Kinds of Articles

The Article Application has three kinds of articles. When adding a new article, an editor chooses one of these from the drop-down menu Kinds in the Basic Content section. 

Long-time users of CHSSWeb may remember that we used to have several kinds of news briefs. Those were replaced by article categorization in July of 2019. 

Full (News) Articles 

Full news articles are for news stories. Full articles: 

• Require a thumbnail image. The editor can upload a new thumbnail image, or a default image will appear with the article listing.
• Can be Featured to appear on the site's homepage.
• Can have a full separate page for the story. 

News Briefs 

News briefs provide editors with a way to add news articles quickly without the need for finding an image or writing a story. News briefs: 

• Don't require a thumbnail. If no thumbnail is uploaded, a default image will appear with the article listing.
• Appear below the featured full articles, if your website is set up for these, on the homepage.  
• Are articles created as Headlines. 

When creating a News Brief, if an URL is provided, the listing will link directly to that URL. 

Special 

Special articles appear in the marquee. In all other ways, Special articles behave just like a Full article. Find out more about managing your site’s Marquee.