Add News card

How to add content to a page with a News card

Use these instructions to add or remove content in News cards on an intranet page. By adding sources to a News card, updated content is constantly added from the sources. This could be content from any News, Blog, Forum, or Calendar page on the intranet, or from external websites. Looking at a News card is like following someone on Instagram—once you choose to follow them, you automatically see their new content in your feed whenever they publish it.

In the News card setup, you can customize the way the posts display, including whether or not posts show summaries and how many posts to show from each source.

Edit page and click "Set up cards"

1. Navigate to the page that you want to add a News Card to and click the Edit button (pencil icon) in the page header to go into edit mode.
2. Click Set up cards under the Content type & template heading on the right. The Update cards pop-up window will open.
   
   
   
    
3. In the Update cards window, click Modify template, click the plus sign in the column you want to add the card in, and click on News in the cards menu on the right.
   • Note: If you don't see the Modify template option, and there is no News card already present in the template, see How to modify a page template or talk to your intranet administrator about making the News card available for you to use.
4. Once you have added a News card (or located an existing one in the template), click Set up below it (or the gear icon on the right of it).
   
   
    
5. (optional) If you have multiple News cards on the same page and want to differentiate between them in edit mode, add a Card name description that only appears to editors viewing the update cards window.
6. Under the Display style heading, select the radio button for one of the four display styles. (To learn more about display styles, see News display options.)
   
   
   
   
7. To add content sources: 
   1. For internal content: In the text box under Add content sources, start typing the name of a News, Blog, Forum or Calendar page on your intranet. Click on the page that you want in the dropdown that appears.
   2. For external content: Copy the feed RSS URL from the external website, paste it in the text box under Add content sources, and click Add.
      
      
       
8. Under the Order heading, select either the option to have Items grouped by source or to Merge sources to show newest item on top. (See News grouping and order options for more details.)
   1. If you select Items grouped by source posts will show up chronologically within grouped sections.
   2. If you select Merge sources to show newest item on top, all posts will show chronologically by posted date.
9. Select the number of posts to display:
   1. If you selected Items grouped by source, next select the number of posts from each News or Blog page to display in the News card, using the dropdown menu beside the source page title.
   2. If you selected Merge Sources to show newest item on top, next select from the dropdown menu the total number of posts to display in the News card.
10. If you would like to keep the news posts shorter on the page, click the checkbox under Display titles only for each source you have added.
11. Click Update in the News pop-up window when you are finished.
12. Click Done at the bottom of the Update cards window.
13. Click Save at the top of the page or continue editing.

To learn more about the layout options available for News cards, see News display options.

If you cannot find a News card in the Update cards window, see How to modify a page template, or talk to your intranet administrator about making News cards available for you to use.

News grouping and order options

There are two options for how news information is grouped in News cards. This is true whether you are using a Grid or List display style.

• Items grouped by source: This option separates each news source into its own section. The number of items from each news page can be configured separately with this option.
• Merge sources to show newest item on top: This shows news items from all sources in the same section. The newest item always shows on top, and you can select the total number of items to display.

Calendars will display in a News card only if the option Items grouped by source is selected.

In a News Carousel, multiple sources are merged to show newest items first unless a curated order is selected by the carousel editor.

Hide duplicate posts

If there is a news carousel and a news card on the same page, and they share some of the same content sources, duplicate news posts could display in both cards. By default, the option Hide duplicate posts is selected on all news cards. Any posts that might display in both cards will only display in the news carousel card when this option is selected. The Hide duplicate posts option can be found under the Order heading when setting up a news card.

Remove content from a News card

1. Navigate to the page with the News card you want to change and click the Edit button (pencil icon) in the page header to go into edit mode.
2. Click Set up cards under the Content type & template heading on the right. The Update cards pop-up window will open.
3. In the Update cards window, find the News card section that you want to remove. Click In use below it (or the gear icon on the right of it).
4. In the News setup window, click the X to the right of any Sources you want to remove from the News Card.
   
   
   
    
5. Click Update at the bottom of the News window.
6. Click Done at the bottom of the Update cards window.
7. Click Save at the top of the page or continue editing.

How to use News cards to create group News on users' homepages

Adding content to a group page with a News card is just like adding a News card to any page on the intranet, with one added benefit. When you add a News card to any column on a group page, the News items from that card also display on all of the group members' homepages. Intranet users are automatically updated to news and events from their groups, just by signing in to the intranet and viewing their homepage - no need to visit all their individual group pages. Learn more about How to set up News on group pages.