News, Events, and Features

What the widgets do

The news widget shows the 3 latest news items (based on the 'date released' field). Future news events are not shown.
The events widget displays the top 3 future events (based on the 'event date' field).  If there are none, the top 3 past events are shown.
The features widget displays the first 3 features it finds (in a hidden section).

Options, Requirements, and Limitations

You can elect to have a news or an events section on your site (or both).

The three widgets are an optional extra for your homepage.  But to have them, you must have news, events, and features sections already set up correctly.
All 3 widgets will appear together - you cannot pick and choose which widgets will display (its all or nothing).  However, an alternate, events-only widget is available (more information).
The below instructions show how to embed the widgets as they appear on this page (with the widget ribbon removed).  However they can also appear in three columns as per above.

Your 'news' and 'events' sections can appear on your site menu, if you like, but the 'features' section is always hidden from navigation (as they only appear in the widget).

How to set up a News page

1. Using your homepage's yellow button, 'Add Section'
   • - Name: News
   • - Output URI: news
   • - Optionally un-check 'show in navigation'
   • - Click 'Add'
2.  Modify the News section and enable automatic ordering of content by Publish Date (Recent first). Click 'Save Changes'
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3. In the site structure, expand NUI Galway » T4 Training » Training » Training Examples
4.  Find 'News Page Example' and hover over its yellow button. Then click 'Modify Content'
5.  Copy over the truncation code
   • Hover over the yellow button beside 'JS to truncate news items (code only)' and click 'Duplicate'
   • The site structure loads - click on your news page (be careful not to click on any other section's name).
6. You're brought back to the news page example's content list.
   • Go back to the site structure and modify your own News section.
   • Go to the 'Content' Tab and modify the content type called 'JS to truncate news items (code only)'. It's status is 'Pending'.
   • Don't change anything - just 'Update & Approve' it (to change its status).
   • Go to the 'Page Layouts' tab. To the right of NUI Galway, make sure the page layout drop-down is set to 'Inherited' and the Inheritable page layout is set to 'News Article: School'
   • Go to the 'Metadata' tab. Set DC.keywords to 'newsPage article showNav' (without the quotes).
   • Click 'Update'
7. Add as many 'NUIG News' content types as you like into this section.
8. Remember, your images need to be added as a Background Image (Image Path CSS) when adding an image to a News Item

How to set up an Events page

8. Using your homepage's yellow button, 'Add Section'
   • Name: Events
   • Output URI: events
   • Optionally un-check 'show in navigation'
   • Click 'Add'
9. Modify the Events section and enable automatic ordering of content by Publish Date (Recent first). Click 'Save Changes'.
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10. Add as many 'College Event' content types as you like into this section.

How to set up a Features Section

11. Using your homepage's yellow button, 'Add Section'
    • Name: Features
    • Output URI: features
    • Un-check 'show in navigation'
    • Click 'Add'
12. Modify the Features section and enable automatic ordering of content by 'Last Updated (Recent first)'. Click 'Save Changes'.
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13. Add as many 'Feature' content types as you like into this section. Features can have 56 x 56px images, which you'll upload to the media library as 'Image Path (CSS)'.

How to set up the optional homepage widgets

14. In the site structure, expand NUI Galway » T4 Training » Training » Training Examples
15. Using the 'News, Events, and Features' section's yellow button, 'Modify content'
16. Check the checkboxes to the left of both 'Remove widget ribbon' and 'News Events & Features'
17. Hover over the yellow button at the bottom of the list. Choose 'Bulk Duplicate'
18. The site structure loads - click on your homepage. It's ok to expand sections with the + button (if you need to) but don't click on any section name until you've found your homepage's section.
19. Go to your homepage. You'll find the 2 copied pieces of content listed there - their status will be 'Pending'.   Modify and 'Update & Approve' both to change their status to 'Approved'.