Adding a home page Announcements and connecting to banner

  1. Login as a Marketing & Communication author > select Shared Services > Marketing & Communications > Add an Article
  1. Give it a name – (This NOT the name display, but for the URL) > Create

  1. At the Article creating page – Enter the title (This is the tile displaying on the site) > Give an Abstract > Upload a Rollup image
  2. Article type – select “Featured Story” (This is the article type display under home page “Announcements”) > Click “Select” > Then “Featured Story” word display in the text box. > Click Ok to save

  1. Fill other information as necessary
  2. Uploading a banner – At the bottom of the article creating page we can upload a banner. This banner will connect to the article and when click on the banner the article will open.

  1. Click on “Browse” to upload the banner

  1. On the selection page select “Banner” under “Site Collection Images” on left nav. You can select an existing image or upload a new image.

  1. If you select an existing image click “Insert”
  2. If you need to upload a new image click on “Click to add new item” > When open the “Adda document” page browse and select the image from your local computer > Click Ok to upload

  1. After adding the new image you can select the same image and click “Insert” then “Ok to save the image to the article
  2. If you need to save the article and complete later, then click “Save” icon on the menu bar.
  1. When completed the article creation then click “Check it in” on the yellow ribbon on the top or “Check in” from the menu bar > Click “Continue” on the pop up window
  1. Now need to click “Publish it” or “submit” for the approval and “Start” when the work flow start.
  1. If you have Approval rights, then you can approve the article by clicking the “Approve” link on the yellow ribbon. Otherwise need to login as Marketing & Communication approver and approve the document. Select the Shared Services > Marketing & Communications > Task Dashboard
  1. Select the article need to approve
  1. Click “Approve” on the work flow. Then this article got approved.
  1. The article needs to display on the home page with the banner. Therefore need to submit again to home page approver and home page approver need to approve.
  2. If you have Author rights, then continue with following steps. Otherwise login as Author again > Shared Services > Marketing &Communications > My submission
  1. From My submission page select “Article & Events” and click on the Article that need to submit for the home page.
  1. When the article open, on the menu bar select “Publish” then select “Submit to home page”
  1. On the request page select “Option2 – Banner” select the start and end dates and click “Start”
  1. Now click the “Publish this draft” on the yellow ribbon and click “Start” to work flow. This will submit to home page approver for approval
  1. If you have Home page approver rights, then you can continue with following steps, otherwise login as home page approver > Resources > Home page tasks >
  1. When open the task dash board click on the article need to approve
  1. On the Home page approval page click “Approve”
  1. Now it will be displayed on the home page after web crawler run, which will take up to 20 minutes.