Stories consist of timely content such as press releases, news stories and media mentions, or evergreen feature content. Only members of the Communications team may add story content, unless specific permission is granted by the assistant dean for communications or the web content manager.
- The responsible content contributor will create a Story and populate the content and submit as “Ready to Review.”
- The content owner or web content manager will proofread and review pages for style consistency.
- If further significant edits are deemed necessary, the administrator will return the story to the contributor as “Draft.”
- If no significant edits are needed, the administrator will approve and set the story to “Publish.”
- Content contributor(s), owner(s) and web content manager will decide on appropriate places for the Story to appear. The web content manager will surface content to those places.
News Template
Downloadable version of this template: Template_News.docx
Title | Headline—This will also be the title of the node and how you’ll reference the entity when curating across the site |
Category | Drop-down options (choose feature or news): - Feature—evergreen stories or non-news announcements
- News—timely stories or press releases
- Media Mention—media citation
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Release Date | Automatically inserts date of story creation |
Image (Large) | Primary image on story; will surface when in featured spots as well. MUST include alt-text to describe the photo Ideal dimensions are: 640px by 375 px; 72 dpi; med (6) quality |
Short Title | Shortened version of headline to surface when in certain featured spots |
Custom Link | n/a |
Name of Publication | n/a |
Body | Summary: At the top, click “Edit summary.” Fill this in with a lead; it will surface in featured spots and on the news page. Body: Follow editorial style guidelines to enter full body of story |
Semester | Current semester |
Year | Current year (auto-filled) |
Faculty Members | Reference faculty members relevant to the story |
Author | n/a |
Media Expertise Areas | Reference media expertise areas from taxonomy if relevant |
Research Topics | Reference research topics from taxonomy if relevant |
Do not show on News page | Check this box if you do not want the story to automatically show up in the dynamic listing on the News page |
Right Sidebar (Legacy) | n/a |
Department (Legacy) | n/a |
Content Areas | Reference taxonomy to indicate relevant story topic |
Menu Settings | n/a |
URL path settings | n/a |
Revision information | If significant revisions are made to a story after publication, this field can be used to make note of what was changed |
Meta tags | Auto settings should suffice, but can be changed |
Scheduling options | Use if a story is embargoed for a future date |
Authoring information | n/a |
Publishing options | Settings are such that the story will go live once the page is saved. If you want to save but leave the story unpublished for now, uncheck the “published” box. “Promoted to front page” and “Sticky at top of lists” are legacy fields and have no current functionality on the live site. |
Media Mention Template
Downloadable version of this template: Template_MediaMention.docx
Title | Headline of media mention—This will also be the title of the node and how you’ll reference the entity when curating across the site. |
Category | Drop-down options (choose media mention): - Feature—evergreen stories or non-news announcements
- News—timely stories or press releases
- Media Mention—media citation
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Release Date | Use to select the date of media citation’s release |
Image (Large) | Will not typically be used (but could in rare cases) |
Short Title | Shorten headline to surface when in certain featured spots. Use when headline is too long or to make more neutral |
Custom Link | Insert URL of media citation |
Name of Publication | Name of media outlet |
Body | One-sentence summary of article relevant to faculty/alumni’s participation |
Semester | Semester of publication |
Year | Year of publication |
Faculty Members | Faculty members referenced in the media mention |
Author | n/a |
Media Expertise Areas | Reference media expertise areas from taxonomy if relevant |
Research Topics | Reference research topics from taxonomy if relevant |
Do not show on News page | Check this box if you do not want the story to automatically show up in the dynamic listing on the News page |
Right Sidebar (Legacy) | n/a |
Department (Legacy) | n/a |
Content Areas | Reference taxonomy to indicate relevant story topic (will typically be “Faculty research and achievements”, but other options are available as well) |
Menu Settings | n/a |
URL path settings | n/a |
Revision information | If significant revisions are made to a story after publication, this field can be used to make note of what was changed |
Meta tags | Auto settings should suffice, but can be changed |
Scheduling options | Use if a mention is embargoed for a future date |
Authoring information | n/a |
Publishing options | Settings are such that the story will go live once the page is saved. If you want to save but leave the story unpublished for now, uncheck the “published” box. “Promoted to front page” and “Sticky at top of lists” are legacy fields and have no current functionality on the live site. |