Posting to your My News Category
Here we will review how to post news to your My News category. This news will only be visible to users who have subscribed to your category.
1. Log into your Dashboard. Navigate to "News" > "My News"
2. Select the "Create New" button at the top to begin creating content for your news item.
3. What?
Compose Message
Title- Add the title of your News.
Text- Add your text to the text box. Optional: Use the toolbar above the text box to add an image, add a link, customize font, alignment, and more.
Attach or Link Content to Message- Optional: Select the Add button to view additional options, such as Video Upload, File Attachments, Location, Contacts, and more.
Save as Draft- This function gives you the option to save your message and come back to finish it later.
Continue- Select Continue to move to the next step
4. How?
Select Channels
During this step, you will choose where you want your news to be visible and if you would like to send a push notification to your users. Most commonly, the "App - Push Notifications" and "App - Newsfeed" boxes will be checked. Click "Continue" to move to move to the next step.
Optional: If you select a channel that you do not currently have set up, you will be prompted to set up the channel before having the ability to post to it.
5. Who?
Categories- Choose your category to reach your targeted audience.
Secured Access: This option is only available with our Secured Access package.
"All Users" is the default selection in secured access. If "All Users" is selected, this message will go to All Users within the selected category. You can limit visibility by selecting roles that need to see your message.
Once you have selected your categories, select "Continue".
6. When?
a. Preview-
Schedule for later- This option allows you to schedule your post to be sent on a specified day/time.
Limit Visibility- Choose a day/time that you would like to hide this news post from viewers.
Hide timestamp- This option allows you to hide the timestamp on the article in the newsfeed.
Repeating- This feature gives you a detailed customizable option to set your news to repeat on specified days/times for future posts.
b. Selected Channels- Review your selections for channels and categories.
c. Select "Send" when you are comfortable with your News post.
7. You will see a confirmation page with check marks on the successful tasks. You can now visit News > My News to see or edit your news post.
Congratulations! You have completed a My News post.