What is it?
The News Post Feed displays the “News Posts” from your admin area, in either a Grid or List format, on your website.
News Post Feed example - Grid Format
News Post Feed example - List Format
What are the benefits?
Communicate important announcements, news, sales, blog posts, etc.
Content is directly on your website, so it’s good for SEO
You control the content
What are the features and options?
Grid or List format (Set during website installation, varies depending on your chosen website theme)
Integrated directly into your website and admin
Quick and easy to use
WYSIWYG editor (Simple formatting, such as bold, italic, lists, colored text, etc)
HTML editor for advanced users
Automatically displays the first image from your post (if any)
How do I use it?
To get to the News Posts area:
Log in to your admin
Go to “Advertising” > “News Posts”
To manage posts:
To edit an existing post, click the “edit” link
To delete an existing post, click the “x” icon
To create a new post, click the “+” icon
The News Post editing screen
Use the WYSIWYG editor, or for more advanced capabilities, the HTML editor
To add an image to your news post:
Currently, you cannot directly upload an image into the news post.
Instead, you’ll need to host the image on another service, such as imgur or google.
Then paste the image embed link into your news post.
The first image in the post is the one that will be displayed in the news post widget.
Image notes:
Make sure the image is not too large, as it may slow down page load time
Make sure the image is not too small, or it may be blurry when displayed in the news post widget
Do not "hotlink" to images on other sites. There are numerous reasons why it's bad to do that.
Make sure you are not committing copyright infringement - speak to a lawyer if you need advice.