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What is the News Block?
The alert message news block element can be previewed on our Demo website. It is available on all three homepage templates from the Page Options section. The alert message will appear on a turquoise background.
Features of the News Block
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How to Create/Edit the News Block
The highlight element can be previewed on our Demo website. The highlight element should be used as a call-to-action banner to highlight something important. It is available on all three homepage and both landing page templates.
The highlight will appear on a crimson background, and depending on the options you have selected, this will appear above the news block or footer of the page.
Unlimited featured news rows. It is recommended that images used in featured news blocks be sized to 900x450 pixels.
Unlimited news story rows. News stories are grouped in rows of three columns. It is recommended that images used new stories be sized to 350x380 pixels. News blocks includes a hover animation and are clickable.
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The news block is built using Site Configuration Blocks. It includes:
News Highlight Heading - Display a custom heading for the news block. This heading can also be turned off.
News Category or Labels - Optional labels can be used to provide categories to users to give them a general idea of the story topic. Labels appear above the Story Headline in Featured News blocks and in the upper left corner of News Story blocks.
News Headline - The title of your news story or article.
Featured Story Details - Featured news items have the option to include lead in text.
Read More Link - Include the link to the full featured news article. This text label can be customized.
View More Link - Include a link to a list of story archives or link back to our NMSU Newsroom.
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How to Create/Edit the News Block
Each Cascade CMS site includes a starter News Highlights Block available in the _Site Configuration folder. You can create as many News Blocks as you’d like.
Edit the News Highlights Block
From the _Site Configuration folder, select the News Highlight Block to edit.
Click Edit.
Make your edits.
Click Preview Draft.
Click Submit.
Create a News Highlights Block
Click Add Content.