Page Metadata - enter the Page Title

OpenGraph - enter the Page Title

Only fill out the title section, the other areas are for search options that are over ridden by our search set up.

 

Headline: enter the Page Title (up to 60 characters)

Description: Enter teaser (up to 75 characters)

• The template default image is UConn Alert Banner
• Image size is 1200 x 400px

If selecting an image:

• Browse opens the select Media window
• Choose My Images from the left link list or search by name
• Select and upload the Image

TopicTag: choose from the dropdown options

• Academic
• Advisory
• Clinical
• Community
• In Memoriam
• Institutional
• Research

AuthgorName: enter name and title
Date: Choose Today or select a date from the calendar display

Show Editor will open the Rich Text Editor

Follow the directions for cutting and pasting or for creating a new Article, Announcement, Advisory, or Alert.

1. Manually paste your story in this area
2. Reselect the text, use the Format Stripper tool (Strip CSS Formatting)(Strip San Elements)
3. Insert any body copy images, place at the start of paragraph section
4. (Check page links) If you are copying from an email, you must break and relink all on-page links
5. Apply CSS Styles to: (Align and or Caption Images) or (add a Quote Block)
6. Accept and Save
7. Publish Item 

When pasting your copy, please highlight this sentence and everything above and replace it with your content.

For Articles that redirect to UConn Today, the Article Body Content section is left blank.

Redirect–select Insert external link

Link description: UConn Today

URL: enter the full URL

Target window: Set to new Browser

Naming

Use key or descriptive words separated by dashes, include the image size.

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Image Size

• Article Banner image size 1200px x 400px 
• On-Page Full-width Images 1000px
• Caption left or right Images width 800px or Less

Compress Images

Compressing images reduces the file size to decrease page load time.

After your images have been sized use Tiny PNG to compress images.

This is a drag and drop web application that reduces the file size and then you download them back to your computer.

Uploading

From the Content Tree, select the Images folder for the related date News stories.
Media Library>sites>uch-intranet>Images>News and Community>News

1. Upload File (One Image)
   Upload Files (advanced) for Multiple files
2. Enter Alt-Text for each Image uploaded
3. Accept and Save

Build your announcment following the steps in creating an Article.

The second part of creating an announcement is connecting it to the home page. This is done by adding an Announcement Item, to the Announcement section of the home page's Page Data.

Announcement Item

1. Open: Content>uch-intranet>home>Page Data>Announcements
2. Right-click to create a new Announcement Item

• Use the Announcement Title
• Eliminate special characters

Content Detail Sections

Data

Headline: enter the Page Title (up to 60 characters)
Description: Enter teaser (up to 75 characters)

Tags: Advisory

End Date - This field refers to End Date:

Select: Date/Time

LinkCta:

Insert link or Insert external link (If linking to UConn Today)

PublishingDate - This date will appear in the announcement item(Dont clear this field):

Select: Now or Set Date/Time

1. Save
2. Publish
3. Your article link will appear on the Home page in the News & Announcement section.

For creating a New Article Redirect, fill out out the following areas in the Content Detail sections.

Page Metadata–Page Title

OpenGraph–Page Title

Redirect–select Insert external link
Link description: UConn Today
URL: enter the full URL
Target window:Set to new Browser

Data

TopicTag: choose from the dropdown options

• Academic
• Advisory
• Clinical
• Community
• In Memoriam
• Institutional
• Research

AuthgorName: enter name and title
Date: Choose Today or select the date from the calendar display

Banner

Headline: enter the Page Title (up to 60 characters)
Description: Enter teaser (up to 75 characters)
Image (1200px x 400px):

• Browse opens the select Media window
• Choose My Images from the left link list
• Select the uploaded Image
• When the Image appears in Content Details, save the page

1. Save the web page
2. Select the Publish Tab from the Main Menu
3. Choose Publish>Publish Item (Do not select Publish Site)
4. The System sends a second Message to Confirm Publish