This article explains how to use the Emergency Newsroom (crisis mode) in the platform. Crisis mode allows you to quickly adapt your newsroom during high-pressure situations by redirecting visitors from the Homepage to a page of your choosing, making it immediately visible to your audience. It helps you communicate clearly and efficiently when timing matters most, ensuring that key updates are easy to find while reducing the risk of confusion or outdated information remaining prominent.
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The Emergency Newsroom is an add on. For this feature to be added, contact Support. They can make the necessary arrangements to have this added to your Newsroom.
- Open the Newsroom dropdown in the top navigation and select Homepage.
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In the Newsroom section, click Publish options.
- In Publish Options, you will see the available languages for your Newsroom.
- Click on Advanced options.
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Switch the redirect mode toggle from OFF to ON.
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Confirm enabling the redirect mode by clicking OK.
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Select the Page you want to redirect to from the dropdown. This can be a prepared Crisis page or a Page with Live News (live blogging) enabled, make sure the page is published.
- Once ready click Save to confirm the changes.
- To check if everything is set up correctly. Click View Newsroom to ensure the redirect is enabled and the chosen page visible.