Authors

Within the News functionality in the Govstack content management system (CMS), you are able to create authors, maintain author profiles and attribute news posts to one or more authors.

Create an author

To create an author:

1. Navigate to your 'News' node in the left-hand tree menu under the 'Content' tab in the Govstack back office.
2. Expand the node and select 'Authors'
3. Select 'Create News Author'
4. Enter the name of the Author in the name field at the top of the page
5. Under the 'Content' tab, enter your author's bio. This is a short snippet that will appear on every news post associated with the author
6. Enter the image style you would like use for an image of the author. You can choose the original image style, a 1:1 square, a 1:1 circle, or various ratio-based sizes (width:height)
7. Select the 'Box pad' toggle if you would like to add box padding around the image to fit your chosen style
8. Enter your 'Author image' by selecting the '+' box and choosing an image from a 'Media' folder. You must have already uploaded the image. Search for the image name or select the name of the folder it is located in. Select the image, then click 'Select'
9. If applicable, enter an 'Author page' link by selecting 'Add' next to the 'Author page' field. This page is a personal public-facing page on your current website or on an external website that the author may have previously set up. This link will appear in the author's bio
10. If applicable, enter any social links and icon images for the author, such as their Twitter profile, YouTube profile, LinkedIn profile, or others
11. Select 'Save and publish' when you are finished

Edit an existing author

Once you've added an author, you can make updates to their settings by following these steps:

1. Navigate to your 'News' node in the left-hand tree menu under the 'Content' tab in the Govstack back office. 
2. Expand the node and select the 'Authors'
3. Select the author's name you would like to edit
4. Edit the author's details as necessary
5. Select 'Save and publish' when you are finished

Attribute an author to a News post

You can assign an author to a News post:

1. Navigate to the 'News' node in your left-hand tree menu under the 'Content' tab in the Govstack back office
2. Expand the node and select 'Posts'
3. Select the name of the post you would like to assign the author to
4. In the 'Author' field, select 'Add'
5. Select the author from the list that appears in the slide-out panel.
6. Select 'Submit'
7. Select 'Save and publish'

Unpublish an author

To unpublish an author and remove their name from all associated News, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to your 'News' node in the left-hand tree menu under the 'Content' tab in the Govstack back office 
2. Expand the node and select 'Authors'
3. Select the name of the author you'd like to unpublish
4. Select the arrow beside 'Save and publish'
5. Select 'Unpublish'
6. Select 'Unpublish' again in the pop-up prompt.

Please note

Govstack will alert you of any pages that depend on the author's page. News posts associated with that author will be affected and the author will not be listed on those News items anymore.

Delete an author

If you no longer want to include an author in any news moving forward, you can delete the author from the Govstack CMS. To delete an author, you need to:

1. Navigate to your 'News' node in the left-hand tree menu under the 'Content' tab in the Govstack back office 
2. Expand the node and select the 'Authors'
3. Select the author's box that you would like to delete
4. When highlighted, select 'Delete' in the top menu bar that appears
5. Select 'Yes, delete' when the pop-up prompts you 

This author will no longer be listed on News items and you will no longer be able to assign this author to any new posts.

View an author's posts

To view an author's posts, search for the Author's name in your website's search bar on the public-facing  website. Select their author page (identified by the URL .../news/authors/firstname-lastname/) or:

1. Navigate to the 'News' page on the public-facing website
2. Find an article written by that author in the post listings
3. Select their name in the preview listing for that post