News (Story Content type)

How to Add/Create a new News Story

  1. In the top admin tool bar, hover over Content > Add Content then click on ‘Story’.

    Note: You may not see every option in this dropdown as in the screenshot but, ‘Story’ is the one that matters.

Hover over Content, hover over Media, and select Story.
  1. A new ‘Story’ (news) page template will appear. Fill out the fields as they apply to your story.
  • a) Story Type: Story type is Drupal speak for news/blog or other content created and organized by date. The story type you choose will depend on the platform you are posting the story on.
    If you are not sure which type is appropriate for your story then you will want to check the box next to ‘News’.
Under Story Type, select News.
  • Title: Type out the title of your news story.
The title box to fill in for a basic page.
  • Billboard: See the Billboard Guide. Attach an existing billboard or create/add a unique/new billboard for this story. 
     
  • Body (Edit Summary): Click the blue ‘Edit Summary’ text. A ‘Summary’ box with appear. 

    Type the story summary here. This summary will show up as teaser blurbs for your story. Leave the box labeled ‘Body’ blank. 

    You will add your story content in the Site Studio area just like you would on a Basic Page.
In the Body / Tease / Summary container, select Edit Summary.
Type the story summary in the Summary box.
A diagonal red line across the body box telling you to leave the box blank.
  • Tease image: Using the ‘Select Image’ button, attach the image you wish to be used as this News Story’s ‘Tease Image’ (aka thumbnail) when it is shared. This image is not embedded anywhere in the content of the actual story. It will only appear as a thumbnail when this story is pulled onto other pages or the link to this story is shared online.
In the Tease Image container, click Select Image and pick the story's thumbnail.
  • Internal or External News: Is this News Story created by your division/department/program? If so, it is considered ‘Internal News’. If the story is already existing because it was already created by a third-party site (example NYT or KSL), and you just want to link to it then it is considered ‘External News’. You must select either ‘Internal’ or ‘External’. 
    External: If the story is external then simply paste the url of the story into the URL field under ‘Link’ in the ‘External News’ drop-down. You may also attach a file if you wish. Selecting ‘External News’ Doesn't create a page. News/story teases will link to either the URL you enter or the file you upload. 
    Internal: If the story is internal then you must build out the content of your news story in the Layout Canvas (AKA Site Studio, AKA Cohesion) box. This will create a regular story page in Drupal. You will you use this section just like you do on a Basic Page 4 by adding and editing the components you need. Please review the guides on the Training Resources site for specifics on each type of component.
  • Site Studio (AKA Layout Canvas, AKA Cohesion): This is where you will type out and build out the content of your News Story (only if it’s Internal News). You will you use this section just as you would for a Basic Page by adding and editing the components you need.  IMPORTANT: You must edit every Gloss Section you add here and change its ‘Container Width modifier’ to ‘Extra Small’. Otherwise your story date will not be aligned with your story content.

    Review the guides on the Training Resources site as needed for specifics on each type of component.

    Content marketing industry best practices suggest practicing transparency by including an author on the post. This is up to you.
Container Width modifier box with dropdown menu showing Extra Small.
In the Site Studios container is the Layout canvas, where you can add various components.
  • In the ‘Assign story to’ box: Under ‘Colleges, departments, and divisions’ Select the appropriate College/School the story is for. In each additional selection box that appears designate the division/program, etc. as needed. By clicking the grey ‘Add another item’ box you can add this story to more than one Department/College/School. 
    All programs, colleges, schools, departments, and divisions are included in this section. By selecting the corresponding program, we can pull all stories about that program onto the program’s webpage. This means we can pull different story types from different platforms onto the program webpage as well. 
    DO NOT select more than two to three programs, colleges, schools, and the like. Doing so makes the tagging/metadata selection moot because it removes customization as well as tying related content together. Pick the most applicable program, school, college, department, and/or entity. Who will benefit most by having this story on their webpage?
In the Assign Story To container, there is a drop down menu to select the correct college, department, or division
  • Tags: There will be an autogenerated tag list of tags to choose from. If you would like to suggest a tag, please email hscwebmaster@hsc.utah.edu. This is to mitigate the use of tags which cause more noise than use (one-off tags never used again) as well as ensure that tag lists are not duplicative.
In the Tags container, select the corresponding tags.
  • News story category is a different organization of the content into major content buckets that will allow us to pull these content collections onto relevant webpages. 
    Please DO NOT add any “categories for clinical site” at this time. 
    Stories checked with “recognition” will generate onto an awards and recognitions webpage in the media newsroom.
  • Who is this for?: Ignore
  • Story Context:
    uNID: If a provider or faculty member is featured in the story, add their uNID to the uNID field. This ensures that the story will show on the provider’s profile in a customized feed. Add another item for each additional uNID.
    Author(s): Ignore this field for now. See step g.1 for Author information Include author(s) of the story’s information. To include an author you must first add the author as ‘Person Content’ to your site. Once they are added as Person Content then you can simply type their name in the Author search box and select them from the autofill selection. Please reach out to hscwebmaster@hsc.utah.edu if you are not already trained on how to add Person Content and you need to add a person to your site. 
    Location: optional
  • Publication & Access: Select an Access Control Department (ACD) for the story. It will usually match the division name your story falls under. If that does not apply to your story, just start typing ‘General’ in the ACD field and select the option that show up that says ‘General’. (Note: your site made have a different node # next to the word general and that is just fine.
In the Publication & Access container, add the correct Access Control Department
  • Author: There are two items in the 'Author' container.
    Authored by: This section shows internal information for who is physically creating this story file in Drupal. It is not the same as the author of the News Story. 
    Authored on: Adjust this date as needed to designate the publish date for your Story.
The Authored On box shows the date and time the Drupal page was created.
  • Metadescription: Add your metadescription on the right-hand side under “meta tags” -> “description”.
    DO NOT add anything to the “Page title” field.
In the Meta Tags container, inside Basics Tags, the metadescription can be added in the Description box.
  • Publish: Save as ‘Published’ or the story will not show in story feeds on pages.
In the Publish container, select Published.
  • Schedule a Publish with the ‘Schedule a status change’ option. 
    You can opt to save your story as a draft now in Step ‘m’ above and then select the date and time you wish your story to publish automatically. Make sure you select ‘Published’ in this section.
Within the Publish container, you can schedule a status change to Published at a certain date and time.
  1. Click the blue ‘Save’ button. 

    NOTE: Your story will not show up in ANY news feeds (AKA Story Lists) until it has been published. Please allow the site cache an hour for your story to show live.
Click the blue Save button.

A Story List is an element that can be added to a page via the ‘Story List -cards’ component to create a news feed on any given page. The Story List pulls in stories (news items) based on its filter and tagging settings.

If you need a news feed added to a page, please submit a request and be sure to include the URL of the page in question.

Submit Request