New mini news system – Publish & send instructions

These are instructions for mini news editors

Please ask for help is any of this is not clear

 

Part A – Publish mini news item

1. Log into website with you editor login & password

2. Create new mini news item [Create content > Blog entry]

3. Write heading

4. Copy mini news content from Word document

5. Click Paste from Word button

6. Paste using CTRL + V

7. Click OK

8. Insert image as required

9. Click Publishing options

10. Tick Promoted to front page

11. Click Save

12. Repeat from point 2. for each new mini news item

13. Re-order items as required

14. For each old item on front page, Click on heading, click Edit, click Publishing options and Untick Promoted to front page

15. Check that only 10 items are published on front page (There should be no link to page 2 at the bottom of the front page)

16 Log out of AAWL website

 

Part B – Send mini news

1. Go to mini news site [copy & paste http://news.aawl.org.au/lists/admin/ press Enter]. Log in with your editor login and password

2. Click Campaign > Send a campaign

Content

3. In subject delete (no subject) and write mini news

4. In From line write aawl labour news

5 In Content check Compose message

6. Open AAWL website in a new tab and select the first 8 mini news items

7. Copy using CTRL + C

8. Click on the tab with the mini news site

9. Inside the edting window Right-click and click Paste

10. A Paste window opens up. Paste using CTRL + V

11. Click NEXT

Format

12. Choose Send as HTML

13: Choose Use template mini news

14. Click NEXT

Scheduling

Don't change anything in scheduling

15. Click NEXT

Lists

16. Tick mini news (Public list)

17. Click NEXT

Finish

Don't change anything in finish

18. Send a test email to yourself

19. Open a new tab, log into your email

20. Check the mini news you have received. Test all links. Log out of your email

21. If there are problems you need to start again editing the mini news items on the AAWL website. Log out of mini news site

22. If everything is OK click on the tab with the mini news site

23. Click send campaign

The campaign is now scheduled to run and will send automatically very soon

24. Log out of mini news site

25. Relax

These are instructions for mini news editors

Please ask for help is any of this is not clear

 

Part A – Publish mini news item

1. Log into website with you editor login & password

2. Create new mini news item [Create content > Blog entry]

3. Write heading

4. Copy mini news content from Word document

5. Click Paste from Word button

6. Paste using CTRL + V

7. Click OK

8. Insert image as required

9. Click Publishing options

10. Tick Promoted to front page

11. Click Save

12. Repeat from point 2. for each new mini news item

13. Re-order items as required

14. For each old item on front page, Click on heading, click Edit, click Publishing options and Untick Promoted to front page

15. Check that only 10 items are published on front page (There should be no link to page 2 at the bottom of the front page)

16 Log out of AAWL website

 

Part B – Send mini news

1. Go to mini news site [copy & paste http://news.aawl.org.au/lists/admin/ press Enter]. Log in with your editor login and password

2. Click Campaign > Send a campaign

Content

3. In subject delete (no subject) and write mini news

4. In From line write aawl labour news

5 In Content check Compose message

6. Open AAWL website in a new tab and select the first 8 mini news items

7. Copy using CTRL + C

8. Click on the tab with the mini news site

9. Inside the edting window Right-click and click Paste

10. A Paste window opens up. Paste using CTRL + V

11. Click NEXT

Format

12. Choose Send as HTML

13: Choose Use template mini news

14. Click NEXT

Scheduling

Don't change anything in scheduling

15. Click NEXT

Lists

16. Tick mini news (Public list)

17. Click NEXT

Finish

Don't change anything in finish

18. Send a test email to yourself

19. Open a new tab, log into your email

20. Check the mini news you have received. Test all links. Log out of your email

21. If there are problems you need to start again editing the mini news items on the AAWL website. Log out of mini news site

22. If everything is OK click on the tab with the mini news site

23. Click send campaign

The campaign is now scheduled to run and will send automatically very soon

24. Log out of mini news site

25. Relax