What's inside this article:
- What is a Feature story?
- Complete required settings
- Add a Main image
- Add text content
- Add embedded items
- Assign authors
- Manage General settings
- Use the preview
- Further recommendations
What is a Feature story?
Feature stories are intended for visual story telling and often include large amounts of visual content, such as images, videos, and infographics.
The main differences between a Feature story and an Article are as follows:
- A Feature story has a full-size Main image that covers the full page width.
- When you add embedded items into the body of a Feature story, more size options are available. For example, embed a full-size image that covers the full page width. Extra size options are available for the following embedded items:
- Image
- Photo gallery
- Slider gallery
- Video
- A Region is never displayed on the right side of the published Feature story page. This creates a cleaner look, emphasizing the main content.
Complete required settings
To create a new Feature story, click New > Content > Feature story in the top menu.
The Editor screen contains all the required settings. You must complete the required settings below before saving the Feature story:
- (A): Click Select content to choose a Main image for the Feature story.
- (B): Click Select category and assign the Feature story to at least one category.
- (C): Enter a title in the Add title... box.
- (D): Add the content for the Feature story.
The status controls when the Feature story is available on the public website. Manage the status using the drop-down menu at the top of the screen. For more information, see the following article:
Add a Main image
The Main image is displayed at the top of the published Feature story page. If you do not add separate Website teaser and Social media images, the Main image is also used by default to promote the Feature story on the public website and via social media.
It is possible to add the following items as the Main image for a Feature story:
- Internal images: Images uploaded by Pangea CMS users.
- External images: Images from external agencies - Reuters and AP (Associated Press).
- Loop videos: Loop videos created by your own website. A Loop video is a short video that plays on repeat with no sound.
To add a Main image:
- Click Select content on the Editor screen.
- The Attach dialog appears. Follow the relevant step, depending on your chosen Main image:
- Internal image: Ensure Images > Internal is selected.
- External image: Select Images > External.
- Loop video: Select Content.
- Internal image: Ensure Images > Internal is selected.
- Optionally adjust the additional search filters in the left panel, and click Search to refresh the search results.
- Click + Attach (the plus icon) next to the item you want to use as the Main image.
The item is added as the Main image.
If necessary, click the Crop the image icon to crop the image. When cropping the image, the optimal 16:9 aspect ratio is automatically maintained to ensure the image is properly displayed..
The Main image caption is available directly below the image on the Editor screen. You can remove or edit the caption.
Add text content
Click inside the text box on the Editor screen to start adding the text content for the Feature story.
Use the CKEditor bar to format the text. For example, add links, lists, headers, quotes, and more.
For detailed information about the available options, see the following article:
You can also paste text content directly into the box. The following options are available:
- Standard paste: All supported formatting is kept in the pasted text. This option is useful for pasting text you have created in a third-party word processor, such as Microsoft Word.
- Paste as plain text: All formatting is removed in the pasted text. This option is useful for pasting text that includes unwanted formatting, such as text from websites.
For detailed information, see the following article:
Add embedded items
As well as text, the Feature story body can include embedded items. The following options are available:
- Images: Embed images uploaded by Pangea CMS users or from external agencies (Reuters and AP).
- See Also links: Embed rich links to content pages created by your own website.
- Content items: Directly embed certain visual content items created by your own website (Videos, Audio clips, and more).
- External media: Embed supported external media items (Tweets, Facebook posts, YouTube videos, and more).
- Maps: Embed a map highlighting a specific location.
Click the Insert Embed Content icon to add an embedded item into the Feature story body.
For instructions, see the following articles:
- Embedding images
- Embedding See Also links
- Embedding content items
- Embedding external media
- Embedding maps
When you embed any Image into a Feature story, you have extra size options that are not available for other content pages. On the Attach dialog, use the Size drop-down menu to choose from the following:
- Small
- Large
- Jumbo
- Full Size
When you embed a Photo Gallery, Slider gallery, or Video into a Feature story, you can choose from the following size options:
- Large
- Jumbo
Assign authors
The names of assigned authors are displayed at the top of the published Feature story page. If the Highlight Author setting is enabled in the author settings, a short description of each author is also visible below the content.
You can only assign an author who is already on the Authors list for your website. To add a new author, click Upload > Author at the top of the screen.
For detailed instructions, see the following article:
To assign one or more authors to the Feature story:
- Click Add Author on the Editor screen.
- Click inside the text box to see a list of the available authors for your website. Start typing a name to narrow the list. If a separate English Name is provided in the author settings, you can also search for this name.
- Select each author you want to add. Click Save to confirm your choice.
The authors are now assigned to the Feature story.
Manage General settings
Click General in the left panel to manage the following settings:
- Status: Adjust the status of the Feature story.
- Publication date & time: Adjust the publication date and time that is displayed at the top of the Feature story. Optionally schedule publication.
- Last update: Specify when the Feature story was last updated. If filled, the information is visible on the public website.
- Title: Adjust the title of the Feature story.
- Introduction: Enter a brief introductory text. Tick Display introduction to make the introduction visible on the published Feature story page.
- URL Slug: Enter a text string that is added to the URL and enhances visibility via search engines.
- Priority: Assign priority to temporarily pin the Feature story to the top of lists on the public website.
- Main image: Adjust the Main image.
- Main image caption: Edit the text displayed below the Main image on the published Feature story page.
- Main image description: Review the internal description for the Main image (not visible on the public website).
- Categories: Adjust which categories the Feature story is assigned to.
- Dateline: Add information to provide context for the Feature story. For example, state where the story occurred (appears before the content on the published Feature story page).
Use the preview
If the status of the Feature story is Published, click Live site at the top of the screen to open the Feature story on the public website.
Regardless of the status, you can use the options under Preview in the left panel to check how the Feature story will look on devices with different screen sizes (desktop, tablet, or mobile).
Further recommendations
This article contains information about the most important settings for creating a Feature story. For information about other options on the Feature story edit screen, see the following articles:
- Adding Website teaser settings
- Adding Social media settings
- Automatic distribution to social media
- Moderating comments using Disqus
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