Include External Articles in News Feed

You can include articles from external sources within your news feed. When a user clicks on that article they will be taken away from your site to the external article's URL.

Add Article

  1. Using the admin menu: select Content > Add Content.
  2. Choose Article.

Enter Article Content

  1. Title: the article, announcement or blog post’s title.

Note: The body section of the article does not display if you use an external link.

Enter Article Summary

Summaries are teasers, or short summaries of the article. They are displayed on the Article List pages, where articles are aggregated. It is best practice to add a summary on externally linked article since there is no body content to pull a summary from.

  1. Click Summary tab and enter a short summary of the article.
  2. Thumbnail: Click Add Media to go to the media library where you you may add a new file or select content in the media library.
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Article Categories

Categories are used to group articles into sets of content. You can think of categories as a way to create magazine style article issues.

  1. Click on the Categories tab.
  2. In the Categories field, enter a comma-separated list of words to describe your content. Categories are general topics for broad grouping of articles.

Note: As you begin typing a category, the field will auto-populate if the category already exists. 

Article Tags

Tags are used to categorize and cross-reference content. You may use the tag to create a page of same-tagged articles, such as 'news', 'announcements' or 'current'.

  1. Click on the Tags tab.
  2. In the Tags field, enter a comma-separated list of words to describe your content. Tags describe the specific details of your article.

Note: As you begin typing a tag, the field will auto-populate if the tag already exists. 

Article Byline

The byline does not display if you use an external link.

External Link

Add the URL of the website the article lives on. When users click on the article link in your site, they will be taken to this URL.

  1. Click on the External Link tab.
  2. Enter the URL in the External URL field.
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Link to Issue

Add a link to Issues that the article appears in

  1. Click on the Link to Issue tab.
  2. Enter the name of the issue the article appears in. As you begin typing, the field will auto-populate if the issue already exists. Select the Issue name from the list.
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Advanced Style Options

Advanced Style Options do not display if you use an external link.

Save

Click Save.

Note: It is always good to confirm your article's external link is working. You will need to log out of your site or use an incognito window to test the link.

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