Tools -> Edit News
This is the tool for those responsible for updating the news in I-system. The actual page where you write and edit articles has a row of useful little buttons to help you create an article with the needed depth and visuality. A picture is worth a thousand words: News Editor allows you to add pictures you have on your hard drive into a news article.
There are two main views in the Edit News section: news article listing and edit. There are three news sections: I-vision News, Local News and General News. I-vision News section is for the TV-broadcast tool. These articles will be shown via television screens assuming the TV-broadcast settings are set that way. Local News section is for the local I-system articles. General News section is for all the I-systems that are linked together.
News article listing view
The listing view has a lot of useful information about the posted news articles.
Columns:
No: - The index number of the news article.
Date & time - The date and time that the article was posted.
Headline - The article's headline.
Posted by - The name of the person that posted the article.
Select - Click to select the article that you want to edit, preview or delete.
Form elements:
News menu - Select the news section you want to use.
New - Write a new news article.
Edit - Edit the selected article.
Preview - Preview the selected article (popup window).
Delete - Delete the selected article.
Edit view
This view is for writing new articles and editing existing ones. There are a lot of buttons and it might seem complicated at first, so it is probably a good idea to play around with the features before you actually start to write your first article.
Rows:
Sender - The sender's name, if the field is empty and you are writing a new article, enter your name in the field.
Date & time - The date and time when the article is/was written.
Headline - Enter the article's headline.
Menus and buttons:
Background - Choose the background color for the news page (only in I-vision news).
Font size - Choose the font size for the news page (only in I-vision news).
The row of buttons above the big textbox (from left to right):
Reset - Click to reset the whole form back to the way it was when you loaded the page
Save - Click to save the article.
Preview - Click to preview the article (popup window).
Listing - Click to go back to the listing page. The article will not be saved!
- The following buttons are irrelevant if you know how to use I-tags:
Bold - Click to enter bold text into the input field in the popup window.
Italic - Click to enter italic text into the input field in the popup window.
Underlined - Click to enter underlined text into the input field in the popup window.
Hyperlink - Click to enter the links URL and a name for the in link in the two popup windows.
E-mail link - Click to enter the e-mail address and a name for the in link in the two popup windows.
Big textbox - Write the actual article here. When you add elements like bold or italic text, make sure the blinking line | is in the right place in the box.
Pictures menu - Choose a picture to insert in the article, preview or delete.
The row of buttons under the Pictures menu (from left to right):
Insert -Click to insert the selected picture into the article.
Preview - Click to preview the selected picture (popup window).
Delete -Click to delete the selected picture.
Add picture input field - Enter the path of the picture that you want to add to the list of useable pictures here.
Browse... - Click to browse your harddrive for the picture.
Upload - Click to upload the picture you have selected / entered the path for.
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