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Creating a News Feed
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OmniCMS
Issue/Question
How do I create a news feed on my page?
Environment
Omni CMS
OU Add-Ons
Resolution
While editing an editable region, click
Insert Component
in the WYSIWYG editor toolbar.
In the
Choose Component box
, click
News
Feed
.
Click
Insert
.
Under
Edit
Component
, enter information in the form fields.
News ID
- The unique ID associated with the News Add-on from which you are wanting to show articles. To find the ID associated with a News Addon, you can do so by logging into
OU Add-Ons
and selecting
News
.
Articles
- The number of news articles to display in the feed.
Style
- The look and feel of the feed. Some feed styles are too large for side columns, remember to select a style that fits your page layout from the styles. For a more in-depth description of the various feed style, and some examples visit our
News Feed Component page
.
Category ID (Optional)
- Specify a Category ID to only display articles from a category. To find the ID associated with a news category, you can do so by logging into
OU Add-Ons
, selecting
News
, and then clicking on the
Manage Categories Icon
next to the appropriate News Add-On listed.
Featured Articles Only
- Only display articles that are marked as
Featured
in
OU Add-Ons
.
Open Links in New Tab
- Open news feed article links in a new tab or window.
When done, click
Save
.
Save your page.
Note:
When previewing the page you will see a placeholder with the available settings displayed. Since the news asset contains PHP code you can only see the final product after publishing.
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Article ID:
2402
Created
Thu 10/27/16 3:17 PM
Modified
Fri 9/10/21 8:56 AM
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Check out this knowledge base article I found in the Western Kentucky University knowledge base. https://td.wku.edu/TDClient/34/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=2402 Creating a News Feed Instructions on creating a News Addon component with Omni CMS.