Website articles
Website articles: write and publish articles in the console; they show in the article list and home page news, with featured, scheduling and covers.
What it does
Write and publish articles in the console. Published articles appear in the website's article list, and featured and latest articles also appear in the home page "Fresh news" block.
When to use it
- Publish product updates, announcements or tips.
- Write an article ahead of time and set a future time for it to go live.
- Mark an important article as featured so it comes first on the home page.
Where to configure it
In the console: "Website articles" in the System menu, or the "Website articles" button on the "Website content" page. Viewing needs the system configuration read permission; creating, editing and publishing need the system configuration manage permission.
Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Required |
| Summary | Shown on the article card and used as the search result description |
| Body | Markdown: ## heading, bold, italic, inline code, lists, quotes, links and images; other HTML is shown as text |
| Slug | The article address is /news/<slug>/; lowercase letters, digits and hyphens only, not starting or ending with a hyphen, and unique |
| Category | The article category |
| Tags | Type and press Enter, up to 10 |
| Featured | Featured articles come first on the home page and in the list |
| Publish time | Empty means the time you click "Publish"; a future time schedules the article |
| Cover | The image on the article card |
An article is a draft, published, or scheduled. The filter at the top shows all, published or draft.
Actions
- "Save draft" saves the content without showing it publicly.
- "Preview" opens the article page in the current website theme, including unsaved content.
- After "Publish" the article appears on the website; after "Unpublish" visitors cannot see it and the home page block no longer lists it.
- "Delete" cannot be undone.
Home page "Fresh news"
The home page block takes articles by default: featured first, then the latest, up to 5, with a "View all" link. On the website content page you can change the "News source" from website articles to manual entries.
FAQ
A published article is not on the website
Confirm the website content is published and enabled, then check whether the publish time is in the future; scheduled articles show only when the time arrives.
Saving says the slug is already used
Choose another slug; every article needs a unique one.
It says the article was modified by someone else
Refresh and edit again. When two people edit the same article, the one who saves second gets this message.
Can tenant accounts write articles
Articles belong to the platform website, so only platform administrator accounts manage them.