Publish a Newsletter Issue

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago

A Newsletter Issue is a collection of news items, classified into sections that display on a single URL. This URL is emailed to contacts via an email campaign.

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Create an Issue:

Issue Reference: The Title of your Issue (eg Week 2, Term 3 2019).
Slug: This is what the url of your newsletter will. It is used for public viewing (eg week-2-term-3-2019).
Newsletter submission cut-off date: The date items by users need to be submitted by. Admins can submit at any time.
Newsletter submission cut-off time: The time items by users need to be submitted by. Admins can submit at any time.
Issue Hero Image: If you design requires a featured image each issue, this is where to upload a high resolution version (eg at least 2000px wide). Our system will make an optimised version.
Layout: If you have multiple layouts available, these will be available, Speak to your designer if you need more layouts.
PDF attachment: If you have a PDF download attachment in your design (eg a separate newsletter exported as a PDF), this is where to upload it.
Enabled: Check this box to add a 'enabled' flag to your json file. This can be used by your developer to publish your link on a website or inside an app.

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Set your Audience: For those that give users access to the PortalHQ Dashboard, this feature allows you to only publish to selected audiences.

Publish to staff
Publish to students
Publish to parents

Feature Boxes: If you add custom scripts or your layout requires you to use these feature boxes, your designer will let you know.

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Manage Sections:

This is where you create your Newsletter Sections and give them a weight. The lower the number, the higher to the top. As items are assigned to a section, that section is activated in the Newsletter. You will generally have different sections for different layouts.

Non-archived / Archived Issues:

These feature allows you to tidy up your list of Issues if you have created many and find them hard to manage.

All News Items:

This is a helpful feature that allows you to search for any news items.

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