News

Features

• An entry has a headline, a short text for the feed and RSS, the full text, a cover image from the media library, a section, its own SEO fields and a no-index option.
• Scheduled publishing: an entry dated in the future goes live on its own. Editing a published entry does not change its date.
• Pinning to the top of the feed, version history with restore to any version, and the bin.
• Translations of entries and sections: the language switcher leads to the same entry, and hreflang links go into the page head and the sitemap.
• A monthly archive and seven entry address formats to choose from.
• In the admin panel: an overview with scheduled entries, filters and bulk actions.
• Entries are included in site search and the sitemap. An empty feed can be filled with sample content.

Settings

In the admin panel: News → Settings:

• Show on the home page and Entries on the home page (1–12, default 3).
• Entries in the sidebar block — for the sidebar, default 5.
• Entries per page — 1–100, default 10.
• Show the author.
• RSS channel — enables /news/rss.

The address format is set in Settings → Page addresses. To make the feed the home page, use Settings → General → What to show on the front page.

Permissions

• View news — see the section in the admin panel.
• Create news — write entries.
• Edit news — change, publish and pin entries.
• Delete news — move entries to the bin.
• Manage sections.

On installation, administrators and editors get all permissions; moderators get view access only.

On the site

Addresses: /news (the feed; visitors choose the sort order), /news/category/name, /news/archive/year and /news/archive/year/month, /news/rss. The «News» item appears in the menu automatically. Blocks: «Feed on the home page», «Latest news» in the sidebar (everywhere except the home page), and «Archive» in the sidebar within the section.

Installation and removal

Installation creates the news and news_categories tables and a «General» section. Removing the module with its data drops both tables along with the module's permissions and settings. Cover image files stay in the media library.