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Newsroom widgets

About


Need to organize, archive or display news articles? Show users your most recent news and allow them to easily find older stories.


contentTypeWidgetNOTE: This is a reusable content type widget, which means it is dependent upon content you've first created as a content type from the dashboard menu.

Design

 

There are multiple ways to display newsroom widgets, which you can find by choosing Edit, going to the List Settings tab and selecting under List Template. The examples below show articles displayed as a list and as tiles:

Article Display

Goodbye, SharePoint. Hello, Sitefinity!

CMS Transition Team | Office of Information Technology and University Communications Feb 13, 2018

The transition to Sitefinity as our new website content management system (CMS) continues to move forward in 2018. Three sites have been launched since Sitefinity went live last year – Office of Information Technology (OIT), University Communications and @Web (the university’s CMS resource site designed to help new users learn and migrate to Sitefinity). Each school, college, department and business unit will move to the new CMS during transition phases scheduled over the next two years.

There are 17 campus units involved in the current phase of the CMS transition. Web managers can start preparing for the move to Sitefinity by studying the training information at the @Web learning site. This learning site, launched in December, offers new users step-by-step instructions for how to use Sitefinity to build pages and add content using widgets. The site will continue to be enhanced as additional information and new features become available. 

To prepare for your website transition:

  • Request to transition your site to Sitefinity.
  • Request a content inventory spreadsheet to review each of your pages and data about traffic on those pages (email request to: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu).
  • Identify your site goals and target audiences.
  • Start organizing, cleaning up your content and meeting with your subject matter experts – it’s what ends up taking the longest in the CMS transition process.
    • Once your unit is in transition, GatherContent (a tool for collaborative content creation and workflow) will be made available at no cost to help organize your work as you gather content and run it through subject matter expert approvals.

Involve all stakeholders in this initial content inventory and planning process and be open to feedback both internally and externally to help improve usability on your new site.

The CMS transition team, made up of staff from the Office of Information Technology and University Communications, looks forward to working with each school and department as we move from SharePoint to Sitefinity throughout the entire university. Until it comes time for the CMS transition team to start working with you, keep up to date with the latest news on @Web.

Categories: CMS OIT - Categories | Tags: Access Sitefinity Content Management System How to Sitefinity Technology Technology tools UComm

Article Title Display

Goodbye, SharePoint. Hello, Sitefinity!

CMS Transition Team | Office of Information Technology and University Communications Feb 13, 2018

The transition to Sitefinity as our new website content management system (CMS) continues to move forward in 2018. Three sites have been launched since Sitefinity went live last year – Office of Information Technology (OIT), University Communications and @Web (the university’s CMS resource site designed to help new users learn and migrate to Sitefinity). Each school, college, department and business unit will move to the new CMS during transition phases scheduled over the next two years.

There are 17 campus units involved in the current phase of the CMS transition. Web managers can start preparing for the move to Sitefinity by studying the training information at the @Web learning site. This learning site, launched in December, offers new users step-by-step instructions for how to use Sitefinity to build pages and add content using widgets. The site will continue to be enhanced as additional information and new features become available. 

To prepare for your website transition:

  • Request to transition your site to Sitefinity.
  • Request a content inventory spreadsheet to review each of your pages and data about traffic on those pages (email request to: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu).
  • Identify your site goals and target audiences.
  • Start organizing, cleaning up your content and meeting with your subject matter experts – it’s what ends up taking the longest in the CMS transition process.
    • Once your unit is in transition, GatherContent (a tool for collaborative content creation and workflow) will be made available at no cost to help organize your work as you gather content and run it through subject matter expert approvals.

Involve all stakeholders in this initial content inventory and planning process and be open to feedback both internally and externally to help improve usability on your new site.

The CMS transition team, made up of staff from the Office of Information Technology and University Communications, looks forward to working with each school and department as we move from SharePoint to Sitefinity throughout the entire university. Until it comes time for the CMS transition team to start working with you, keep up to date with the latest news on @Web.

Categories: CMS OIT - Categories | Tags: Access Sitefinity Content Management System How to Sitefinity Technology Technology tools UComm

Article No Summary Display

Goodbye, SharePoint. Hello, Sitefinity!

CMS Transition Team | Office of Information Technology and University Communications Feb 13, 2018

The transition to Sitefinity as our new website content management system (CMS) continues to move forward in 2018. Three sites have been launched since Sitefinity went live last year – Office of Information Technology (OIT), University Communications and @Web (the university’s CMS resource site designed to help new users learn and migrate to Sitefinity). Each school, college, department and business unit will move to the new CMS during transition phases scheduled over the next two years.

There are 17 campus units involved in the current phase of the CMS transition. Web managers can start preparing for the move to Sitefinity by studying the training information at the @Web learning site. This learning site, launched in December, offers new users step-by-step instructions for how to use Sitefinity to build pages and add content using widgets. The site will continue to be enhanced as additional information and new features become available. 

To prepare for your website transition:

  • Request to transition your site to Sitefinity.
  • Request a content inventory spreadsheet to review each of your pages and data about traffic on those pages (email request to: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu).
  • Identify your site goals and target audiences.
  • Start organizing, cleaning up your content and meeting with your subject matter experts – it’s what ends up taking the longest in the CMS transition process.
    • Once your unit is in transition, GatherContent (a tool for collaborative content creation and workflow) will be made available at no cost to help organize your work as you gather content and run it through subject matter expert approvals.

Involve all stakeholders in this initial content inventory and planning process and be open to feedback both internally and externally to help improve usability on your new site.

The CMS transition team, made up of staff from the Office of Information Technology and University Communications, looks forward to working with each school and department as we move from SharePoint to Sitefinity throughout the entire university. Until it comes time for the CMS transition team to start working with you, keep up to date with the latest news on @Web.

Categories: CMS OIT - Categories | Tags: Access Sitefinity Content Management System How to Sitefinity Technology Technology tools UComm

Simple Tile Display

Goodbye, SharePoint. Hello, Sitefinity!

CMS Transition Team | Office of Information Technology and University Communications Feb 13, 2018

The transition to Sitefinity as our new website content management system (CMS) continues to move forward in 2018. Three sites have been launched since Sitefinity went live last year – Office of Information Technology (OIT), University Communications and @Web (the university’s CMS resource site designed to help new users learn and migrate to Sitefinity). Each school, college, department and business unit will move to the new CMS during transition phases scheduled over the next two years.

There are 17 campus units involved in the current phase of the CMS transition. Web managers can start preparing for the move to Sitefinity by studying the training information at the @Web learning site. This learning site, launched in December, offers new users step-by-step instructions for how to use Sitefinity to build pages and add content using widgets. The site will continue to be enhanced as additional information and new features become available. 

To prepare for your website transition:

  • Request to transition your site to Sitefinity.
  • Request a content inventory spreadsheet to review each of your pages and data about traffic on those pages (email request to: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu).
  • Identify your site goals and target audiences.
  • Start organizing, cleaning up your content and meeting with your subject matter experts – it’s what ends up taking the longest in the CMS transition process.
    • Once your unit is in transition, GatherContent (a tool for collaborative content creation and workflow) will be made available at no cost to help organize your work as you gather content and run it through subject matter expert approvals.

Involve all stakeholders in this initial content inventory and planning process and be open to feedback both internally and externally to help improve usability on your new site.

The CMS transition team, made up of staff from the Office of Information Technology and University Communications, looks forward to working with each school and department as we move from SharePoint to Sitefinity throughout the entire university. Until it comes time for the CMS transition team to start working with you, keep up to date with the latest news on @Web.

Categories: CMS OIT - Categories | Tags: Access Sitefinity Content Management System How to Sitefinity Technology Technology tools UComm

Featured Stories Display

Goodbye, SharePoint. Hello, Sitefinity!

CMS Transition Team | Office of Information Technology and University Communications Feb 13, 2018

The transition to Sitefinity as our new website content management system (CMS) continues to move forward in 2018. Three sites have been launched since Sitefinity went live last year – Office of Information Technology (OIT), University Communications and @Web (the university’s CMS resource site designed to help new users learn and migrate to Sitefinity). Each school, college, department and business unit will move to the new CMS during transition phases scheduled over the next two years.

There are 17 campus units involved in the current phase of the CMS transition. Web managers can start preparing for the move to Sitefinity by studying the training information at the @Web learning site. This learning site, launched in December, offers new users step-by-step instructions for how to use Sitefinity to build pages and add content using widgets. The site will continue to be enhanced as additional information and new features become available. 

To prepare for your website transition:

  • Request to transition your site to Sitefinity.
  • Request a content inventory spreadsheet to review each of your pages and data about traffic on those pages (email request to: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu).
  • Identify your site goals and target audiences.
  • Start organizing, cleaning up your content and meeting with your subject matter experts – it’s what ends up taking the longest in the CMS transition process.
    • Once your unit is in transition, GatherContent (a tool for collaborative content creation and workflow) will be made available at no cost to help organize your work as you gather content and run it through subject matter expert approvals.

Involve all stakeholders in this initial content inventory and planning process and be open to feedback both internally and externally to help improve usability on your new site.

The CMS transition team, made up of staff from the Office of Information Technology and University Communications, looks forward to working with each school and department as we move from SharePoint to Sitefinity throughout the entire university. Until it comes time for the CMS transition team to start working with you, keep up to date with the latest news on @Web.

Categories: CMS OIT - Categories | Tags: Access Sitefinity Content Management System How to Sitefinity Technology Technology tools UComm

Media Left Display

Goodbye, SharePoint. Hello, Sitefinity!

CMS Transition Team | Office of Information Technology and University Communications Feb 13, 2018

The transition to Sitefinity as our new website content management system (CMS) continues to move forward in 2018. Three sites have been launched since Sitefinity went live last year – Office of Information Technology (OIT), University Communications and @Web (the university’s CMS resource site designed to help new users learn and migrate to Sitefinity). Each school, college, department and business unit will move to the new CMS during transition phases scheduled over the next two years.

There are 17 campus units involved in the current phase of the CMS transition. Web managers can start preparing for the move to Sitefinity by studying the training information at the @Web learning site. This learning site, launched in December, offers new users step-by-step instructions for how to use Sitefinity to build pages and add content using widgets. The site will continue to be enhanced as additional information and new features become available. 

To prepare for your website transition:

  • Request to transition your site to Sitefinity.
  • Request a content inventory spreadsheet to review each of your pages and data about traffic on those pages (email request to: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu).
  • Identify your site goals and target audiences.
  • Start organizing, cleaning up your content and meeting with your subject matter experts – it’s what ends up taking the longest in the CMS transition process.
    • Once your unit is in transition, GatherContent (a tool for collaborative content creation and workflow) will be made available at no cost to help organize your work as you gather content and run it through subject matter expert approvals.

Involve all stakeholders in this initial content inventory and planning process and be open to feedback both internally and externally to help improve usability on your new site.

The CMS transition team, made up of staff from the Office of Information Technology and University Communications, looks forward to working with each school and department as we move from SharePoint to Sitefinity throughout the entire university. Until it comes time for the CMS transition team to start working with you, keep up to date with the latest news on @Web.

Categories: CMS OIT - Categories | Tags: Access Sitefinity Content Management System How to Sitefinity Technology Technology tools UComm

Article Name Display

Goodbye, SharePoint. Hello, Sitefinity!

CMS Transition Team | Office of Information Technology and University Communications Feb 13, 2018

The transition to Sitefinity as our new website content management system (CMS) continues to move forward in 2018. Three sites have been launched since Sitefinity went live last year – Office of Information Technology (OIT), University Communications and @Web (the university’s CMS resource site designed to help new users learn and migrate to Sitefinity). Each school, college, department and business unit will move to the new CMS during transition phases scheduled over the next two years.

There are 17 campus units involved in the current phase of the CMS transition. Web managers can start preparing for the move to Sitefinity by studying the training information at the @Web learning site. This learning site, launched in December, offers new users step-by-step instructions for how to use Sitefinity to build pages and add content using widgets. The site will continue to be enhanced as additional information and new features become available. 

To prepare for your website transition:

  • Request to transition your site to Sitefinity.
  • Request a content inventory spreadsheet to review each of your pages and data about traffic on those pages (email request to: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu).
  • Identify your site goals and target audiences.
  • Start organizing, cleaning up your content and meeting with your subject matter experts – it’s what ends up taking the longest in the CMS transition process.
    • Once your unit is in transition, GatherContent (a tool for collaborative content creation and workflow) will be made available at no cost to help organize your work as you gather content and run it through subject matter expert approvals.

Involve all stakeholders in this initial content inventory and planning process and be open to feedback both internally and externally to help improve usability on your new site.

The CMS transition team, made up of staff from the Office of Information Technology and University Communications, looks forward to working with each school and department as we move from SharePoint to Sitefinity throughout the entire university. Until it comes time for the CMS transition team to start working with you, keep up to date with the latest news on @Web.

Categories: CMS OIT - Categories | Tags: Access Sitefinity Content Management System How to Sitefinity Technology Technology tools UComm

Grey background media left

Goodbye, SharePoint. Hello, Sitefinity!

CMS Transition Team | Office of Information Technology and University Communications Feb 13, 2018

The transition to Sitefinity as our new website content management system (CMS) continues to move forward in 2018. Three sites have been launched since Sitefinity went live last year – Office of Information Technology (OIT), University Communications and @Web (the university’s CMS resource site designed to help new users learn and migrate to Sitefinity). Each school, college, department and business unit will move to the new CMS during transition phases scheduled over the next two years.

There are 17 campus units involved in the current phase of the CMS transition. Web managers can start preparing for the move to Sitefinity by studying the training information at the @Web learning site. This learning site, launched in December, offers new users step-by-step instructions for how to use Sitefinity to build pages and add content using widgets. The site will continue to be enhanced as additional information and new features become available. 

To prepare for your website transition:

  • Request to transition your site to Sitefinity.
  • Request a content inventory spreadsheet to review each of your pages and data about traffic on those pages (email request to: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu).
  • Identify your site goals and target audiences.
  • Start organizing, cleaning up your content and meeting with your subject matter experts – it’s what ends up taking the longest in the CMS transition process.
    • Once your unit is in transition, GatherContent (a tool for collaborative content creation and workflow) will be made available at no cost to help organize your work as you gather content and run it through subject matter expert approvals.

Involve all stakeholders in this initial content inventory and planning process and be open to feedback both internally and externally to help improve usability on your new site.

The CMS transition team, made up of staff from the Office of Information Technology and University Communications, looks forward to working with each school and department as we move from SharePoint to Sitefinity throughout the entire university. Until it comes time for the CMS transition team to start working with you, keep up to date with the latest news on @Web.

Categories: CMS OIT - Categories | Tags: Access Sitefinity Content Management System How to Sitefinity Technology Technology tools UComm

How to

Create an article


The Newsroom widget is a reusable content type. This means that all of the articles displayed with this widget have to first be created in the "Content" area of your dashboard. The follow steps will walk you through creating an article. 

  1. From your Sitefinity dashboard, click the "Content" tab located at the top of your webpage and select Newsroom.
  2. You should already have a newsroom created.
    1. If not, click the option to "Create a Newsroom". Name the newsroom, publish, and click on the newsroom or articles link.
    2. If so, click on the newsroom or the articles link. Both options go to the same area. 
  3. Click the option to create an article.
  4. Give your article a title and subhead.
  5. If you are choosing to display article from an outside source, use the "External Source Article" option. 
  6. Enter an "Original Publication Date". This is the date that displays on the article regardless of the date that it is created in Sitefinity.  
  7. Fill in the article information and article summary information. The summary appears as a preview when not displaying the full article in the widget.
  8. Add an author byline.
  9. Add Featured article options. Be sure to choose the media type you would like to display.
    1. PLEASE NOTE: Featured images should be 850px wide in order to display properly in the full detail view for articles.
  10. Select options for tagging.
    1. Options include campus, school or college, target audience, related degree programs, categories and the ability to create your own tag. 
  11. Finally, add social media and SEO tagging to increase your search results. 
  12. Publish

 

 

Use the widget


Drag the articles widget from the right column onto the page. The entire newsroom library will appear.

Dragging newsroom widget to content area

 

Choose Edit and in the Content tab, select which articles you want to display.

Newsroom widget settings - content tab

Then, in the List Settings tab, choose how many articles to display, the order and the list template (how multiple articles display on a page).

List settings for Newsroom

Lastly, in the Single item settings tab, choose between 2 detail templates. This is how individual articles display once site visitors click on them.

The default behavior for the detail template is "Article", which allows you to use whatever image size you have added as is. The other option is the "Article Hero" template which includes a highlighted horizontal full-width hero image.  

Single item settings for newsroom

You can further customize the Articles widget by selecting which fields to display. To adjust the fields that are displayed, select the Properties button toward the bottom right.

Articles widget - properties button

Then select or deselect the fields to be displayed. The fields that can be shown/hidden are: article summary, author byline, display topics, and category.

Articles widget - field options

Search and filtering


The newsroom widget allows optional text search and filtering at the top of the widget for a more simplified user experience. 

Goodbye, SharePoint. Hello, Sitefinity!

CMS Transition Team | Office of Information Technology and University Communications Feb 13, 2018

The transition to Sitefinity as our new website content management system (CMS) continues to move forward in 2018. Three sites have been launched since Sitefinity went live last year – Office of Information Technology (OIT), University Communications and @Web (the university’s CMS resource site designed to help new users learn and migrate to Sitefinity). Each school, college, department and business unit will move to the new CMS during transition phases scheduled over the next two years.

There are 17 campus units involved in the current phase of the CMS transition. Web managers can start preparing for the move to Sitefinity by studying the training information at the @Web learning site. This learning site, launched in December, offers new users step-by-step instructions for how to use Sitefinity to build pages and add content using widgets. The site will continue to be enhanced as additional information and new features become available. 

To prepare for your website transition:

  • Request to transition your site to Sitefinity.
  • Request a content inventory spreadsheet to review each of your pages and data about traffic on those pages (email request to: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu).
  • Identify your site goals and target audiences.
  • Start organizing, cleaning up your content and meeting with your subject matter experts – it’s what ends up taking the longest in the CMS transition process.
    • Once your unit is in transition, GatherContent (a tool for collaborative content creation and workflow) will be made available at no cost to help organize your work as you gather content and run it through subject matter expert approvals.

Involve all stakeholders in this initial content inventory and planning process and be open to feedback both internally and externally to help improve usability on your new site.

The CMS transition team, made up of staff from the Office of Information Technology and University Communications, looks forward to working with each school and department as we move from SharePoint to Sitefinity throughout the entire university. Until it comes time for the CMS transition team to start working with you, keep up to date with the latest news on @Web.

Categories: CMS OIT - Categories | Tags: Access Sitefinity Content Management System How to Sitefinity Technology Technology tools UComm

Search and filter options give site visitors the ability to type in title, subhead or summary and select categories in order to pare down the list of news articles displayed by applicable criteria. To enable search and/or filtering, please do the following: 

While editing the page, click Edit on the news article widget and select Filter at the bottom.

Newsroom content tab settings

 

Select which options you would like to implement. 

Newsroom Search and filter options

 

Save your changes.

Additional Information


Tips

Display an article from another source

Use the "External Source Article" option when displaying an article from another source. This will display the article as a place holder on your webpage but send users straight to the source when they click on it.

You can still choose to display an image under "Feature article options". When displaying an image with an external source, be sure to use the "External source article link" so the image is only displayed in the preview of the article. Choosing to add the URL to the article field will result in a full page width image with only the link displayed when users click on the article.

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