How do I add a news article to my webpage via the CMS?

Find your News section in the CMS and expand it to see the sections inside. Open the News article section by clicking on it.

Click on the Content tab before clicking on the Add Content button.

In departments which use the standard news style, you will only be able to choose the News template. In departments which use the more recent news style, you will only be able to choose the News version 2 template. Choose the appropriate type of content.

In the template, complete as many fields as you have information for:

Title (essential) – this is the main headline of the news item.
Name (essential) – this is the name of the piece of content and doesn’t show up for people viewing the web page.
Date released – this is filled in for you automatically with the current date and time – if the news article is to be released on a future date rather than immediately, change this date. Changing this date will not affect when the news article shows up on the web site – this is done by another mechanism.
Abstract (essential) – this is a brief summary of what the news article contains.
Use an image? (essential, only on the new style template) - this needs to be set as Yes if you wish to use an image in your news article, otherwise your image will not be displayed.
Image (recommended) – this is where you can upload an image to go with the news article. Click on the box to choose an image from your computer or drag an image onto the box to select it. For the standard news style, the image should be no larger than 200px wide. For the more recent news style, you can use an image up to 1140 x 500 px.
Image Size (essential, only on the new style template) - this is where you specify what size image you have chosen to use above. 200px = smaller, 400px = small, 800px=big.
Caption – this is the caption to go with the image – it will become the alternative text for the image and will also show beneath the image when the full article is viewed.
Full text (essential) – this is the main text of the news article.
YouTube Video Code – this is where you can embed a YouTube video within the news article if you want to. You will just need to enter the last part of the YouTube video address Just the last part e.g. just "kktMqrMioY0" from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kktMqrMioY0
Full text part 2 – this is where you can continue the main text of the news article if you would like the YouTube video to be positioned in the middle of the story rather than at the end of the story.
Links – this is where you can place any links related to the article – these will be placed in the bottom part of the right-hand column. You should use a bulleted list for the links, and they should be text links – i.e. don’t just type in the URL of web site.
Contacts – this is a list of any specific contacts for this news article – you will already have your general contact block appearing on the left under the menu, so you will only need to use the contacts if they are different or more specific.
News code – this is used if you have a coding system for your news articles and want to record that.
Add to AU Homepage? (only on the new style template) - this is only used on the university's central news pages. It marks the news article to be displayed on the university homepage.
Flickr Username (only on the standard template) - this is where you can add a Flickr gallery to the end of the news article, by adding both the Flickr Username in this field and the specific set ID in the next box.
Flickr Set ID (only on the standard template) - see above.

To set the date at which the news shows up on the page, click on the Options tab to see the Content embargo and expiry information page.

Enter the date and time when the news article should be released in the Publish Date boxes. If required, enter the expiry and review dates and select an archive section.

Click on the Save changes button to finish.

Detailed instructions are also available in Information Sheet 10.0.