Close
Drupal CMS: Create a news item
Learn to create a news item in Drupal.
Before you start
When editing use Chrome, Firefox or Safari but NOT Internet Explorer
Instructions
To be able to write news items, you will need to have a news feed for your site.
The decision to get a news feed is made by the Site Owner or Web Content Manager and when requested, set up by Digital Experience.
Once set up, anyone with editing rights can add news items which will appear automatically in the feed.
Feeds can be brought in on a landing page - you will need to tick 'feed' ind the layout drop-down menu. See the Related guides link for further information.
Feeds can be brought into the content (bottom) part of a landing page. On some sites it's done in 2 columns: one for news, one for events.
Important
After you save and publish a news item, it can take up to two hours before it is visible to the public.
Create a new news item
Click on Content | Add content | News to bring up the news feature
Complete the necessary fields - see below for an explanation of all the fields
- Save
Title - the title will appear above the article and will become the clickable link that takes you to the article in feeds and search engine ranking pages.
A title can only contain 100 characters. Make sure you use keywords.
Featured image - this will appear in feeds and social shares.
You either upload a new image or search for one in the Library.
Publication date - this is automatically completed but you can overwrite it.
Content intro / summary - this is useful for Search Engines as this will be the description of the URL when users find the page in question on Google and other search engines.
Content - this is where you write the article.
author name - you don't need to use this unless you post on behalf of someone else.
Sidebar - this is useful if you want to provide extra content.
Org unit - The org unit comes up automatically.
Categories - to understand about categories, read information on tagging and feeds.
Help and support
- Web support team (web-support@ucl.ac.uk)
- Drupal training and support
- Digital Experience website
Feedback
We are continually improving our website. Please provide any feedback using the feedback form.
Please note: This form is only to provide feedback. If you require IT support please contact the IT Services Help desk. We can only respond to UCL email addresses.