The News Module is your gateway to the promotional workflow of your organization. You post a News article, then share it through bulk email and share it to social media. All will link back to your website, which is where the full News article resides.

NEVER DELETE OLD NEWS. You should be posting new News items instead! The more News items you have, the more text there is on your website as a whole, and the more content for Google and the other search engines to index and link back to you.

So, let's create a News article...

Go to your News page and click the green Create Article button at the top of the page.

The Headline and Synopsis

The most important element of any news story is the headline. It is what catches the reader's eye, and invites them in to read more about it. The syopsis is a supporting statement that expands on the headline text.

Every RocketFusion website starts out with a News Category called "General News." This category can be renamed by mousing-over the orange Manage button and clicking Manage This Category. Once there, you can click into the category name field and change it. Save Changes.

Leave Display set to No for now, so you have time to edit the full article in the next step.

Editing Your News Text

As with any Page or Calendar item, or just about any other module that has text, you can now type in your news text in the Page Editor. For more info on tips and tricks with the Page Editor, view this article (coming soon).

When done editing, click the red Save Changes button. READ WHAT YOU WROTE, then click the red Edit button to go back in and fix any errors or omissions.

When that's done, READ WHAT YOU WROTE, AGAIN.

This cannot be stressed enough. Sure, you can have errors on your regular Pages on the website, but News items are typically the first step in broadcasting, marketing, sharing from your site. The text on this page will be delivered to potentially thousands of people, and will no longer be viewed only on your website. If it's been emailed out and there's a mistake in the text, you cannot edit what's already in someone's inbox.

When you're ready to share this News item, save the article and then mouse-over the "Share" button at the top of the page. You'll see a drop-down with options. Read more here: