News Story

Example

This is what the DTP - News Story content type looks like:

Carl Frampton supports men’s mental health campaign at Queen’s

HEALTH | 23 March, 2022

Belfast boxer Carl Frampton is supporting a men’s mental health campaign at Queen’s University Belfast, which has been launched during a week of wellbeing activities and discussion.

Overview

The 'DTP - News Story' content type should be for local and university wide news articles and stories - including photos/videos, links to related academics and rich metadata for sharing.

General Guidance

Please use the following information to help ensure that you are using this content type correctly:

Some of the fields have character limits as defined in the form field guidance below. Please ensure you are aware of these before planning out content using this content type.
Imagery
- Try and use images that enhance the News Story - if no suitable image is found leave the image field empty rather than using generic imagery.
- Images should be correctly sized and optmised for the web. For users that do not have access to Adobe Photoshop or a similar image editing resource, we would recommend the use of PIXLR, a free online image editing platform. This platform can be used to resize and optimise images.
Links
- To link to a specific section on your website use a Section Link. The CMS automatically remembers section links, even if you need to move the linked section when restructuring or reorganising content on your website.
- To link to a specific piece of content on your website, use a Content Link. As with section links, the CMS will automatically remember the content link, even if the content is moved to another location on your website.
- When linking to an external website or resource, then use a Web Address. The full URL of the website or resource is required i.e. https://www.qub.ac.uk. Please note that the majority of websites published via the CMS are now accessed over HTTPS only.

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)
- You can use the SEO Friendly URL content type field to make the news story url more search engine friendly e.g. https://www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/2022/researchers-discover-how-amphibians-differ-in-caring-for-their-young.html. Each word should be separated by a hyphen and typed in lowercase.
- The Metadata / Tags, Category, Department and Research Theme fields should all help provide enhanced information for SEO.

Accessibility Guidance

Please use the following guidance to help make sure your content adheres to accessibility regulations:

Do not add HTML elements such as span, div, h1 or otherwise to any of the form elements to change the structure of the content type. Either you will be asked to remove it, or it will be removed by the Web Support Team.
Do not add any CSS styling or selectors to any of the form elements to change the display of the content added to the content type. Either you will be asked to remove it, or it will be removed by the Web Support Team.

Form Field Guidance

Please use the following information to help you use this Content Type effectively:

DTP - News Story
Name	Description	Size	Type	Required
Name	The name of the piece of content	80 Characters	plain text	true
Image	Resize and crop the image to suit before upload. Image size is 1600 x 747px. Always use keyword optimised image alt text with keyword term.	2048 Kilobytes	Media	false
Image Caption		800 Characters	plain text	false
Video Embed Code	Video appears on full news article in place of large image	300 Characters	plain text	false
Short Subheading	Defaults to "Latest News"	45 Characters	plain text	false
Heading	Main news title. Limited to 100 characters	100 Characters	plain text	true
Introduction	Summary feature copy, which will appear in summary listings	250 Characters	plain text	false
Text	Main news story text. Images, tweets and videos can also be embedded.	35000 Characters	HTML	true
Date	Date of news story	100 Characters	Date	false
Contact information	Contact information for queries	1200 Characters	HTML	false
Subject/Key Person - Name		80 Characters	plain text	false
Subject/Key Person - Title/Department		100 Characters	plain text	false
Subject/Key Person - Image		2048 Kilobytes	Media	false
Subject/Key Person - Link	e.g. Pure profile	200 Characters	plain text	false
Metadata / Tags	Comma separated keywords	200 Characters	plain text	false
Market / Region		2048 Characters	Multiple Select	false
Country		2048 Characters	Multiple Select	false
Audience		2048 Characters	Multiple Select	false
Department		2048 Characters	Multiple Select	false
Category	Please select a maximum of 3; hold CTRL to multi select	2048 Characters	Multiple Select	false
Thought Leader		2048 Characters	Multiple Select	false
Research Theme		80 Characters	Multi-select List	false
SEO Friendly URL	Hyphen separated SEO friendly version of the url	200 Characters	plain text	false