News Plugin

To create "News", you need access rights for this element. Please contact the Typo3 admin of your area.

• To create a news item, click with the mouse on the List module (left column in the backend).
  The system folders in which the news items are located are marked purple-blue, so always work in the list view.
• You enter your new news via +Create record in the system folder.
• Select the type (news, external or internal link).
• Enter headline and teaser (and always set the archive date), save.

• The news view can be structured and designed like a website. Additional content elements are integrated via the 2nd tab "Insert content". Several created elements are displayed one below the other. The"link to page module" button is used to change the page view and thus facilitate the layout arrangement. Grid elements can also be integrated there.
• Note: If you are working with the "link to page module", also insert the text modules there instead of in the first tab "General". This allows you to better control the placement of several content elements.

• Media are first uploaded as usual via the file list (note copyright), then they can be integrated into the news via the 3rd tab "Media". The image display in the news (in list, in detail view or in both views) is set in the "Media" tab.

• The procedure for creating an appointment is initially the same as for a notification (make sure you select the correct folder).
• If an event is to be entered, check the box:"is an event".
  Be sure to enter the event data: start and end date + archive date (usually one day after the event is recommended)

Up to two categories can be selected to additionally specify a notification. Depending on the instance, the use is handled differently, the selection may also be necessary so that messages are inherited upwards, i.e. the message is displayed on several websites (FG, Institute or FB level). From a purely technical point of view, use is optional.

A news item can be activated or deactivated, it can be marked as archived and it can be timed (settings e.g. under the "Access" tab).

Each subject area has the following three options for entering messages and dates:

1) only at subject area level (for messages that really only concern the subject area);

2) for subject area and Institute

3) for subject area, Institute and the "large" FB02-Infothek.

The same procedure applies at Institute level as at subject area level:

Select whether:

1) Institute only or

2) Institute + FB02 Infothek

The decision for the corresponding folder must be made editorially in advance.

Note: The folders such as "---only subject area---" only serve as headings, do not enter any messages there.

Each subject area has the following three options for entering messages and dates:

1) only at subject area level (for messages that really only concern the subject area);

2) for subject area and subject group

3) for subject area, subject group and the "large" FB05-Infothek.

The same procedure applies at subject group level as at subject area level:

Select whether:

1) specialist group only or

2) specialist group + FB05 Infothek

The decision for the corresponding folder must be made editorially in advance.

Note: The folders such as "---only subject area---" only serve as headings, do not enter any messages there.

The news plugin is implemented on the department page as well as all institutes and subject areas. Various categories are available for selection.

It is not possible to upload news from the Institutes and subject areas to the central FB07 page. If an announcement or an appointment is to be placed on the Faculty page, the departments can contact the Dean's Office by e-mail.

The departments manage their own Infotheques.

If you want a message or an appointment to be displayed on the Faculty level (homepage), please contact Ms. Raatz from the Press Office.

There are folders (except in mathematics) that determine where the respective message or event is displayed. The categories only indicate which genre is involved. The following categories are available for selection:

• Lecture
• Press release
• Personalia
• Conference
• Research
• Study and teaching
• Vacancies
• Events

There are other categories in the system, one for each subject area, but these older categories should no longer be used.

• Please store events and news in corresponding folders, these are subfolders of a "News system folder", so that they should appear on the subject area page.
• To ensure that news and events are also displayed on the Faculty homepage, at least one category must be selected under "Faculty + Faculty homepage", e.g. "Lecture" or "Publication": Lecture or Publication. Uploading then happens automatically (see screenshot)
• In addition, further categories can be selected from the "Additional labels" or "Subject areas/institutions" section. This is not technically necessary, but these categories are displayed for users.
• Institutions and event series also run here under the term "Subject area".
• The Dean's Office is pleased when dates and announcements from the department can also be found on the homepage. The moodle course is usually the most efficient way to advertise student assistants.
• If a category is missing or there are problems with the configuration or no template at all, please contact Andreas Kleinlein (member of staff in the Dean's Office).

The news plugin is initially available to all editors. The categories "Department of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science" and "Faculties" are inherited by the Faculty's central Infothek.

At the department level, the respective editors-in-chief decide how the messages are implemented.

Some Faculties can decide to post a news item for the Faculty only, or for "Faculty and Faculty".

Only the news items that are posted via "Faculty and Faculty" are also inherited up to the Faculty Infothek.

The distribution of the news in the different areas, e.g. research or news or job offers etc. is controlled by the categories.