This document details how to publish news articles which are displayed in various sections of the website.
News articles are different to static content in that it can change based on posted date, start and finish date.
For example, you can publish an article about a promotion that will disappear at the end of the promotional period.
Publishing Articles
To Create or Modify Article Contents:
- Login in as Administrator
- Go to "Content"
- Go to "Article Maintenance"
- To modify an existing article, use the article search and enter key words related to the article
- To create a new article, click on Article Maintenance
- Click New to create a New Article, or Modify to edit an existing article that is currently selected
Fill in the follow sections
Prompt | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Article Template | Optional | If this article has additional content that needs to be rendered, create a new article template |
| Article Text / HTML | Actual Content of the Article | Short Content of the Article that is displayed in the Front Page / News Page |
| Start Date | Start Date of the Article | The article will automatically appear on this start date |
| Expiry Date | End Date of the Article | The article will disappear after the end of this date |
| Description | A short description of your Article | This is normally the header |
| Article Posted | The Date of the Post | This is used for sorting purposes so that the latest posted appears first |
To display the articles, create a template referencing the article system
Sample Code
Attach the data source Articles,Article.GetArticlesNotExpiredForCurrentUser(null,-1,2,"") with the sample code below
@foreach (Article article in Model.Articles) {
<div class="news-item">
<h4>@Raw(article.Description)</h4>
<p>@Raw(article.ArticleText)</p>
</div>
}
