15f8d5e988f3dcefecc3d5296276
Editting a News Item
When your News Item is created you’ll be returned to the News List. To edit any details of a News Item select the image link under the ‘Image’ column
