News Solution User Guide
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1. Started with News Solution Activating News Library Feature jews Library list Creating a News Page Creating Editing News Content Adding Web Parts to News Page Page Template Overview Rating and Review Web Part Using News Solution in SharePoint Page list News RSS Feeds RSS Feed Configuration Chapter 3 Technical Support Creating a Chapter 1 Introduction FireArow News Solution offers an easy to use and full manage and display news articles in SharePoint sites It provides multiple news page templates with flexible layouts and styles back end library and content types to manage news articles in your sites It offers an sured news management solution 10 ortless way for editors to create and edit news contents with associated a data information It integrates with rating and review features seamlessly to allow users to rate and comment on the news In addition it provides RSS feed features for users to quickly view top rated news most recent news ete Key Feature List Features News Solution Create and edit news page con content type Sas and properties through customized News Page v Manage news pages through customized N ews Library Tat Provide Tour diferent news page Templates RRR Toregration of rating and review features with news article pages Features highlight as below Allow users to rate based on 1 to 5 rating scale an2. and use the Prev and Next links to browse through comments Post a Reply user can post a reply for a review EdivDelete user can edit or delete a review based on permission set Like Dislike User can like or dislike vote a review or a reply post by thumb up or thumb down Add on web part section allow adding other web parts to the news page Getting Started with News Solution This section describes configuration options and how to configure the news solution for a SharePoint site Activating News Library Feature After the installation you need to active News Library feature under your site in onder to use the News solution features Steps as followed Goto Site settings and click fanage site Features ctivate button to enable news solution A After News Library feature is activated the can be used to create a library list will appear under Library type and Creating a News Library list First you need to create a New Library list to store news pages Click Create List from the Site Action menu of the SharePoint Site Select News Library type enter a name and then click Create to create a news library list Bers otter tows uy A Doce The news library list is a custom list provided by the solution with a custom content type News Page Creating a News Page You c
3. network links Add code snippets Tor social network Tinks i Links this fiela Below sereen shows location of these fields being displayed in a news page Title Article Dat aa Page Image bl ENE 2 Byline Simple Rating Simple Comments deve firir S B Page Content The following property fields will be used in RSS feeds Fields Description Title News article te Rollup Image Rollup image i will be displayed n RSS feeding description section Summary Summary of the news il will be displayed in RSS feeding description section Category Define the category of the news News with the same category will Be grouped depending on the RSS viewer s display style News Expiration Date Ser the expiration date of the news Expired news will nor be included in RSS feed Detail information please refer to News RSS Feed chapter 13 Tile gt Rollup Image Summary gt Frrearrow Advanced RSS Viewer Tep Rated news Congress and signed pta law by President Ulysses Grane on Mar 1 10 Other miscellaneous fields Fields Description Name Name ofthe page file Description Description oF the page He Contact Contact E Mail Address Contact Name Contact Picture Contact information ofthe people in charge of the news Tile News Page Example Bellow is an example of news page You can see a
4. typical news page consists of two major 4 News article section Rating web part section T w texe tee a L News article section Display news article content The layout of this section depends on which template is selected when creating news page Please refer to Adding News Content and Page Template Overview sections for detail information Rating and Review web part section The rating and review web part can be added below article to provide rating and review features associated with this article Please refer to Rating and Review Web Part section for detail information Adding Web Parts to News Page You can add additional web parts to a News page e g rating and review web part RSS Viewer web part etc Click Edit Page to switch into page editing mode to add a web part Ee u B2 poem F aa aca p n m i e te BR eure Yefowstone National Park Overview an ne Bellow sereen shows the news page with the FireArrow Rating and Review web part and Advaneed RSS Viewer web par 16 Yellowstone National Park Overview Taam Fen weese aire U B S g ze Yvan aaiim manam A Tiaoa n Tea Pons lato oe Aene ser Paye E B 12 e gt l e te naa rine b si neee shire Peze serane n Perde ro Page Template Overview FireArrow News Solution provides the following four page templa
5. SS feed Valid values for this parameter are list or web When the scope is set as list the RSS feed will be limited tothe targeted list defined by Tistname parameter When the scope is set as web the RSS feed scope will be all lists under the selected web regardless of the values defined in the listname parameter limit specifies the total numbers of list items returned in the feed The default value is 10 Example of RSS subscription by FireArrow RSS Viewer web part Below is an example of displaying news RSS feed by using FireArrow Advanced RSS viewer web part Firearrow Advanced RSS Viewer Title gt Top Rated News Rating e YalowStone National Park Overview ine Natonal Park establ ed by the US Rollup Congress and sanad ina aw by President L yase image 5 Grant on March 3 anal park enadi nthe U S siae of Wenay estenda nie Montana and aha world and Summary p e of the most popular features of ecosystems but the subalpine Title display information from the Title field isplay overall rating information Rollup image display image from Summary display content from S 24 Chapter 3 Technical Support Please feel free to contact our technical support team when you have any question or encounter any technical difficulty Technical Support support firearrowsoft com Please visit our web site htlp www f rearrowsoft com for a
6. about the configuration options features and how to use the solution ironment In Chapter 2 User amp Administrative Guide User Interfaces Overview This section describes primary user interfaces provided by the News Solution FB News Solton News brary Al Document News Page properties Below the screen presents the interface for editors to create or edit page content and associated properties through New Page properties News Page Below the screen presents the interface of a News page displayed in SharePoint Heading section display head information of the news including News tile o News date Byline Author Overall rating Total of Comments Social network links News Body Section display news content and image Integrated Rating and Review web part section displays all review comments for the news and allow users to write review as well The following features are provided for this section Review summary display overall rating of total ratings of total review comments and rating distribution char o Write review by clicking on Write a Review button the Write a review form will pop up and users can enter their own ratings and reviews Sorting users can sort the comments list by date or rating Filtering users can filter the comments list by rating levels Pagination setting users can define the reviews displayed per page
7. age list the Publishing Feature is enabled after News Solution installation you need to add the News Page content type manually Go to Document Library Settings and select Add from existing site content types under Content Types management section you will be directed to Add content types page Ra w Select FireArrow group and add the News Page for MOSS content type Ern alee ss Carian Tees aon ta Gerger E Page a caste canlen type sete by the Fredo NewS Tie be mast niet type revl dy r ratana ager ker dae aseno hir asaq n kaipaa fre erer Goz Frekmav Now are able to create a News Page from the SharePoint Page list ar U foun sc ae a patem cosets Enter title description URL and select a page layout template from the dropdown list and then create a News page raare i G mun ___waa In Contest Editing For News page in SharePoint Page list you can do n context editing to update the page content a News RSS Feeds The News Solution introduces a new feature allowing integration of news rating results into RSS feeds It provides the capability to subscribe to the news list based on rating information The following four types of RSS feeds are available through the solution 1 Top rated news offers RSS feed of top rated news based on their average rating scores T provides news item
8. an create a news article page in the News Library list created above Click on New Document and select News Page to create a news page custom content type provided by the News solution News Page isa f Qa medin rid _ Dotumen y Discard Check Discussions Recyde Bin Ball ste Content Enter a page name select a page layout and then click Create button to create a news page FireArrow News Solution provides four different page templates For detail discussion of the layout templates please refer to the Page Te ay Semen Nens rate sa av 10 Creating Editing News Content After a News page is created in the list you can enter news content and associated properties through editing News Page properties as below the screen shows News Page Properties Overview The following property fields will be used to construct the information displayed in a news page 2 Fedde Description Tile News article ile Byline Byline of the news Article Date Article date Page Content News contents supports Fich lext editing and HTML code to define customized styles Page Image Mlustration image oF the news Tmage Caption Text displayed below the image Rating and Allow admin to show hide the Overall rating and Total F of comments Review Feature at the Heading section of the page Social Network Display social
9. d write reviews on news pages Automatically calculate and display average rating Display rating summary information overall rating of total ratings of total reviews and rating distribution char Display all ratings and review comments Sort and filter review comments Pagination to browse through review comments Reply to Comments feature Like Dislike votes feature for reviews and replies Diferent styles for display overall rating Options to display overall rating and total of comments along with page For a full list of rating and review features including administrative features please refer to FireArrow Rating and Review Solution User Manual Support adding social network Tinks To news pages Opin To set news expiration date Support adding oiher web pars To news pages lt l lt J lt J lt Oller News RSS Teds Top Rated News Most Rated News Most Recent News and Most Commented News Support integration of News Page feature into SharePoint Pages Tist in 2007 MOSS and 2010 SP environment where publishing feature is enabled lt J Support SharePoint 2007 amp 2010 7 Release Notes The latest product release is version 1 0 About This Guide This guide covers the information you need to install and use the News solution It walks you through the process of installing and activating the solution in your SharePoint addition it describes in detail
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11. s with highest average ratings Most rated news offers RSS feed of most rated news based on total counts of ratings It provides news items with highest rating counts 3 Most commented news offers RSS feed of news with most comments It provides news items with highest total numbers of review comments 4 Most recent news offers RSS feed of most recent news It provides the latest news RSS Feed Configuration This section describes how to configure RSS feed provided by rating solution Feed URI The format of RSS feed URL is hip l lt target web url gt _layouts FireAtrow News RssAccess aspx parameters Below is an example of RSS feed URL http qa firearrowsoft com news _layouta FiroArrow News RasAccess asp typ wedlistname news ibyaryascopesistalimit S prateckwebname ne Parameters The following parameters are supported in RSS feed URL type specifies the type of RSS feed Valid values for this parameter are toprated mostrated mostcommented mostrecent webname specifies the name of the targeted web listname specifies the name of the targeted list of the RSS subscription It supports aggregated RSS subscription from multiple lists by adding multiple listname parameters in the URL Below is an example of adding multiple lists tp gafrearowsoft com news _layouts Frakerow News Rsshccess aspxtype topratedawebn fre nevstlistname company newsellstname scope specifies the scope of R
12. t FireArrow News Solution User Guide Version 1 0 0 FIREARROW Notice This document is a proprietary product of FireAtrow and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of FireArrow While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained herein FireArrow assumes no liability for errors or omissions No liability is assumed for direct incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this document The copyrighted software that accompanies this document is licensed to the End User for use only in strict accordance with the End User License Agreement which the Licensee should read carefully before commencing use of the software No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted stored in a retrieval system nor translated into any human or computer language any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright owner This document may use fictitious names for purposes of demonstration references to be actual persons companies or organizations are strictly coincidental Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 User amp Administrative Guide User Interfaces Overview Getting
13. tes News page with image on left News page with image on right News page with image at the top News page with image at the bottom 7 News page with image on left News page with image at the top as P News page with image at the bottom Rating and Review Web Part FireArrow News solution integrates with Rating and Review web part to allow user to rate and write reviews for news article pages Ic also allows users to post a reply or do like dislike voting for reviews For detail information on features and configuration options provided by Rating and Review web part please refer to Rating and Review Solution v2 0 Installation and User Guide 19 Using News Solution in SharePoint Page list If you are using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS SPS you can integrate the News Solution with SharePoint Page list To access Page list you need to enable SharePoint Server Publishing feature first Go to Site Settings and click Manage site features you can find the SharePoint Server Publishing feature in the feature list and click the Active button to enable it RE me seen noses mee Mir After the News Solution installation for site that has been originally enabled Publishing Feature News Page content type will automatically added into the content type list You can then create a News Page in P
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