Claritum allows administrators configure a latest news page which will be presented to customers when they login to the customer portal. Administrators can add separate news articles per portal so specific customer users will see a specific set of news.
The latest news is displayed to the customer as a list of all of the most recent news articles published. Administrators can also setup a ticker where selected news articles will scroll across a section of the page.
Administrators can also customise other existing pages on the customer portal to incorporate the latest news functionality.
Configuring the Latest News page
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To add ‘Latest news’ as a menu option on the customer portal, first an administrator will have to make the page visible    |
Customising the Latest News page
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Administrators can customize the look and feel of the latest news page to match their own style 
  The code for a news ticker or a list of new articles is already setup by default. If you are editing the page you can either keep both options or remove the code for either option that you don't require. You can use the WYSIWYG editor to add your own branding, images or text and format them as required
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Adding Latest News Articles
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Administrators will need to add their own news articles for them to appear on the latest news page. Administrators can add separate news articles per portal so customer users will only see news relevant to them    | Info |
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New Article SettingsPortal - Choose the portal this article should appear on. Begin typing and Claritum will begin suggesting portals Title - The title of the article which will be shown to customer users on the portal. If you are using the slider view option then customers will only see the articles Title Summary - Enter a brief summary of the article. This will be shown to customers if you are using the news list view, customers will see the full article once they click on the news entry Show on ticker - Configure whether this news article appears on the ticker on not Content - This is where the user will actually add the article itself. They can use the WYSIWYG editor to add images or links and they can format the text of the article and this formatting will be reflected in the news article on the customer portal |
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Advanced usage
Administrators can modify the default code for the news ticker or list, administrators can use the following parameters
News Slider
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limit - Number of items to show, maximum is 20 and if the provided number is greater than 20 it will be set to 20 internally. Default: 10 speed - How fast the news will scroll. Default: 4 ticker - Show only ticker news. If set to false will show the latest news. Default: true
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Example Usage {news_slider limit=5 speed=4 ticker=false} |
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News List
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Example Usage {news_list limit=8 ticker=false} |
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