Add a News or Blog Article

News or Blog Articles allow you to add articles which will appear in a consistent format on your website.

Note: Blog is only a standard feature in the Straightsell 2015 Template onwards

Add a News Article

Navigate to Content Management > News Articles

  • Click Add News
  • Title: define a title for your news article
  • Thumbnail: select an image to display on the news list page (optional)
  • Image: select an image to display in the body of the news article (optional)
  • Date: select a date that will display as the publish date
  • Default Location: does not need to be set
  • Content: enter the text for your news article here
    • Standard functionality for the WYSIWYG applies here - you can insert images, links, tables, media
Edit a News Article
  • Click View next to the article to edit it.
  • Change the information as desired.
  • Click Save.
Delete a News Article
  • Click Delete next to the article.
  • Confirm the delete.

Add a Blog Article

Navigate to Content Management > Blog

  • Click Add Blog Entry
  • Title: define a title for your news article
  • URL: define the URL segment for your blog article e.g. blogarticle will generate a URL of 'https://standarddesign-fullwidth.straightsell.com.au/blog/2018/11/14/blogarticle'
  • Thumbnail: select an image to display on the blog list page
  • Author: define an author of the article
  • Status: set to Edit Mode (will not publish on saving) or Live (will publish on saving)
  • Date: select a date that will display as the publish date
  • New Categories: define a category here to place the blog article in if it does not already exist
  • Existing Categories: select an existing category to place the blog article into
  • Summary: define a summary of the blog article to appear on the blog list page
  • Content: enter the text for your blog article here
    • Standard functionality for the WYSIWYG applies here - you can insert images, links, tables, media

Note: if you set an article to Live and set a date in the future it will not publish until that date

Edit a Blog Article
  • Click View next to the article.
  • Edit the blog article as desired.
  • Click Save.
Delete a Blog Article
  • Click Delete next to the article.
  • Confirm the delete.