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  • Content created in Syndication will export on a weekly basisabout two hours after publishing.

  • Only create news and events in Syndication that must export to other sites. Make news and events specific to your site directly on your site - this content will not export to other sites (including top-level).

  • All syndicated content must be edited in syndication; edits made within your own site will not update other copies of the content.

  • Never link directly to content in syndication. Double-check the URLs to make sure they do not contain “ondeck.pdx.edu/syndication”; use the URLs that are created when the content is on a PDX.edu site.

  • If syndicated content is imported to your site that you don't want to have displayed on your site, simply un-publish the content on your site. Deleting the content will allow it to be re-imported.

  • You cannot set a focus point for images in Syndication as the focus is not retained when the content imports is imported to your site. Use these dimensions to customize your images before uploading to Syndication:

    • News Article Image: 945 x 520 pixels 

    • Event Image: 455 x 325 pixels

    • Profile Secondary Image: 320 x 223 pixels

  • If a piece of content is syndicated to your site that you do not want to be displayed on your site, simply unpublish it. This will prevent the content from being re-importing in a published view.

Creating and managing news and events

News and events should primarily be built directly on your site unless they’re intended to be shared among other sites. This will ensure they publish promptly for your visitors. If a news article or event needs to be shared to on multiple sites, it can should be created in Syndication. Just be aware that it may take up to a week to export.

Managing news articles

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titleCreate a news article

  1. Log in to your site (or Syndication if you are creating shared content).

  2. Use the admin menu to navigate to "Content  ￫ Add content ￫ News Article"

  3. Complete the form:

    • Article Title: The title of the article. Keep it concise and accurate. 

    • Article Subtitle: Displays below the Article Title in on the News Article itself. This can be used to add more detailed information.

    • Author: Who wrote the article.  

    • Image: Displays at the top of the news article, and in any blocks that feature the article (upcoming news or featured news).  

    • Image Caption: Displays below the image.    

    • Article Body: The actual content of the article. 

    • Related Links: Display below the article text.     

    • Show Featured News: Do not use - this will be deprecated. 

    • Expiry Date: When you want the article to be archived. Required.

    • Tags: Topic based tags visitors can use to filter different articles based on interest. Start typing a tag name and select the correct one from the list of options. Separate tags with commas, if using more than one.  

      • The tags are global for the university using pre-defined terms. View the whole list of tags available on your site by going to "Structure  ￫ Taxonomy ￫ News article tags"

    • Content Hub Tag: This is only applicable if building the news article in Syndication. See “Syndicating news and events” on this page for more information.

    • Scheduling Options: Use if you want to schedule the article to be published in the future. Otherwise, it will go live once you save the article. 

  4. Save the article.

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titleSyndicating news and events
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Only news and events created in Syndication will export to multiple sites (create a syndicated news article - create a syndicated event). Also, syndicated content will only export about once a week.

News and events created in Syndication are imported to different sites using the Content Hub tag. This is a tag added when editing or creating a news article or event in Syndication. Adding this tag to an event or news article made directly on your site will not export it to other sites.

Content Hub Tag: the field labeled “Content Hub Tag” is where you choose the sites that will import the news article or event. Every tag of this sort starts with “AP -” or “CH -”; this tag is invisible to visitors. Select “Add another item” to add multiple tags; separating by commas does not work. Each site has one Content Hub Tag by default.

  • To import content to the main PDX.edu site, you must use the “CH - Top Level” Content Hub tag on that content.

  • To import existing content to your own site, edit the page in Syndication and add your site’s Content Hub tag to the content.

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titleCreate a profile

Step 1: verify Verify the profile doesn’t already exist

  1. Login to Syndication at ondeck.pdx.edu/syndication/login

  2. Use the admin menu to select “Content”.

  3. Search for the person's profile using the Content filter options:

    1. Enter the person's last name in the Title field

    2. Choose "Profile" as the content type

    3. Select "Filter" to search

  4. If no results are found, you can create the profile. If a profile exists for that person, edit the existing profile instead.

Step 2: create Create a new profile

  1. Use the admin menu to navigate to "Content ￫ Add Content ￫ Profile"

  2. Complete the form:

    • Profile Name: Enter the preferred name for the person. This might be their first and last name (i.e. Jane Doe), or their title and first/last name (i.e. Jane Doe, PhD or Dr. Jane Doe). 

    • Profile Username: Enter the person's Odin (not their PSU ID number) then select “tab” on your keyboard. This imports their OAM directory information. 

      • Note: If they area staff/faculty member but their Odin does not work and you cannot find them in the faculty and staff directory, then this person has not have activated their directory entry. They need to login to OAM to edit their directory entry, and select "Enable directory entry" in the warning at the top of the page.

    • Biography: Enter the preferred biography details.

    • Additional Link (optional): Enter a URL and accessible link text to an added resource, such as PDX Scholar. 

    • Content Right Column Image (optional): Add an image that will appear in the right sidebar of the profile. NOTE: the primary profile image pulls from OAM.

    • Department: Start typing in the person's department and select the correct option from the list that appears. This is how the profile will determine which sites to export to.

      • To add more than one department enter the first department then select "Add another item" and enter the next. Separating departments with commas does not work.

  3. Select the checkbox next to "Published".

  4. Save the page.

Any content included in the expandable "PROFILE DETAILS - IF YOU ARE PULLING PROFILE DATA FROM OAM, ANY CONTENT ADDED HERE WILL BE OVERWRITTEN" area is the responsibility of the individual. They manage that content in the Odin Account Manager (OAM). If the person does not have an OAM account, then you can add content to this section.

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