# News ## expand\_more ## How to work with the News content type The News content type is useful for highlighting news and announcements on your website and for publishing articles and posts. ### Step 1: Create a news item 1. Use the platform menu to navigate to **Content > Add Content > News**. ### Step 2: Add news details Note that a news details page will not display on your website if you opt to link directly to an external URL (as described in Step 3.4, below). 1. Enter the name of the news in the **Title** field. 2. Enter content to display on the news detail page. If you plan to link directly to an external news source you can skip this step. 1. Provide a concise article summary in the **Summary Lede** field. This section appears at the top of the news detail page. 2. Click within the **Body** area. You can add content, images, and quotes within this section (see [Text Editor](/resource/text-editor "Text Editor") for details about using the toolbar and text input area). Add your article or post content in this area. 1. If you would like to add an image within your content, click on the media icon (see [Adding an image](/adding-an-image "Adding an image") for instructions for adding an image using the text editor). 2. Format all of your content and images using the text editor. 3. Add additional components to the news details page by selecting the **Choose component** button in the **Additional Content** section (see [Adding a component](/adding-component "Adding a component") for instructions on how to add a component). Components added to this section will display in the **Bottom Region**, below the news content. 3. Enter the **Publish Date** for the news item. You can use the calendar controls or enter the date manually into the field. Note that **Publish Date** does not affect when the news item is published and available on your website. 4. Add authors to the news item using the autocomplete inputs: 1. **Authors (External)** is for authors who do not have a **Person** profile on your website but are included in the **News Authors** vocabulary. If an author is not included in the **News Authors** vocabulary, select **Create a new author** to create a taxonomy term for the author (see [Managing taxonomies](/managing-taxonomies "Managing taxonomies")). 2. **Authors (Internal)** is for authors who have a **Person** profile on your website. Select their name to link the news item to their **Person** page. ![Screenshot of portion of the News edit screen showing the external and internal authors autocomplete fields, with the Authors (Internal) field menu expanded.](/sites/g/files/omnuum1651/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2024-09/screenshot_add_authors.png?itok=7Sc554ab) Use the **Authors (External)** autocomplete field to add an external author **(1)**, creating a new author if necessary **(2)**. The **Authors (Internal)** autocomplete field **(3)** will link the news item to selected person’s profile on the website (see the [Internal and External Authors](/node/1491) resource for more details).### Step 3: Configure news settings 1. Add images to display in list components, search results, and on the news detail page. 1. Add a **Thumbnail** to display on news lists and search results. To also display the thumbnail image on the news detail page, select **Listing Card and Details Page** from the **Thumbnail Display** menu and add an optional **Caption**. The optimal image size (in pixels) for a thumbnail image is 960 x 540 (see [Image Sizes](/resource/image-sizes-old "Image Sizes") for more details). 2. Add a **Banner Image** to display a full-width image at the top of a page. Recommended size for a banner image is 3840 x 1650 pixels. See [Image Sizes](/resource/image-sizes-old "Image Sizes") for more information. 3. If needed, provide an image description in the **Alt Override** field. This is only necessary if the alternative text supplied with the image in the media library is not suited to the context. 4. Select the **Mark Image as Decorative** checkbox if the image is decorative rather than informative (see [When to add alt text](/resource/when-add-alt-text "When to add alt text") for best practices for providing alternative text). 2. Add a descriptive **Excerpt** to display on news lists and search results. 3. We also recommend assigning taxonomy terms to news, to help filter news lists and search results (see [Taxonomy best practices](/resource/taxonomy-best-practices "Taxonomy Best Practices") and [Managing taxonomies](/managing-taxonomies "Managing taxonomies") for guidance on creating and using taxonomies). 4. To link directly to an external URL rather than a news detail page, enter the full URL for the article in the **Redirect URL** field. 5. The first time you save a news item, we recommend you save as a **Draft** so that you can preview the news and its links before publishing it to your site (see [Publish Status](/resource/publish-status "Publish Status") for details about different publication statuses). --- ## Related how-tos [### Managing taxonomies ](/managing-taxonomies)Create and manage taxonomy structures, including vocabularies and terms. ![Close-up of compartments displaying collections of colorful beetle specimens.](/sites/g/files/omnuum1651/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024-10/thumb_manage_taxonomies.jpg?itok=DJ6NJ1ot) [### Applying taxonomy terms ](/applying-taxonomy-terms)Structuring your content by adding taxonomy terms. ![Closeup of brass chandelier with white globes, viewed from below](/sites/g/files/omnuum1651/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024-03/thumb_taxonomy.jpg?itok=o0ubGJuL) --- ## Learn more about the News content type ### Examples Demo Site See examples of the News content type on the [News and Events landing page](https://drupaldemo.harvardsites.harvard.edu/news-events) of the Department of Rocket Science demo site. ![](/sites/g/files/omnuum1651/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024-12/Firefly%20rocket%20in%20space%209486.jpg?itok=zBGEAUN2) See also:- [ Content Types ](/site-section/content-types) - [ How-tos ](/content-structure/how-tos)