Managing News

Standard workflow

A. Create

1. Open https://pirt.demo.weebpal.com/manage/content/news inside the https://pirt.demo.weebpal.com/manage workspace.
2. Click the + Add new button at the top right.
3. Fill in the fields (see the table below). Required fields are marked *.
4. Click Save as Draft to keep it private, or Save and Publish if you have publish rights (Manager+).
5. The system auto-creates a URL alias (Pathauto) and pushes the entry into the search index.

B. Edit

1. From the https://pirt.demo.weebpal.com/manage/content/news list, use the filters (title, status, category) to find the record.
2. Click the title — or the Edit action under the Operations column.
3. Update the content and click Save. Every save creates a new revision that you can review or roll back from the Revisions tab.

C. Publish / Unpublish

• Editor can only move content to In review (waiting for approval).
• Manager moves content to Published or Archived to remove it from the public site.
• Every status change is written to the activity log.

D. Delete

• Click Delete under the Operations column (Manager+ only).
• Drupal keeps the revision history; hard-delete requires an Administrator.

Fields

Field	Type	Required?	Editor's note
uid (author)	Reference (user)	Yes
status (published flag)	Boolean	No
moderation_state	String	No
title	Text (255)	Yes	Article headline — up to 255 characters; sentence case.
body	Long text + summary	No	Article body — rich text editor; insert images, links, headings.
field_image	Image	No	Hero image — 16:9 aspect ratio, minimum 1600×900px.
field_news_author	String	No	Public byline (may differ from the signed-in user).
field_news_category	Entity reference (taxonomy: news_category)	No	Category — pick from the news_category vocabulary.
field_read_minutes	Integer	No	Estimated reading time (auto-calculated if blank).
field_components	Paragraph reference (multi)	No	Extra content blocks (quote, gallery, callout, …) — drag and drop.
field_aside_callouts	Paragraph reference (multi)	No	Right-side aside boxes (CTA, fact box).
field_hero_alt	string (255)	No	Alt text for the hero image — important for accessibility and SEO.
field_hero_credit	string (255)	No	Photo credit caption (e.g. "Photo: SPREP / Stuart Chape").

House style for news

• Headline: concise, under 70 characters for SEO; avoid SHOUTING IN ALL CAPS.
• Hero image: required; JPG/PNG; under 500 KB after compression.
• Body: short paragraphs (3–5 lines); use H2/H3 to break the article into sections.
• Category: pick exactly one category (create a new term at https://pirt.demo.weebpal.com/manage/content/terms if none fits).

Approval flow

Editor saves → In review → Manager filters the list by "In review" → reads & Publishes (or sends it back).

How News appears on the public site

Editor vs Manager view

The same screen as each role sees it. Click a row to expand.

Editor

Manager