News
The News tab displays all News articles about the selected Project, such as milestones, releases, or significant changes to the Project. Each item that is submitted will be available to the site administrator, who can select to display it on the home page of the site. You can view articles from the News tab.
Post Date Date the News article was posted.
Summary Summary of who posted the News article and what it is about.
Viewing News Articles
To view a News article:
- Click the News tab within a Project.
- Click the News article you desire to view.
Posted By Name of person posting the News article.
View Select how many News articles you desire to view and click the Change button.
Topic List of topics or threads in news. Refer to Section 10, Forums.
Topic Starter Name of person who began the topic Thread. Refer to Section 10, Forums.
Messages Number of Messages to the original Thread. Refer to Section 10, Forums.
Last Post Date and time of the lasted posted entry. Refer to Section 10, Forums.
Start New Thread
Use the Start New Thread link to add comments or messages to an existing new article.
To Start a New Thread:
- Click the News tab in your project.
- Click the News article you desire to add a comment to.
- Click the Start New Thread button.
- Enter a topic and a message.
- Click Browse to Add new Files as necessary.
- Click the Add button.
Monitoring News
To receive e-mails when a News article is changed:
- Click the News tab in your project.
- Navigate to the News article you desire to monitor.
- Click Monitor news. The link changes to Stop Monitoring and you receive an e-mail whenever the News article changes.
Stopping a News Article Monitor
To end receiving e-mails when a News article has changed:
- Click the News tab in your project.
- Navigate to the News article you desire to end monitoring.
- Click Stop Monitoring. You no longer receive an e-mail when the News article changes. The link changes to Monitor News.