What's inside this article:
- Basic information
- Create an author
- Add authors to a text content page
- Add authors to a content page
- Assign contributors
- Learn more
Basic information
This article explains how to add one or more authors to a content page.
Consistently adding authors to content pages helps to demonstrate authority and build trust with your audience. For all content page types, the author names are visible at the top of the published content page. By default, each name functions as a link to the author bio page.
On text content pages, a highlight box for each author might also be displayed below the content. Highlight boxes let you showcase the experience and expertise of your content creators. You can enable or disable this functionality for an individual author from the author settings in Pangea CMS.
Highlight boxes are displayed on the following text content pages:
- Article
- Blog
- FactCheck
- Feature
- Feature story
- News
- Transcript
To learn more about the author settings in Pangea CMS, see our dedicated guide:
Create an author
Before you can add an author to a content page, the author must be created under your site in Pangea CMS. It is not possible to use authors from other sites.
To learn how to create an author, see the following article:
Add authors to a text content page
The steps below apply for the following text content page types:
- Article | Blog | Feature | Feature story | News | Transcript
To add one or more authors, select Add authors or the Editor subpage.
Click inside the Authors box and start typing to find a specific author.
You might search for an author using any of the following names:
- Last name
- First name
- Pen name
- English name
Every author has a last name, which is set via the author settings in Pangea CMS. Other variants (such as "pen name") are not provided for every author. For more information about author names, see the following article:
Search for and select every author you want to add to the page. After selecting all the required authors, hit Add.
Your selected author names are now visible on the Editor subpage.
Add authors to a content page
The steps below apply for the following content page types:
Text content:
- Article | Blog | FactCheck | Feature | Feature story | Live blog | News | Transcript
Multimedia content:
- Audio clip | Document | Photo gallery | Slider gallery | Video
Interactive content:
- Static infographics
To add one or more authors, select Authors, contributors in the left panel.
Click inside the Authors box and start typing to find a specific author. You might search for an author using any of the following names:
- First name
- Last name
- Pen name
- English name
Every author has a last name, which is set via the author settings in Pangea CMS. Other variants (such as "pen name") are not provided for every author. For more information about author names, see the following article:
Search for and select every author you want to add to the page.
Assign contributors
NOTE: The information in this section is only valid for RFE/RL websites.
You can assign one or more contributors to a content page. The contributor names are visible internally to RFE/RL payroll. The contributor names are not displayed on the published content page.
Assign contributors via Authors, contributors > Contributors.
Only authors can be assigned as contributors. This means that before you can assign a contributor, the contributor needs to be created as an author. For details, see the following article:
If an author will be used as a contributor, it is important to add a Contributor ID in the author settings.
NOTE: If you need a Contributor ID, contact the RFE/RL Finance Department.
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