News and Events

The News and Events component is great to showcase department-specific news articles and upcoming events.

1. Select "News and Events" as the Row Type
2. In the "News and Events" group:
   1. Events:
      1. Headline: Enter a headline for your events
      2. Background Color: Select the background color for the event items
      3. Select where to pull events from: Choose whether to pull events from an RSS feed, manually add events, or pull from the events module (only if you are currently using the module)
         1. RSS Feed: Select the RSS feed block to pull events from.
            1. Create RSS Feed Block
         2. Manually add events:
            1. Event Name: Enter the name of the event
            2. Event Date: Enter the date of the event
            3. Add events by clicking the “+” sign at the top right corner. Remove events by clicking the “x” sign at the top right corner. Events can also be rearranged by dragging them around at the top right corner or using the navigation arrows.
   2. News:
      1. Headline: Enter a headline for your news
      2. Featured Article: 
         1. Select type of news article: Choose whether the article is internal (within Cascade, using the News module) or external (outside of Cascade)
            1. External: 
               1. Title: Enter the title of the article
               2. Description: Enter a description for the article
               3. Image: Select whether the image is internal (within Cascade) or external (outside of Cascade)
                  1. Internal: Select the article image using the image file chooser
                  2. External: Enter the full URL of the image
               4. Link: Add the link to the article
            2. Internal:
               1. Select the news article from within Cascade
         2. Add articles by clicking the “+” sign at the top right corner. Remove articles by clicking the “x” sign at the top right corner. Articles can also be rearranged by dragging them around at the top right corner or using the navigation arrows.
   3. Click Preview Draft > Submit

It is recommended to setup auto-publishing for pages that have RSS feeds. This is because the page must be republished to show any changes in the RSS feed. 

Pages can be published on a specified set schedule through Publish Sets. Please see Publish Sets to setup auto-publishing.