Spotlight
ADD STORY
The Spotlight feature is a great way to highlight special events, student successes or important district news stories. It is a feature that can be included on custom sites or specific pre-designed templates.
To add a Spotlight story:
- Click on Add Story.
- Enter in a Title.
- Add a Description.
- Select a location. If you're admin rights are location-limited, your location selections will reflect the limitation.
- Active on Site? - select Yes or No.
- On Site/Off Site Date Fields - enter in the dates when the story should appear and disappear from the front end of the site.
- Sort # - you can select the sort order for the spotlight story. System will default to the last sort number. Tip: system sorts first by the 'sort number'. To have the active Spotlights randomly display on the home page, set the sort number to 1.0. If you do want one to show up all the time, change the sort number to be .5 or something less than 1 to have it show.
- Image 1 - click on the Browse button to upload the image. Image 1 will appear on the home page (if applicable) and be reduced to the correct size. Please note the size recommendations as system will not allow an image less than the recommended proportions.
- Large Image - select the pixel size for the main spotlight page.
- Caption - enter in a caption for Image 1 (optional).
- Hit Save. Note: Depending on your site design, you may be taken to a new screen allowing you to CROP Image 1.
- Crop Image - Click inside the image to view the crop window. You can hold your mouse down to move the crop window to the desired position.
- Hit Crop Image.
- System will display the edit story form so you can add up to 4 more images to the spotlight story.
EDIT STORIES
To edit a Spotlight Story:
- Click on Edit Stories.
- Click on the EDIT link next to the story needing editing.
- Make your edits.
- Hit Save.
To delete a Spotlight Story:
- Follow the steps above to edit a story.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the form.
- Select the 'check here to delete spotlight' checkbox.
- Hit Save.
- Note: if you do not delete a spotlight story, it will be archived on the site for visitors.
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