Core Publisher:

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Core Publisher Station Administrator Tools
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Users in Core Publisher
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Log-ins and Passwords

• Where do I log in?

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Log-ins and Passwords

• How do I reset my password?

• Any Station Admin at your station can reset
  your password as well.

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Creating New Users
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Creating New Users
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Creating New Users
Usernames arent front facing, but should be some
combination of first and last name.
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Creating New Users
All new users should be set to Active Status.
Set users to Blocked once they are no longer on
your staff.
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Creating New Users
Select the Role for your new user. Check the
Notify user of new account to email them their
account information.
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Creating New Users User Roles
Roles of Editor
Roles of Station Admin

• Create and edit posts, pages, programs
• Manage content
• Pull content from the NPR API
• Edit Social Media Links
• Manage ads
• Edit Layout Engine blocks
• Create tags and categories

• Create and manage users
• Create and edit posts, pages, programs
• Manage content
• Pull content from the NPR API
• Edit Social Media Links
• Manage ads
• Edit Layout Engine blocks
• Manage Layout Engine templates
• Create tags and categories

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Editing Users

• How do I edit a user?

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Deleting Users

• How do I delete a user?

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Deleting Users

• How do I delete a user?

You have several options for deleting a user. To
ensure that no content is disturbed, select
Disable the account and keep its content.
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Deleting Users

• How do I delete a user?

Checking this box means that the user cannot be
deleted until a confirmation email from the user
is received. We suggest leaving this box
unchecked.
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Deleting Users

• What is the difference between deleting and
  blocking a user?

Blocking a user stops them from being able to log
in, but keeps their account in your system and
doesnt give you any options about their
content. Deleting a user gives you more options,
like the ability to delete the user and their
content, or just disable their account and keep
the content. Blocking a user should be for
temporary account disabling, while deleting a
user should be for permanent account changes.
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Navigating Your Core Publisher Environment
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Core Publisher Vocabulary Table Queue

• Table Queue Term used to describe any queue of
  content that you create and display on your site

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Core Publisher Vocabulary Table Queue

• Anatomy of a Table Queue

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Core Publisher Vocabulary Table Queue

• Anatomy of a Table Queue

Most Table Queues are going to have a checkbox
that you must check to make the block show up on
your site.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary Table Queue

• Anatomy of a Table Queue

Enter the name of a piece of content (Person,
Post, Page or Program) in a blank field to add it
to your Queue.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary Table Queue

• Anatomy of a Table Queue

Typing in a field activates the auto-complete
function, which will generate a list of posts
based on what you are typing. Select the piece of
content that you want to add to the Queue from
this list.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary Table Queue

• Anatomy of a Table Queue

Use the crossed arrows to drag and drop your
content into the desired order and hierarchy.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary Table Queue

• Anatomy of a Table Queue

Make sure to check the Display check box for each
piece of content that you want to show up on your
site. Unchecking the Display box will hide your
content, allowing you to queue it up for the
future.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary Table Queue

• Anatomy of a Table Queue

To add more rows to your queue, enter the number
of desired rows in the Number of rows field and
select Rebuild.
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Navigating your Navigation
Create and manage users
Go to your homepage
Manage content
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Navigating your Navigation
Configure your Most Active Stories block
Manage your right rail ad spaces
Add pages, posts, program, topics, etc.
Search and manage your content
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Navigating your Navigation
Manage your queues (ex. Flexi-Menu, Lead Stories)
Find and publish NPR Content
Edit and manage your categories
Edit and manage your tags
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Navigating your Navigation
Activate your NPR Elections Blog homepage block
Edit your Facebook and Twitter links
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Quick Editing Shortcut in Core Publisher

• When you are logged in to your Core Publisher
  site, rolling over certain blocks will cause a
  gear shaped shortcut icon to appear. Use this to
  get to the edit page for your block.

Rollover your Skyboxes and select the Manage
Queue option to get directly to your Skybox
Manager. The same is true for your Sticky Strip.
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Quick Editing Shortcut in Core Publisher

• When you are logged in to your Core Publisher
  site, rolling over certain blocks will cause a
  gear shaped shortcut icon to appear. Use this to
  get to the edit page for your block.

For stations using the Modular Homepage
Rollover your Program Promo block and select the
Manage Queue option to get directly to your
Program Promo Manager.
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Adding Content in Core Publisher
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Adding Content
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Adding Content Types of Content

• Page a static page, like About Us,
  Employment Opportunities or Spring Pledge
  Drive Information that may be added to your site
  navigation
• Person information about a contributor, staff
  member or host to attach to posts by the byline
• Post a news article or other piece of content
  that includes text and images to display
  information
• Program information about a show that airs on
  your radio station using data from your Composer
  account
• Topic a tool for creating dynamic pages of
  related content using tags

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Adding People in Core Publisher
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Adding Content People

• People are different than Users. They are hosts,
  or content contributors whose bio and other info
  is displayed on your site.

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Adding Content People

• For each person you want to create, gather
• Basic bio (1-2 short paragraphs)
• Their title at your station
• Photograph (try to keep images consistent,
  ideally 4x3)
• Capacity (Role - Host, Staff, Volunteer, etc.)
• Public Contact info (email, Facebook, Twitter,
  Google URLs)
• Core Publisher User Name (if they have one)

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Adding Content People
People I should create
People I dont need to create

• Board of Directors
• Staff Members
• Local Reporters
• Local Show Hosts
• Volunteers
• Editors

• NPR show hosts
• Syndicated show hosts and personalities

Note Syndicated personalities and hosts are
automatically added to your People list.
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Creating People
You can add text and links with some formatting
(bold, italicized, bulleted and numbered lists,
etc) in the Bio field.
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Creating People
Job Title is a custom text field, while Capacity
must be selected. A person can have multiple
Capacities.
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Creating People
Make sure to enter the full URL plus http// for
all Social Media pages.
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Creating People
When you associate a Person with a User in Core
Publisher, all content created by that user will
automatically add their corresponding Person in
the Byline field.
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Creating People
If you want your Person to show up on your site,
check the Publish checkbox before saving.
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Adding Content People

• Publishing a Person on your site also ingests the
  Person in the API, giving it an API ID
• API ID Unique identifier within the Core
  Publisher NPR Digital system that tells the
  system who you are.

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About People in Core Publisher
People show up in two main areas of your site
1 In the People block on your Homepage
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About People in Core Publisher

• 2 On your People page
• http//yourwebsiteURL/people

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About People in Core Publisher People Pages

• Located at http//yourwebsiteURL/people
• Displays list of all of your people, as well as
  your Syndicated People, in tabs
• All People, including Syndicated People, show up
  in your All tab
• Ordered alphabetically by first name

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About People in Core Publisher People Pages

• Located at http//yourwebsiteURL/people
• Displays list of all of your people, as well as
  your Syndicated People, in tabs
• All People, including Syndicated People, show up
  in your All tab
• Ordered alphabetically by first name

Based on the capacities that you assigned each
Person at creation.
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About People in Core Publisher People Pages

• Located at http//yourwebsiteURL/people
• Displays list of all of your people, as well as
  your Syndicated People, in tabs
• All People, including Syndicated People, show up
  in your All tab
• Ordered alphabetically by first name

The Syndicated tab contains all of the People
that are automatically created for each author of
a post that you pull from the NPR API.
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About People in Core Publisher People Block

• Located in the right rail of your homepage
• Displays a selected list of people in an order
  that you define in your queue
• We suggest only adding people to the block that
  have images (preferably portrait)

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About People in Core Publisher People Block
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About People in Core Publisher People Block
Make sure that this checkbox is checked for your
box to show up.
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About People in Core Publisher People Block
You can customize the title of your block.
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About People in Core Publisher People Block
Enter your People in the fields and check the
Publish checkbox.
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About People in Core Publisher People Block
Drag and drop the People into the desired order
using the crossbow icon.
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Adding Pages in Core Publisher
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Adding Content Pages

• Pages are meant for areas of your site that are
  fairly static, like an About Us page. They are
  designed for areas of your site that do not have
  content pieces flowing into them.
• Common Pages you should create
• About Us
• Privacy Policy
• EEO Public File

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Anatomy of a Core Publisher Page
Pages dont have Bylines under the Page title,
unlike Posts.
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Anatomy of a Core Publisher Page
Images are placed at the top of the Page with the
caption and any other information (if applicable)
under it.
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Anatomy of a Core Publisher Page
Image Slideshow If you add multiple images to
a Page, Image 1 of __ will appear under your
main image so that your visitors can scroll
through the images. In Slideshow View, the
images will show up enlarged in a lightbox.
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Anatomy of a Core Publisher Page
Your Right Rail is still visible on your Pages.
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Adding Content Pages

• Whats the difference between a Page and a Post
  in Core Publisher?
• A Page is a static page that provides
  information, while a Post is a news article that
  may be edited or added to.
• A Page will only show up on your site where you
  add it (Flexi Menu, Footer, Sticky Strip, etc.),
  while a Post will be added to your news page and
  homepage news feed.
• Whats the difference between a Platform Page and
  a Core Publisher Page?
• A Page in Core Publisher has a specific design,
  while Platform pages allowed open HTML.

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Creating Pages
You can add text and links with some formatting
(bold, italicized, bulleted and numbered lists,
etc) in the Body field. Use the image icon
to add an image to your page.
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Creating Pages
You can add images to the top of your post.
Multiple images will be displayed in a slideshow.
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Creating Pages
PDFs will be added as attachments at the bottom
of your page.
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Creating Pages Adding Online Videos

• You can easily embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo
  and PBS Cove to your pages.

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Creating Pages Adding Online Videos

• You can easily embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo
  and PBS Cove to your pages.

Step One Choose the video that you want to add
to your page and copy the URL (not the Embed
code).
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Creating Pages Adding Online Videos

• You can easily embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo
  and PBS Cove to your pages.

Step Two Paste the URL into your page body where
you want it to show up.
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Creating Pages Adding Online Videos

• You can easily embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo
  and PBS Cove to your pages.

Step Three Save your page. The video will show
up on your post in a player.
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Adding Content Pages
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Adding Content Pages

• How do I edit a Page?
• When you are logged in to Core Publisher, you
  will see View and Edit tabs for each piece of
  content.
• Go to the Page that you want to edit and select
  the Edit tab.
• Make your changes and re-save your Page.

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Setting up your Navigation
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Building your Navigation in Core Publisher

• How is my navigation set up?
• You can build your menu using our Flexi-Menu
  tablequeue.
• What links should go in my Flexi-Menu?
• Your Flexi-Menu navigation should reflect your
  online strategy. We suggest putting links to your
  program pages, schedules, different content pages
  and support/pledge resources.
• Note Any changes that you make to your
  Flexi-Menu will not be reflected on your Events
  and Quick Pledge pitch pages.

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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu

• How do I navigate to my Flexi-Menu?

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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
In the Title field, enter your menu option.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
In the URL field, enter the full URL of the page
that you are linking to. If you are linking to a
webpage in Core Publisher, you can use the
Relative Link (ex http//www.wtst.org/content/tin
y-desk becomes /content/tiny-desk)
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
Check the Display checkbox to display your fields
in your menu.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
You can create hierarchies in your menu by
selecting the icon and nudging fields
under main headers. Use the crossbow icon to
drag and drop your menu items into the desired
order as well.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
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To add more fields to your menu, enter the number
of desired rows in the Number of rows field and
select Rebuild.
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Setting up your Footer
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Building your Footer in Core Publisher

• How is my footer set up?
• You can build your menu using our Flexi-Footer
  tablequeue.
• What links should go in my Flexi-Footer?
• Your Flexi-Footer should contain links to
  Category pages, as well as links to station
  streams, support pages and other popular programs
  and initiatives at your station.
• Note Any changes that you make to your
  Flexi-Menu will not be reflected on your Events
  and Quick Pledge pitch pages.

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Building your Footer in Core Publisher

• What links should go in my Flexi-Footer?
• Your Flexi-Footer should contain links to
  Category pages, as well as links to station
  streams, support pages and other popular programs
  and initiatives at your station.

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Building Your Footer Using the Flexi-Footer

• How do I navigate to my Flexi-Footer?

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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
Make sure that the Activate the Flexi Footer
block checkbox is checked.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
Use the to drag and drop your title into a
hierarchy.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
In the URL field, enter the full URL of the page
that you are linking to. If you are linking to a
webpage in Core Publisher, you can use the
Relative Link (ex http//www.wtst.org/content/tin
y-desk becomes /content/tiny-desk) URLs are not
required for footer options.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
Check the New Window checkbox for links that you
want to open in a new tab when clicked. Reserve
this for your Listen Live links and any links
that will take your web visitors away from your
site.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
The Column dropdown allows you to select which of
your three columns your header and sub-headers
will be displayed in.
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For assistance with Core Publisher

• Contact your Site Builder
• Reach our support team http//info.ds.npr.org//su
  pport.html
• Visit our help blog http//core.digitalservices.n
  pr.org/help-and-how-tos/
• Emergencies http//info.ds.npr.org//support.html