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Creating a News Story (End User)

The Siebel Group News module allows organizations to publish news stories in one of the following formats:

Top Story. News published to this section appears as a large abstract with a large graphic and a link to the full story.

Feature Articles. News published to this section appears as a small abstract with a small graphic and a link to the full story.

Today's Headlines. News published to this section appears as a link to the full story.

My News. News published to this section appears as an abstract with a small graphic and a link to the full story.

News Archive. News published to this section appears as a small abstract with a small graphic and a link to the full story. In the News Archive form, end users can query for articles based on user-specified search criterion.

Authors can publish news in the Top Story, Feature Articles and Today's Headlines sections on the Home Page or on any of the microsite pages. The My News and News Archive sections are located on the myPage.

To create a news story

From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Group News Authoring > News Inbox.

Click the Information view tab, and then in the Information form click New.

Complete the fields to provide information about the news story.

The following table describes the fields in the Information form.


Field	Comments
Author	Provide the name of the author. This field defaults to the current user and is not made visible to readers.
By-Line	Specify the by-line text for the story as it should appear to readers.
Content Path	Specify the content path to associate with the news story.
Content Type	Specify the priority of the news story. The content type can be used internally to help categorize news stories by priority level. The content type does not affect the appearance of the news story to readers.
Department	Specify the department of the author or news story.
Go-Live Date	Specify the date on which the content is activated. This field defaults to the current date and time. The value in this field is also used in combination with the content path Start Day and End Day values to further define the time content becomes active.
Headline	Specify a headline for the news story as it should appear to readers.
Name	Specify a name for the news story. The name is not made visible to readers.
Region	Specify the region of the author or news story.

Creating Content for a News Story

After the news story is created, authors can enter and edit content for the story, or import content that was previously created in an external HTML editor. For information on importing content, see To import a news story.

To create the news story content

From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Group News Authoring > News Inbox.

In the News Stories list, select a news story, and then click the Content Editing view tab.

For more information, see To create a news story.

In the Content Editor field, enter the news story content.

When you click in the Content Editor field, the integrated HTML editor toolbar appears at the bottom of the field. The toolbar provides special editing controls, which allow you to use supported HTML formatting and standard editing features. For more information, see Fundamentals.

Complete the remaining fields as needed.

Depending on the content path selected for the news story, some fields may not be required. A Top Story, for example, uses the Long Abstract and Large Image fields. Feature Articles and My News stories use the Small Image and Short Abstract fields. Today's Headlines stories do not use the abstract or image fields.

The following table describes some of the fields.


Field	Comments
Large Image	Select a large image for news stories that will be published in the Top Story section.
Long Abstract	Create a long abstract for news stories that will be published in the Top Story section.
Short Abstract	Enter a short abstract for news stories that will be published in the Feature Articles or My News sections.
Small Image	Select a small image for news stories that will be published in the Feature Articles or My News sections.

Importing a News Story

Use the following procedure to import content for news stories.

To import a news story

From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Group News Authoring > News Inbox.

In the News Inbox form, click New, and then complete the fields to add the news details.

The following table describes the fields in the News Inbox record.


Field	Comments
Author	Provide the name of the author. This field defaults to the current user and is not made visible to readers.
By-Line	Specify the by-line text for the story as it should appear to readers.
Content Path	Specify the content path to associate with the news story.
Content Type	Specify the priority of the news story. The content type can be used internally to help categorize news stories by priority level. The content type does not affect the appearance of news story to readers.
Department	Specify the department of the author or news story.
Go-Live Date	Specify the date on which the content becomes live. This field defaults to the current date and time. The value in this field is also used in combination with the content path Start Day and End Day values to further define the time content becomes active.
Headline	Specify a headline for the news story as it should appear to readers.
Name	Specify a name for the news story. The name is not made visible to readers.
Region	Specify the region of the author or news story.

Click the Content Editing view tab, and then in the Content Editing form, click Import Article.

In the Pick Content dialog box, click New.

In the Insert Content dialog box, complete the fields.

The following table describes some of the fields in the Insert Content dialog box.


Field	Comments
Comments	Type additional comments to describe the content.
Content Type	Specify the type of content you are adding. A list of available types appears when you click the select button.
Filename	Browse to the content you want to import.
Lock	A check mark in this field indicates that the content cannot be edited.
Name	Specify the name to use to be saved in Siebel Content Base.
Title	Specify the title to be saved in Siebel Content Base.
URL	Specify the URL that references the content you are importing.

Click OK in the Insert Content dialog box, and then click OK again from the Pick Content dialog box.

The imported news story appears in the Content Editing field. Authors and approvers can edit imported content using the Content Editor.