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Stories

Add stories to your group to share on the Emory & Henry Website or get shared stories to add to your pages. 

Adding Stories

  1. From the Dashboard, click the Stories tab.

  2. If you are creating a new story, click the blue + Add new. 

  3. Fill out the form with the relevant information for your story. A title and summary are required.

  4. Click Save when finished. You can also click Save and Go to Story for a preview that will open in a new tab.

Making Stories Live

  • Unless changed, the default for stories is hidden.

  • Click Hidden and change to Live, or when creating your story, you have the option to make the story Live as well.

Images

  • It’s best practice to add an image to a story.

  • You can always check for shared images in the CMS if you don’t have one in your group.

  • You can also choose to attach a gallery to the story. Make sure to add captions on the gallery images.

Summaries

  • Content entered into the summary appears under the title when widgets pull stories on to a page.

  • Keep summaries brief and do not repeat them in the body copy, this will duplicate on the story page.

Sharing

  • Get the most out of your work by sharing your story with other groups.
  • Enter other groups who might want to post or link to your story as well.
  • You can always suggest to the Homepage group as well!
  • Note that content shared with other groups will be approved by that group’s content manager.

Custom URLs

  • Instead of an automatically generated URL (or web address), you can create an attractive custom URL for your story.
  • Custom URLs are in this format: www.ehc.edu/live/news/examplecustomurl
  • The custom URL feature will be enabled after the story is saved the first time. The generated URL will redirect if a custom URL is created.

Getting Shared Stories

Did you see a story that was written on the website and you’d like to add it to your webpage? Here is how you can add already written, shared stories to your page.

  1. From the Dashboard, click the Stories tab.

  2. Click on the “Get Shared Stories” option underneath the Stories tab.
  3. Find the story and checkmark the box next to it and click the button “link to checked item”.
  4. Go back to the Stories tab and you should see that it was copied and it will have a “link” icon associated with it.
  5. Make the story live. 

Getting shared stories screenshot with helper visuals.