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- Click 鈥淪ubmit News鈥
- Enter the article鈥檚 Headline (1), Summary (2) and write the article in the Body section (3).
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- Select people who are featured in the article by typing the name of the person you would like to tag. This will cause the article to appear in the newsfeed of their directory profile.
- You may save a draft (1) of the article, preview (2) the article or submit (3) the article for publication.
Adding an Image
- Images are inserted into the body of the article using the 鈥淎dd Media鈥 button under the Body section of the Submit News page.
- After clicking the button, drop a file or files anywhere to upload, or select a file from a specific location on your computer.
- If you have previously uploaded an image, you may select it from the Media Library.
- Add details to the image, including a full caption and alt text.
- Select the alignment for the image, and the image size, and click 鈥淚nsert into article.鈥澛Images should be large enough to fill the entire block of text in the center or be aligned to the left or right with the text wrapped.
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- Drop a file anywhere on the page to upload or select an image from the Media Library.
- Click 鈥淚nsert into article鈥
- The thumbnail image will display as it will appear once published. If the article displays incorrectly or crops out important portions of the image, use an image editor to crop the image to a 4:3 ratio, and re-upload the image.
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