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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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide Published: 18 April 2003 |