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News List


The news list is one of the more popular nodes used by WebPal CMS users, and as such spurred the development of some new features in 2009 to further highlight its usefulness.

This node features all the standard attributes of a news list - headline, article summary and date, but now has some nifty formatting options due to the development of the RSS Feed node. The use of a newslist in tandem with the RSS Feed node allows you to post recent new items/articles on your homepage without having to update the home page at all.

Learn more about the RSS Feed node here.

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Newslist

Newslist

Newslist



wpNewsList

Manage a list of news articles in a convenient spreadsheet format. This allows you to archive news items, and re-use them throughout the site for maximum exposure.

Where to use this node

Attributes

NameUseValueHelp
namedefaultnewslistThe name of the newslist, used as a reference for a variety of options, most notably the RSS feed. Eg. http://www.myfancydomain.com/_rss/newsfeedname.xml
sortoneofyes, noIf this is set to yes, the news will be sorted by date posted from newest to oldest.
show-date-in-indexoneofyes, noDetermines if the date posted value will appear
date-formatoneoflonger, long, short(no year)longer = Weekday, Month dd, yyyy <br />long = Weekday, Month dd, yyyy<br />long(fr) = Weekday, dd Month yyyy <br />short(no year) = Weekday, Month dd, yyy
designoptionalThe design used on the details page.
printerfriendly-designoptionalThe printer-friendly design used on the details page.
enable-email-to-friendoneofyes, noEnables the email to friend link on the details page.
email-to-friend-pagedefaultemailtofriend.htmlThe location where the email to friend link should go, the default is emailtofriend.html
view-morenews-linkdefaultView the rest of the newsThe text for the link that goes to a page which lists all news items.

Sub Nodes

NameTypeHelp
newswpNewsThe node to populate the newslist

Sample

wpNews

An instance of a news item.

Where to use this node

Attributes

NameUseValueHelp
namerequirednewsThis is the name that represents the individual news item. When a details page is created for the item this will be the URL of the page. Eg. http://www.myfancydomain.com/news/itemname1.html
news-statusoneofcurrent, headline, expiredHeadline will move the item to the top of the list regardless of the date of the item. Expired will hide the item altogether. Current is the standard status.
secure-accessoptionalUsed in tandem with a WebPal DB installation. Add "group" names (comma separated for multiples) to this field to restrict access.

Sub Nodes

NameTypeHelp
headlinewpStringLThe headline of the item.
synopsiswpStringLA short overview of the item used only on the listings page.
datepostedwpDateThe date the item was posted in the format: yyyymmdd
htmlwpHtmlThe full text of the news article.
filewpFileAn instance of a file associated to the article. (Eg. pdf, doc, xls, etc.)
slideshowwpSlideshowV5Allows the use of a unique header/banner image (in conjunction with a slideshow inserted into the design used on the details page) to be associated with individual news items.

Sample