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- More straightforward to edit and maintain, 'rich' (ie formatted) content can be included in necessary, including as well as images
- Items are assigned a date and, and optionally, an expiry date
- Items can be shown in summary , or detail format on the home page, and in the left or right bars of all pages so they are highly visible to site visitors
- News and events are not counted in the Site Allowance
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- As a summary on the home page (if enabled via Site Preferences) - Current items (which have not expired) are shown for the current club/association, and in some cases the most recent 3 news items items are also shown for governing bodies (this can also be controlled via a Preference setting). Items which are up to 7 to seven days old have a 'NEW' indicator shown next to them. The first line of the news item is shown (without formatting) as well as the headline (which when clicked drills down to the News Item detail).
- Individual news and events items can also be configured to display in their entirety (including all formatting and included images) on the home page. This is done by editing the item and setting the Show full item on home page checkbox. Items will only display in this manner until manually removed, or until they expire.
- Compact summary - Current items (which have not expired) are shown for the current club/association, and in some cases the most recent 3 recent three items are also shown for governing bodies. Only the headline is shown (which when clicked drills down to the Item detail). Compact summaries can be configured (via Preferences) to display in either the left or right bars of the site, and also can be configured to display on only the home page, any other page, or all pages.
- News/Events page - Accessed by clicking the News or Events main menu item. All current items are shown for the current club/association. Most of the item is shown (without formatting, extremely long items are truncated) as well as the headline (which when clicked drills down to the item detail). Expired items can be accessed by clicking the News/Events Archive link.
- News/Events item page - A single item is shown in its entirety, with full formatting and any included images.
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An image (which has already by uploaded to your images directory or a subdirectory of it via the File Manager) can be specified as a 'floating image':
Floating images can either be located at the top right, top left or top center of the item, and the item text will wrap around. They can optionally have a caption underneath. To add a floating image:
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