The News & Events application is used to present headlines from managed lists and RSS Feeds.
You may activate the add-on, via the option located in the left menu. Once the add-on has been enabled, you can place it on a page and you will be automatically prompted to modify it.
Configuring the News & Events add-on
Select RSS Feed as Data Source and add the respective URL to generate automatically updated headlines and content from frequently updated sites.
Choose the Manual Entries option to enter custom headlines, links and images.
The Settings tab allows modifying the Display Preference and configuring the Optional Elements for the app.
Display Preferences
- Show the First: Set a number of entries to be displayed.
- Truncate Description After: Set a number of characters to limit the description.
- Filter: Choose which entries to show - all, past or future.
- Sort by Date: most recent on top, or oldest on top
Optional Elements:
- Calendar icon in front of entry title: If enabled, it will show an icon with the date of the event
- Group same date entries: If enabled, same date entries will be grouped under a common icon
- First Image in front of the entry: Applicable when Manual Entries include one or more images
- Text date below entry title:
- "Show more..." link: If enabled, adds a link at the bottom to show more entries in case not all of the entries that should be visible are accessible.
- Make Entry Title a Link: Clicking on entry title will open the link, If a link has been set in the Manual entry.
Manual Entries
From the Add New Entry button, you can add as many news postings as you would like. Click the Add New Entry button to add a new one.
To edit an existing manual entry, simply click on the row, where the entry is placed. You can modify the Date, Title, Description and add Link for each posting. You can as well add an image for it. If you need to disable one of the postings on the Entries list, deselect the Active box for that Entry.
The application can be used as an alternative to a blog, where you can share your progress with the website visitors.