One of the main features of the website is the ability for Team Webmasters to compose and submit news articles throughout the year regarding their team. When a team news article is submitted to the site, the first paragraph of the article will appear on the that team’s home page. A short list of the most recent articles will also appear on the team’s home page, and the full list of all the articles submitted will appear in the News Archive page for the team. Each time an article is read by a website visitor, the website automatically tallies how many times it has been viewed.

Team news articles may also appear on the organization’s home page. A member of the executive will be monitoring all of the team articles and has the ability to mark a particular article as "major news". Once this happens, the article will appear on both the team’s home page as well as the organization’s home page. Also, when an article is submitted, a notification email can automatically be sent to a person or group of people letting them know that a new article is available for viewing on the website.

Whenever a news article has been marked as "major news", it will appear as red text in a News Articles List in the Control Panel.

Each News Article consists of a Title, Author, Contact, Submit Date, First Paragraph, Photo, and The Rest of The Article. Everything but The Rest of The Article is required; however, the Author, Contact, and Submit Date are automatically filled in based on the current date and the contact information of the person submitting the article. The Submit Date can also be changed to some point in the future, and the article will not appear on the website until that date (and time).

Articles are listed on two different pages in the Manage Your Team module of the Control Panel (Dashboard and News, Events, & Accomplishments), but the process for creating / editing / and deleting is the same for both.

How To Submit a New Article

At the top of the list of articles on the Dashboard page or the News, Events, & Accomplishments page will be a "+ New" button.  Click this button to open the News Article Form.  Once the form has fully loaded, type the Title, First Paragraph, and (optionally) the Rest of The Article.  Click Insert to save the new article and close the form.

How To Edit an Existing Article

Hover the mouse over the desired article in the list.  The background colour of the article should change to yellow, which means that double-clicking on that article will open the News Article Form.  Once the form has fully loaded the current information will be shown in each of the boxes.  Make any changes desired and click Update to save the article and close the form.

How To Delete an Existing Article

Clicking the trash can icon next to the desired article in the list will start the process of deleting the article.  A confirmation box will appear asking "Are You Sure?"; clicking "Yes" will delete the article and clicking "No" will not delete the article.  Once an article is deleted is cannot be undone.

How To Change The Image For An Article

Each article submitted to the site will have a default image that is used for that article.  Team Webmasters have the ability to change this image to something else; perhaps a picture of the game or the logo of the opponent.  To change the image, click on the Image Manager icon which is located above the photo in the News Article Form.  This will open the Image Manager and display a list of folders where images are stored for that team.  Navigate through those folders to select an image, or, upload a new one by navigating to the "Articles" folder and then clicking on the Upload tab.  Locate the image on your computer by clicking the Browse... button and then click Upload to transfer the new image to the website.  Once the image has been uploaded, it will be selected.  Click Insert in the bottom right corner of the Image Manager to change the image used for the article.