Adding a News Item

If you have active home pages enabled for roles or users, news items set up here can also be selected to display in an active home page News widget. See Active Home Page. See also News Widget Setup.

To add a News item

1. Go to System > News Administration > News Items.
2. From the list of items on the NEWS page, click NEW.  The NEWS INFO page will display.
   
   
   
3. Within the NEWS INFO page, provide the following information; recognize that fields marked with a red asterisk are required:
   
   
   
   • SUBJECT - Enter a brief description for the current news item here. This text appears at the bottom of the legacy RizePoint home page, under the NEWS section. Do not use double quotes (") in the subject line. You can, if necessary, use single quotes (apostrophes) instead.

     Text entered in this field will also appear as the link that displays in the active home page News widget. See News Widget and News Widget Setup.

   • TEXT - Enter alpha-numeric text here. You may use double quotes (") in the Text of the News item. Although you may directly type the news item into this field with no HTML formatting, it is strongly recommended that you either type it in as HTML or copy a previously formatted HTML file into this field. See the table of HTML tags for more information.

     The text you enter in this field will also display after a user clicks the subject link in the active home page news widget. See News Widget and News Widget Setup.

   • POST DATE - This field automatically populates with the current date. To change the date the new item is to be posted, click the calendar icon, then click on the appropriate date.
   • EXPIRATION DATE - If the news item has an expiration date, enter it in this field by selecting a date in the calendar date picker. If there is no expiration date for this item, leave the date field blank.

     The expiration date entered here overrides the expiration date specified in the News Configuration screen. To use the date specified in the Configuration screen, leave both the date field blank and the checkbox (if one displays) unselected.

   • TYPE - From the dropdown list, select a group number. Group numbers allow you to group types of news items together. For example, you could designate that all news items assigned to Group #01 will be items pertaining to auditors. Later, if you set up an active home page News widget for auditors, you can select Group #01 news items to display in the News widget. See Active Home Page and News Widget Setup.

     By default, there are three (3) groups in the dropdown option that have been pre-configured by RizePoint. To add, delete, or edit group names, contact your RizePoint Customer Service Representative.

4. Click SAVE, then RETURN. Click CANCEL to cancel an unsaved news item.
   
   
   
5. Verify that the newly-created News Item displays in the News Item list.
   
   
   
   
6. After a News Item has been created, you will need to define how News Items display on the home screen.  See Configuring News Items.

To Edit a News Item

1. From the list of news items, click the name of the news item you want to edit.
   
   
2. Click the EDIT pencil in the NEWS INFO screen.
   
   
3. Edit the necessary fields in the NEWS info screen.  After you have completed your edits, click SAVE, then RETURN. Click CANCEL to cancel any edits.
   
   

To Delete a News item:

1. From the list of news items, click the checkbox next to the name of the news item you want to delete.
   
   
   
2. Click the DELETE icon. A dialog box will open.
   
   
3. Click OK to allow the deletion. Click CANCEL to cancel the deletion.