News Widget Small

Owned by Zachary Restifo
Last updated: Mar 12, 2021
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When you create a News Listing component and go to insert it on to a page in Tridion, you have several options for displaying the list of articles.

For more information on Creating a News Listing in Tridion, visit these instructions:

Creating a News Listing in Tridion

 

This page provides examples and further explanation of the News Widget Small template.

 

Table of Contents

 

Description

The News Widget Small template displays the articles in a four column table that takes up the full width of the page.

  • If you have set a Featured Article (explained in the next section of these instructions), this article will appear in the first spot.

The rest of the articles are listed by date, starting with the most recent.

  • These articles also show small thumbnail photos, if they have been attached to the article.

Use this template if you want to show a large number of articles on a page, without taking up too much space.

 

 

Featured Articles

You have the ability to designate an article in the Profile System as the Featured Article for an organization.

  • This is important particularly with News Listings, because it effects the way they display, as you’ll see in the examples later in these instructions.

To Feature an article.

  1. Visit https://profile.yale.edu

  2. Log in with your NetID and password.

  3. Click News in the navigation.

  4. Click Update and Edit News in the left navigation menu.

  5. Using the Select Organization drop down menu (highlighted in yellow below), filter the list to the one organization you want to choose the Featured Article for.

  6. Select the star icon to the right of the article (highlighted in blue below) to set that article as the Featured Article.

Setting an article as the Featured Article for an organization.

 

For more information on the News System, visit the News: Overview section of instructions.

 

Example

The screenshot below shows an example of a News Widget Small template, as it appears on a website.

A News Widget Small template on a page.

 

There are a few things to notice about a News Widget Small template as it appears on a page.

  1. The text from the Title to display above listing field from creating the component will appear at the top of the Widget (highlighted in yellow above).

  2. If you designated a Featured Article, it will appear in the first spot of the listing, with an indication that it is featured (highlighted in green above).

    • If you did not set a Featured Article, this spot will be taken by the most recent article in the listing.

  3. Articles appear with a picture (if there is a thumbnail attached to the article), the date, the title, and a source (for News: Submitting External News Articles articles).

  4. The articles are listed by date, starting with the most recent article.

  5. At the bottom of the listing, you can continue on to more articles by clicking More News (highlighted in blue above).