Royal Purple News : The student news site of University of Wisconsin

Showcase area displays top stories in a variety of formats

Sample Student, News Editor

December 29, 2013

This area at the top of the homepage is called the Home Top Story & Showcase Area. You can use this space to showcase your top stories. You have two options for this area: displaying a single Top Story or showcasing many stories/photos most recently added to single category. There are many options... READ MORE »»

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Showcase area displays top stories in a variety of formats
Adding a featured image enhances each story

Sample Student, Sports Editor

December 27, 2013

There are two ways to add a photo to a story in WordPress. One is to set the photo as a Featured Image for the story, and the other is to insert the photo into the body of the story’s text. Your SNO site is designed to make use of the Featured Image method. Photos inserted directly into the body... READ MORE »»

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Adding a featured image enhances each story
Design your site to fit your publication’s style

Sample Student

December 22, 2013

The SNO Framework is built around the idea of giving site owners complete flexibility with easy to customize options for every aspect of their sites. The SNO Design Options page, available under the Appearance tab on the left side of your WordPress dashboard, allows you to change to a different pres... READ MORE »»

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Design your site to fit your publication’s style
Avoid double story placement

Sample Student

December 20, 2013

If you place stories in more than one category, say both Showcase and Sports, the story will display in both of these sections on the homepage. The recommend way of working with this is to place a story in the Showcase category first, and then once other stories have displaced it as a top story, change... READ MORE »»

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Avoid double story placement
Help is just a click away

Sample Student

December 19, 2013

Having trouble with something on the site? Help is only a click away. Go to http://v5.help.snosites.com/ to access all of our support materials and submit a support ticket if you can't find the answers you are looking for.

Help is just a click away

Adding a story is a simple process with SNO FLEX. To get started, click on New under the Stories tab on the left navigation bar in the WordPress dashboard. Enter the headline for the article. In the box to the right... Read More »

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Completing the custom fields

Sample Student, Staff Writer

Each story has custom fields available for you to fill in as needed. Not all of these features will show up on the homepage, but they will show up on a story’s page. While the descriptions for each custom field make its... Read More »

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Another headline goes here

Sample Student, News Editor

This is sample body text. To delete this and other sample content, click on Manage under the Stories tab in your WordPress dashboard and just trash the stories that you no longer want to see. It is probably in your best... Read More »

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Sports

Go beyond a single photo with slideshows

Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer

Slideshows are built by uploading multiple photos to a story. Follow the steps below to make a slideshow that goes with any story. When adding/editing a story, click on the Add Media button above the main story box. In... Read More »

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Take your stories beyond the text December 29, 2013

Use social media to increase readership December 29, 2013

Customize the look and feel of your site December 21, 2013

Help is just a click away December 19, 2013

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Arts & Entertainment

Prepare your photos for online presentation

Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer

Your site automatically generates a series of scaled down images for each photo you upload for the various parts of your site that display different sizes of images. Cameras take pictures at a far higher... Read More »

December 30, 2013 • 0 comments