News Widget Setup

The administrator must have the ACTIVE HOME PAGE ADMIN permission to create, edit, and delete Active Home Pages. See Assigning the Active Home Page Permission.

The News widget allows a role or user to view news items that have been customized by the administrator. Examples of news items that could be displayed in this widget could include an internal, organizational announcement, a link to articles that are relevant for your industry, or your organization's policies and procedures.

For information on adding widgets to an active home page, see Creating a New Active Home Page.

To view this widget from the perspective of an end user, see News Widget.

To Customize the News Widget

Customization of the News widget requires initial setup and configuration of news items by doing the following: Set up a News Item.  See News Item. Define how news items will display on the RizePoint home page. See Configuring News.

1. After you have added and configured news items (see customization note above), go to SYSTEM > ACTIVE HOME PAGE ADMIN.
2. Click the cog wheel of the active home page you want to edit, then select EDIT. In this example, we are using the AUDITORS' HOME PAGE. Alternatively, you can also access this active home page by clicking the name of the home page (in orange font) at the bottom of the thumbnail.
   
   
   
   
3. Navigate to the News widget. If you need to add the News widget to the active home page, see Creating a New Active Home Page. Click the cog wheel icon to enable EDIT WIDGET CONFIGURATION mode. The News widget's dialog box will display.
   
   

4. From the dialog box enter text in a field or define the following:
   
   
   
   • TITLE - enter a title that will display at the top left corner of the widget
   
   • SHOW NAME checkbox -  if checked, the name of the individual who posted the news item will display
   
   • SHOW DATE checkbox - if checked, the date of the news item will display
   
   • NEWS GROUP - Select the group of news items to display. News items are organized by groups when you add a news item.
   

5. Click APPLY to save the new edits. Click CANCEL to discard changes to the dialog box. You will be redirected back to the Active Home Page.
   
   

6. View the newly-customized News widget on the Active Home Page screen. The links to the news items you specified will display.
   
   
   

7. To save edits in any widget, you must click the SAVE CHANGES icon in the top right corner of your screen. If you do not click this icon, your changes will not be saved.