The News Library page in Presspage displays an overview of Newsroom Article cards that can be searched and filtered by tag, date, and text. Visitors can further adjust the Archive and Search results in the News Library. This article explains how to create a News Library page and how to configure the News filter module that controls the layout, filters and news cards on the page.
Once published, the News Library page replaces the Archive pages and the Search results page of your Newsroom.
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Create a News Library page
You create a News Library page from the Add page screen in Presspage, which you open from the Pages overview in the Newsroom menu.
You can create a News Library page only once. After that, the News Library option no longer appears on the Add page screen. The page template might need adjustments after you add the page. Contact Presspage Support to request changes.
- Go to Newsroom > Pages.
- Select Add page.
- Under Select page type, select News Library.
- Enter a name for the page in the Page name field.
- Select the language of the page in the Default language field.
- Select a schema type in the SEO Schema Type field.
- Select Save.
Presspage creates the page as a draft and opens it in the page editor. The Page layout of a News Library page contains the Page title and News filter modules by default. You can add other modules, such as a Textblock, from the Modules list.
Add a translation of the News Library page
If your newsroom has multiple languages, you can a new language to a News Library page from the page editor of the News Library page you created. Don't use Add page for this: the News Library option is no longer available there after you create the first page.
- Go to Newsroom > Pages.
- Open the News Library page.
- Select Add translation in the page editor.
- Select the language you want to add.
Presspage adds the new language version to the News Library page.
Configure the News filter module
The News filter module determines how Articles appear on a News Library page and how visitors filter them. The settings are grouped into Layout, Tag filter and News cards options.
- Open the News Library page and select Page Layout in the left menu.
- Hover over the News filter module and select the pencil icon.
- Adjust the settings described in the sections below.
- Select Save.
The News filter module shows your Articles with the selected settings. Use Preview page to check the result before you publish.
Layout
The Layout settings control how news cards are arranged and where the filters appear on the page.
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Cards layout: choose how the news cards are arranged.
- Grid to show Articles as cards in columns, or Row to show each Article in a row with the image next to the text.
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Filters position: choose where the filters appear.
- Top bar to place the filters above the news cards, or Sidebar (desktop only) to place them in a column next to the news cards on desktop screens.
- "Apply filter" button label: enter the text for the button visitors select to apply their filter choices. The default text is Apply filter.
Tag filter
The Tag filter settings control whether visitors can filter Articles by tag and which tags are available.
- Display tag filter: select Show to display the tag filter or Hidden to hide it.
- Tag selection: select All tags to make every tag available in the filter, or Specific tag selection to choose which tags are available.
News cards options
The News cards options control what each news card shows and how visitors open the full Article.
- Image visibility: select Show or Hidden to display or hide the Article image on each card.
- Tags visibility: select Show or Hidden to display or hide the Article tags on each card.
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Read more interaction: select how visitors open an Article:
- Link: a text link on the card opens the Article.
- Button: a button on the card opens the Article.
- Clickable news: the whole card opens the Article.
- Action text: enter the text for the link or button. The default text is Read more.
Preview and publish the page
A new News Library page is saved as a draft and is not visible to Newsroom visitors until you publish it. Preview the page first to check the layout and filters.
- Select Preview page to view the page as visitors will see it.
- Select Publish options to publish the page.
Upon publishing the News Library page, all instances of Archive page links will automatically redirect to the News Library and will maintain any applied tag filters. Any searches in the Search Module will also redirect to the News Library, which will display both the visitor's search and all results.