Publish or Unpublish a News Flash Item

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Important Notes:

  • If you set a start date/time for an item, then it will not be sent out or published until that time. When it hits that start date/time, then it will automatically publish.

  • A category must be published and have at least one published News Flash item before it will show on the live site. If it still does not show, check that it has been related to the proper page(s).

Who can use this feature?

System Administrator | Owner | Publisher

  1. Sign in to your site

  2. Navigate to Modules and on the Content tab, select News FlashModules menu, News Flash.

  3. Select the category the item is in Select category.

  4. To publish an item:

    1. Select Choose an Action and then Publish Select an action to publish.

    2. A notification window will open; your options to send the notification include: Send notification options.

      • Subject: Will auto-fill the subject information

      • Comments: Attach a brief description of the alert

      • Mobile Text/Push Message: Attach a message to the SMS notification

      • Include link to item: Provides a link to the item within the SMS message for a user to select via their mobile device.

      • Send

        • On Start Date: Sends the item on the start date previously set

        • Immediately: Sends the agenda immediately

      • Select Send, Don’t Send, or Cancel: The notification will then send accordingly to those who have signed up in Notify Me for the selected Alert Center category

    3. To unpublish an item:

      1. Select Choose an Action then Unpublish next to the item Unpublish item.