Employee Intranet

News Module

Our News module is the most-used module we have available. We generally place short intros on the Home page, then link to the full article on the News page. 

Setup

The News module template already has the components you will need. If you don't see these components, you'll either need to delete the current module and create a new one from the template, or you can create them individually in the existing module (this will require you to find the correct code to copy and paste). 

A great example of how to set up a more modern News module flow can be found on Santa Cruz Valley Union HSD. You'll see the news cards on the Home page, and when clicking on them you'll be brought to the full article. Going to the main News page shows the list of articles with a little image.

Home News
The home news modules can come in many shapes, but they all have the same purpose — to provide a short intro to link to the full news article. No matter which module you choose, add it to the Home page, and be sure to set it to allowcache:false. This can be done by clicking on the module once it is on the page, clicking on the pencil icon then the Attributes tab, and adding a new attribute with allowcache in the first box and false in the second box.

  • News Cards (Home News is similar): This will give us a "card" look, with an image above the title, intro, and link, and each card will be displayed next to each other across the screen. Once you've added it to the page, be sure to click on the module, then in the Attributes tab add a limit (usually 3 or 4) as well as showpagination:false and allowcache:false. As a note, when adding a limit, the first article is usually hidden, so keep that in mind.
  • News Carousel: This is currently the component used on home pages the most. It will only show one article at a time, and the user is able to tab to additional intros using dots or buttons.
  • News Marquee: This will cause the news intros to scroll up the page in a container with a set height. This is not ADA compliant, so be cautious when using it.

News Page
The News page is where site visitors will read full news articles. 

  • News Page Intros: This will list all articles if you go directly to the News page. It will display a small image to the left, then an article teaser to the right. Clicking on it will display the full article. The page title and paragraph are included in this module. After adding it to the page, in the Attributes tab, set to allowcache:false, detailparam:entityID, detailcomponent: Full News Article. Setting it up this way allows the full news article to show when clicked on, without having to create a completely new page for the full articles. It is basically filtering out the full news article based on entityID.
  • News List: This is the older way of setting up the news page, where all articles show all of the time. Simply place it on the page and set it to allowcache:false.