Accessing Articles

• To access Articles follow the steps below depending on your access role.

• Admins: Hover over Admin bar in the left hand corner of the screen, select Articles.

• The following Article Interface screen will launch.

Article Interface

• Current Articles: shows all published Articles.

• Archived Articles: shows all Articles that are now Archived.

• Unpublished Articles: shows Articles that are still being edited and not yet published, or archived.

• Filtering: similar to calendar filtering, allowing the users to choose which Category of Articles to view.

Adding Articles

• Click the Add Article button.

• This will bring up the Add Article Interface.

• Title: this will display on the Article Listing when is the Quick View Display.

• Author: this will display in the Listing View under the Current Articles tab.

• Post Date: allows for creation prior to posting.

  • May set a date and time to post.

• Expiration: allows to move the Article to the Archived Tab at set date.

  • May set a date and time to expire.

• Text Summary: allows for a short description of the Article. This usually shows on the Quick View Display.

• Days to Show: choose which days the Article should show on. This could be all days, or select days.

• Interest Areas: choose a Category for the Article to be assigned to. This is how Articles are distributed throughout the website. Note: you must assign an Interest Area to save and continue.

• Settings for Plugin Display: for advanced use. Designs the layout of the Articles. Set-up by Clubessential.

• Image Source: if the Article display is using a thumbnail image, add an image here. This will launch the Image Explorer, so an image can be chosen.

• Double Click on the image to add it to the Image Source.

• Once the image is added, you will see the thumbnail in the Image Source section.

• Image Link URL: add event, document, page, or hyperlink.

• Full Article Link: this is the ‘read more’ text that will display on the on the Article Quick View Display. This may be set to a desired text. Example: Read More, Click Here, Continue, etc.

• Date Style: set-up by Clubessential, but used for the Article Quick View display.

• Save to continue to add content to the Article.

• Two buttons will now appear beneath the Add Article Interface. Open the "Click to Edit" to access the Legacy Editor or select "Click to Edit - New" to begin adding content with the new editor.

• Once the Editor is open, open content, imagery, and hyperlinks to create content. Save in the Editor when finished.

• Save again in the Articles Interface.