This task is for users with the OC Site Manager or OC System Administrator roles.
You can manage settings for the News module from Site Management.
- Go to More > Site Management > your site > Settings.
- Select News Article.
- Make your changes.
- Save your changes.
Settings for the News Module
- Location of the listing page: Enter the location of your News Listing page in the site tree. If you've chosen to show news on your Homepage, this will be the link used when visitors click to see more news articles.
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News categories: Add a new category option in the Enter new category field. You can also delete our preset categories or drag them to change their order in the list. Your visitors will be able to click the categories on a news page to see all news articles in that category.
Note: All OC News Article pages must specify news categories. Deleting a category will remove this information from all OC News Article pages assigned to that category. You must revisit all pages with this category and assign them a new category. - Authors must comment upon publishing?: Select this option to make it mandatory for authors to add a comment about their changes before publishing the page.
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Feedback form: Choose how user feedback forms are treated:
- Disabled: Feedback forms will not show on news pages.
- Turn on and show on pages by default: The feedback form will automatically be shown on OC News Article pages, with the option to turn it off.
- Turn on but hide on pages by default: The feedback form will not show on OC News Article pages, with the option of turn it on.
- Form to use for feedback: If you have multiple page feedback forms, select which one to use for news pages.
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Page discussions (Community Engagement module – premium): Choose how page discussions are treated:
- Disabled: Page discussions will not show on news pages.
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Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for page discussions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Page Discussions > Site-wide setting). The two settings available are:
- Turn on and show on pages by default: Page discussions will automatically be shown on OC News Article pages, with the option to turn it off.
- Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page discussions will not show on OC News Article pages, with the option to turn it on.
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Page subscriptions (Subscriptions module): Choose how page subscriptions are treated:
- Disabled: Page subscriptions will not show on news pages.
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Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for page subscriptions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Subscriptions > Site-wide setting for pages). The two settings available are:
- Turn on and show on pages by default: Page subscriptions will automatically be shown on OC News Article pages, with the option to turn it off.
- Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page subscriptions will not show on OC News Article pages, with the option to turn it on.
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Related content: Choose how Related content is treated:
- Disabled: Related content will not show on news pages.
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Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for related content in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Related content > Site-wide setting). The two settings available are:
- Turn on and show on pages by default: Related content will automatically be shown on OC News Article pages, with the option to turn it off.
- Turn on but hide on pages by default: Related content will not show on OC News Article pages, with the option to turn it on.
- Show news from other sites: Choose whether you want OC News Article pages from other sites to be shown on listing pages for this site.