Manage Article Settings

Here you are able to select the Top Article Rotation, Section Name Length, choose if you desire Comment Rating, Force Editor Comment Approval, have someone Register to Comment, have Article Rating, and choose if you Require a Registered Reader to Rate.

Top Article Rotation

There are four methods of Top Article Rotation. Top Articles are the featured articles on the home page.

• Manual Rotation

  Manual Rotation allows you to go into Manage Articles, update an article that is NOT an RSS article, and choose where you want it to show up in the Top Articles on the home page. The image below shows the drop down menu that appears when you update an article.
  
  

• Random Newest 20 Articles

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• Newest Articles by Timestamp

  This option shows newest articles, with the newest occupying Rank 1 and the next most recent in Rank 2 and so on.

• Random Rotation From Manual List

  This setting allows you to put articles on a list. These articles are rotated manually around on the Top Articles.

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Timestamp Priority Period

Timestamp Priority Period is the amount of time an article stays in the Top Articles. To make an article be a Timpestamp Priority Article, you can update an article and switch the Timestamp Priority Period from Off to On. This This is useful if you have RSS articles populating your site, and you are writing an article. If you don't have Timestamp Priority Period turned on, your article will get bumped off your Top Articles within a matter of minutes. If you turn on Timestamp Priority Period for a certain article, that article will remain in your Top Articles for however long you set the Timestamp Priority Period.

Section Name Length

The Short Section Name Length allows you to enter 20 characters for the names of Sections. The Long Section Name Length allows you to have 38 characters in the name of the Section. Having a long section name will not stretch the news box, the name of the section will wrap. Here is some text about Section Name Length

Comment Rating

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Force Editor Comment Approval

When a visitor to your NewsPortal submits a comment, the comment will not automatically show up if you have Force Editor Comment Approval turned on. The comment will show up in the admin area under the NEWS section in Pending Comments Report. You may choose to publish or delete the comment. Publishing a comment will allow the comment to appear on your NewsPortal for the article it was written about.

Register To Comment

If you select Yes to this option, it means that the person visiting your site must sign up to be a Registered Reader. Only once they have done this, can they submit a comment.

With Register to Comment set to No, the comment box will appear right away.



With Register to Comment set to Yes, the visitor will see:



Once you click on Post Comment, a box pops up asking you to either log in, or to become a Registered Reader by creating an account.

Article Rating

Article Rating allows visitors to your site to rate articles to their liking. If Article Rating is turned on, an up arrow and a down arrow will appear on ever article. To rate an article, simply click on the up arrow if you like the article, or the down arrow if you do not.

Require Registered Reader To Rate

This is something you can choose if you want people to register before thay can rate your articles.