Live News

The Live News module allows you to publish real-time updates in your newsroom. It is ideal for crisis communication, event coverage, or any situation where you need to share short, timely updates with your audience. A Live News module can be added to a Newsroom homepage or any Article or Custom Page.

Contents:

• Add the Live News Module
• Create a New Topic
• Add a message (update)
• Delete a message
• Manage Topics

Add the Live News Module

1. Go to the Newsroom homepage or to a page where you want to add a Live News Module.
2. Go to the Modules menu on the left of the page and click Live News.
   
3. In Live News, click Add Module if you haven’t created any topics yet. If you do have topics, you will see two options:
   1. New Topic: Create a new Live News stream.
   2. Existing Topic: Connect the module to an existing stream of updates.

Create a New Topic

1. Select Create new topic.
2. Enter a topic name in the input field.
3. Click Save.

Your new topic will now be available to publish updates.

Use an Existing Topic

If you already have Live News topics, you can reuse them:

1. Select and existing topic from the dropdown.
2. Click Save to confirm.

After creating your topic, you'll be taken to the Topic editor. Here you have the overview of messages, add new messages to the topic, and switch to different topics.

Add a message (update)

1. Click “Add message” in the Topic editor, this will take you to the Message editor.

2. In the Message editor, complete the fields and options:

   

   1. Title. Enter a title for your update. Check the box Show title in the newsroom if you want the title to be visible for readers.
   2. Message. Write the body of your update.
   3. Featured Image. Click Add featured image to upload an image. The image will be displayed prominently with the update.
   4. Date & Time. Select the publication date and time for the message.
   5. Pin Message to Top. Check the box Pin Message to Top to keep the update at the top of the feed. To unpin, click the Pin icon again.
      Useful for critical or high-priority announcements.
      
   6. Link. Add a link to a(n) (article) page from the newsroom or copy paste an external link, to direct readers to.
3. Click Save to publish the update to your newsroom.
4. Once saved, the update will appear in the Timeline section below the editor, showing the topic name, date, and time of publication.

The update is immediately published to your newsroom.

Edit or delete a message

1. Hover over the message.
2. Click the cross icon to delete a message. The update will be permanently removed from the topic.
3. Click the pencil to edit a message

Manage Topics

Switch topics

To change the visible topic on the Newsroom or Page:

1. Open the Topic editor.
2. The topic title is displayed at the top of the editor. Click the chevron icon next to the title to open up a drop-down menu.
3. Select the option Change topic to choose from another topic to switch to. This will make the selected topic visible to the visitors and hide the previous topic.

Rename or remove a topic

1. In the Topic editor click Manage topics (top-right).

   In Manage topics you can see a list of created Topics, number of messages, and last updated date.

2. Click Add Topic to create a new Live News stream.
3. Options (three dots): Hover over a topic and click the options, use the menu to rename or remove a topic. 
   Deleting a topic will also delete all messages associated with it.