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The News and Events Tab
The news & events tab provides access to news and event items for your library and community. To view these items, click the news & events tab below the library logo area or click the News & Events link in the navigation portlet.
Plinkit’s news and event features allow Plinkit Editors to create news items and event announcements that can be displayed conveniently in the news portlet, the upcoming events portlet, the calendar portlet, and a special Library Calendar.
Because news and event items are specific to your
library and are time-sensitive, they cannot be pre-populated by your
Plinkit Administrator. However, your Plinkit Administrator may have
included sample news and event items on your site so that the news
portlet and the upcoming events portlet would be visible. You should
delete these sample items and create your own news and event items, as
described in
Creating and Managing News Items and
Adding Events to the Library Calendar.
The news & events tab provides one way for public users to
access the news and event items you add to your Plinkit site. The basic
components of the news & events tab include:
1. News portlet: Displays links to the most current library news items. This portlet is only displayed if current, published news items exist in the site. When you first gain access to your library site, it may include a sample published news item, which you should remove or update.
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Note: When you create a news item, you specify a date range during which the item should be considered “current” and be displayed. If today’s date falls between the effective date and expiration date defined for a news item, the item appears in the news portlet. |
2. Newspaper icon and News and Announcement link: Open a list all of the current news items, including brief summaries and links to the full items.
3. Calendar icon and Library Calendar link: Open the Library Calendar, which displays all current library events (see The Library Calendar).
4. Location & hours portlet: Provides fields for displaying your library’s location, phone number, and operating hours. Initially, this portlet contains meaningless placeholder text. You should replace this “dummy” text with library-specific information as soon as you gain access to your site (see Posting Your Library’s Location Hours and Phone Number).
5. Calendar portlet: Displays a calendar for the current month, with the current date outlined. Dates for which library event announcements exist are highlighted with a differently colored background and bold numbers. Holding the mouse pointer over a highlighted date displays basic event information. Clicking a date reveals more details about all scheduled events for that date.
6. Upcoming events portlet: Displays a list of upcoming library events. Clicking any event in the list displays more detailed information about the event. This portlet is only displayed if future library event items exist in the site. When you first gain access to your library site, it may include a sample published library event, which you should remove or update.
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Note: You can use Smart Folders to create sub-categories of news and event items that can be displayed or searched as a group. For example, you could create a Smart Folder that “collects” and displays all of the scheduled movie events for your library. For more information, see Using Smart Folders to Group Related Information. |