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Maryland Digital Playbook

News Page

How to use a News Page

A News Page highlights press releases, news updates, and time-sensitive information. 

A News Listing page displays News items in a searchable, filterable list. Visitors can filter content by keywords, dates, topics, departments, or audience. See an example of of News Listing Page. 

Learn more about Listing Pages.

Watch: How to Create a News Item

See how to create a News Page on your website.

Example: News Release

Available Page Components

Customize a News Page to your needs with the following Page Components: 

  • Text Editor
  • Accordion
  • Promo
  • Video Promo
  • Link Collection
  • Visual Link Collection
  • Highlight

The following Page Component cannot be used on a News Page:

  • Callout

Learn more about components in the Page Components section.

Required fields

News Page required fields

1. Title - 75 characters max

The Title appears at the top of every page. If the news title is very long, consider shortening it and using the short title field. 

2. Summary - 160 characters max

The Summary (also called a meta description) provides a short description of the page for search results, social media, or assistive technology. The Summary does not appear on the page.

When creating a Summary, be concise and describe what visitors will find on the page. For a news release, using and adapting the opening sentence is a good idea.

3. Body - unlimited characters

The Body is where you can add content and flexible Page Components that will appear on the page. 

Add and format content using the editor toolbar

Optional fields

1. Short Title - 35 characters max

Use the Short Title when the Title is longer than 75 characters and you’d like a shorter label to show in the breadcrumbs and side navigation menus. Often, the news titles are long, work with the agency to shorten them.

2. Featured image

A Featured Image can be included at the top of the page. 

  • The image should be meaningful.
  • Don’t use logos, branding, or images with overlaid text.
  • The image size is 298x397 pixels (3:4 aspect ratio). 

3. Description

  • Up to 250 characters
  • Appears in listing pages
  • Does not appear on the news item page itself

4. Contacts and related links

You can add:

  • A contact section heading
  • One or more related contacts
  • Add up to 5 related links

Select Add another item to include additional contacts or related links.

 

5. Related files

You can add up to 20 files.

6. Add taxonomy terms

Taxonomy terms help organize and filter news content.

These terms do not appear on the page, but they help visitors find content.

You can add:

  • Topics
  • News type
    • Press Release
    • Announcement
    • Newsletter
  • Division or section
  • Agency-specific terms

Changing the date of a News Release

To use a different date than the date the News Release was created:

  1. Open the Authoring Information section on the right side of the page.
  2. Update the Authored on date to the official release date of the news item.
  3. Save the page to apply the changes.
How to change the date for a news release

The news header will now display the date of the news release. 

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