CONTENT: Articles & Categories

Open the Articles screen

Select New Article Button

Example shows ARTICLES in the Blog Category.

Sign in

Sign In Module

The Sign in Module in a WYNCHCO Website Design is called Manage Your Account.

It is visible by default on every screen.

But can be hidden if you prefer to be more discrete and display a Sign in Menu Link.

Sign In Menu Link

This is included by default in the Bottom Menu of a WYNCHCO website.

It is hidden by default but can be published if you prefer.

Select Submit an Article

Select Submit an Article from the User Menu.

The Module which displays the User Menu in a WYNCHCO website design is called Manage Your Account.

Content Tab

The Content tab enables you to add/edit text and/or images to an Article.

See below the image for notes about the fields on the right of the Content tab.

Features you can change under the Content tab

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Category

Choose a Category for your Article.

Simply toggle and select another Category to move your Article.

Access

Who can see the Article when published.

Default = Public.

Select Registered Users if you want to hide the category until visitors sign in.

Tags

Content Tags enable you to link Articles to one another in terms of topics.

The same tag can be applied to many different content items across content types (articles, weblinks, newsfeeds, contacts, and categories).

We tell you more about how to use tags in our separate article.

Read more: Content Tags.

Version Note

The Version Note field enables you to add a note relevant to this version of the Article.

Read more: Version History.

Images and Links Tab

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In the above image:

Intro image will be visible in a Blog post above the Read More button.

Full Article Image will be visible when the Read More button is selected.

Default WYNCHCO Website Settings

The Images and Links tab is unpublished globally by default in a WYNCHCO website design.

You can locally publish the Images and Links tab by changing the settings under the Configure Edit Screen tab.

See below.

The tab can also be published globally i.e. for ALL Articles in your website.

Read more: How to locally & globally change the Article Editing Layout.

Reason we choose to hide the Images and Links tab

We prefer to use the (JCE) Content Editor to publish images in Articles.

If you choose to insert an image using the Images and Links tab then you won't be able to edit the image properties using the Content Editor.

Some bloggers may find this tab useful but we blog and we don't!

Options Tab

We hardly ever use the Options tab, preferring instead to control how all Articles in our website are presented using global settings.

Global settings can be changed when you select the OPTIONS button at the top right of the Articles screen.

Publishing Tab

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Use the Publishing tab to determine when an Article will be visible in the Front End of your website.

You can set a Start Date and an End Date.

This may be useful for some users but most will choose not to change these settings.

In which case, the Article will be visible as soon as it is published, providing that it is accessible to the Public (see Content tab).

Meta Description

The Publishing tab also contains one important field which we recommend you use to help boost SEO.

Use it to add a UNIQUE Meta Description to each and every Article in your website (that is accessible to the Public and therefore search bots).

What about Meta Keywords?

The consensus is that adding a Meta Keywords tag to website content no longer adds value for SEO.

So we don't enter keywords in this field.

Configure Edit Screen Tab

In our own website we don't use the Configure Edit Screen tab change the Article Editing Layout.

Reason: we do not employ a large team of website contributors.

If YOU do then you may find this tab useful as it enables you to:

• reduce clutter on screen by hiding editor tabs, and
• prevent contributors from overriding your website's global settings.

Be aware the change you make under the Configure Edit Screen tab will only be applied to the Article you are editing.

How to publish the Images and Links tab

Select YES for the settings shown in the image below:

• Administrator Images and Links,
• Front End Images and Links,

to display an additional editing TAB called IMAGES & LINKS.

Select YES to see the Images and Links tab be displayed (highlighted in the above image).

We show how to change these settings globally for ALL Articles at the following link.

Read more: How to change Article Editing Layout for ALL Articles.