News

To Add A New News Item

1. Go to the News Editor homepage /cgi-bin/lgnzNewsEdit.cgi
2. Select the Add New Item link. at the top of the page under the page heading.
3. You will now be at the "Entering a new Item" page. Here you can enter the page content.

• Heading/Subject. The heading of the news item. Should be kept concise and "pithy".
• Category: From the dropmenu select where the news item will live on the site. The options are :
  /news/ General news page
  /news/media_releases/ Media Releases
  /news/lgnews/ LG News
• Placements Checking box next to "/ - Homepage" will place the item on the web site homepage (http://www.lgnz.co.nz). This should be reserved for only the most important news items.
• Date : Date of the news item (default is today's date)
• Introduction: This will be displayed under the Item Heading on all Index pages. Should be concise. Suggest content is the lead sentence of the news item
• Main Content: The body of the news document. You can use the editor to format the item, add pictures etc.
• Upload Document: If the content of the news item has been already formatted in an acceptable file format (eg Adobe PDF) select browse to locate the file on your hard drive or network location.

4. Press the Submit Item button. The News Item and associated file (in one) will be uploaded for vetting. NB You can not approve (publish to website) news items that you have submitted. They need to be approved by another LGNZ staff member before they will be published.
5. You will get a confirmation page. Use the link on it to get back to the News Editor homepage.
6. Done

To Edit a News Item

3. Go to the News Editor homepage:/cgi-bin/newsItems.cgi
4. In the news item listing, at the right hand side click the edit link.
5. This will bring the same form up as the Add A New News Item page. Edit the information as per adding a new item
6. Submit the changes
7. Done

To View A News Item (that hasn't been posted to the website yet)

1. Go to the News Editor homepage: :/cgi-bin/newsItems.cgi
2. Select the title of the news event you wish to view.
3. Once you have finished viewing the item use the back button on you web browser to take you back to the News Editor homepage.
4. Done

To Approve a News Item (for release to website)

You will need appropriate privileges to do this
1. Go to the News Editor homepage: :/cgi-bin/newsItems.cgi
2. First View the news item, to check for integrity of the content by clicking on the title of the news event(see above)
3. Click the Approve Link at the very right of the New Item Row. This will trigger the item to the live site
4. Done

Last updated: August 2008