Announcements

The Annoucements extension provides a place where you and your members can post information on your Web site bulletin-board style.

Adding an Announcement

• Sign-in to your netAdventist site.
• Select the Dashboard link at the bottom of the home page.
• Click on the Website Pages tab.
• Select the link for Announcements from the left-hand menu. This will reveal additional announcement options. The default screen is set to the Published screen.
• Next select the Add Announcements button in the top right of the Annoucements screen.
• Fill in the required fields to complete your Announcement entry. Select a publish date and an expiration date. Add content using the editor and set your access level and sharing status in the properties at the bottom.
• Select Save as draft to view it later or select Publish to make it live now. Your new entry will either be moved to the Published or Draft folder under Announcements, depending on what you selected. 
• To see what your announcement looks like in the Draft folder click on the title of your announcement and then the Preview button. A new tab or window will open showing the changes made in a preview screen before it is actually published. There will be a bracketed Exit Preview link on the preview page. Select the Exit Preview link to revert the new window or tab back to the new custom page. The tab or window doesn't close so to continue editing your content in the Dashboard close the new tab or window and return to the original tab.
• When you are ready to Publish or make your announcement go live, select the gold Publish button after previewing the announcement. The announcement will be moved into the Published folder under Announcements.
• Once you no longer wish to display the announcement on your site, you can move it to the Archive folder by selecting the announcement, then clicking on the Archive button. The announcement is moved to the Archive folder in the menu. Or if you want to use the announcement again in the future, return it to the Draft folder by clicking on the Revert to Draft button. It will be saved in the Draft folder under Announcements.
• Any of your site members can enter Announcements on the front end of your site as well. To do this, go to your site's home page and select Announcements from your main menu or click on any existing annoucement you have displayed on your site (you will have to be logged-in to do this). If you haven't added Announcements to your main menu or to your home page template as a widget, you will need to do so before it can be used or displayed. Once you open the Announcements page, select the Submit button at the top the screen. A box will open with a simple editor so that announcements can be entered. When finished, scroll to the bottom and select Save.
• The announcement entered from your site's home page will be posted in the Pending folder under the Announcements menu. Select an announcement article, then approve it by selecting the Approved button in the orange bar.
• Announcement entries can also be added from other netAdventist sites by selecting the Shared link from the drop-down list in the left-hand menu under Announcements. These are announcement entries shared by other sites throughout the netAdventist network. For example, a conference can share its announcements with member churches this way.
• To subscribe to another site's announcement entries, click on the Browse Available Feeds button. Then select the Subscribe link by any of the shared announcement entries. Select Done. The shared announcement(s) you subscribe to will show on your page along with your own local content.