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To add a news item which will be displayed automatically under News, do the following: | To add a news item which will be displayed automatically under News, do the following: | ||
− | < | + | ==Alternative 1== |
− | + | #Go to News in the left-hand navigation pane | |
+ | #Select [[Create_news_item]] | ||
+ | #Fill in the correct data after the newsdate tag <nowiki>[[newsdate::YYYY-MM-YY]]</nowiki>. This tag is essential for the news list to work as expected. | ||
+ | #After editing, save the page. It may take some time for the news list to be updated. To enforce updating, you can use the Purge command: http://heureka.resgeom.slu.se/wiki/index.php?title=Heureka_MediaWiki&action=purge | ||
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+ | ==Alternative 2 (if alt 1 doesn't work)== | ||
+ | #Create the page. The page name will be the news heading. | ||
+ | #Add the following code | ||
<nowiki>[[newsdate::YYYY-MM-YY]].</nowiki> | <nowiki>[[newsdate::YYYY-MM-YY]].</nowiki> | ||
Your text... | Your text... | ||
<nowiki>[[Category:News]]</nowiki> | <nowiki>[[Category:News]]</nowiki> | ||
− | + | After that, same as in 3 and 4 above. | |
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Latest revision as of 10:25, 23 October 2008
To add a news item which will be displayed automatically under News, do the following:
Alternative 1
- Go to News in the left-hand navigation pane
- Select Create_news_item
- Fill in the correct data after the newsdate tag [[newsdate::YYYY-MM-YY]]. This tag is essential for the news list to work as expected.
- After editing, save the page. It may take some time for the news list to be updated. To enforce updating, you can use the Purge command: http://heureka.resgeom.slu.se/wiki/index.php?title=Heureka_MediaWiki&action=purge
Alternative 2 (if alt 1 doesn't work)
- Create the page. The page name will be the news heading.
- Add the following code
[[newsdate::YYYY-MM-YY]]. Your text... [[Category:News]]
After that, same as in 3 and 4 above.