As you'll hear us mention (quite a few times), the more communication you have with your members & community, the more engaged they are and the more likely they are to stick around for the long haul.
We therefore recommend adding regular news pages to your site, keeping everyone informed of the latest events. This could be upcoming Matches, Work Parties or Social Events. Or advising Match Results, changes to Club Rules, updates to Water access.
If it's worth talking about then add it as a post first (and then share on Facebook / Twitter etc.)You can find some
Here's a video on how to do it. And some written instructions below too.
To add a new News post, first of all log-in as an admin user. And then click on New in the menubar and then Post.
This will take you to the Backend Editor. From here you need to click Add Template.
You will now be presented with an option to use the a generic news post template. By selecting this, you will ensure that the format of the post will look good.some options.
Once you've selected the Template, follow these steps (preferably in order):
1) Give the News post a Title
2) Select which Category the post belongs to or create a new one (it can be more than one).
3) Set a Featured image by clicking on the link and either picking an existing image from your media library or uploading a new one. It's worth picking something that's relevant to the post as this will be displayed as the header of the News post both on your home page and club news page. It will also be displayed when sharing via Social Media. We advise to always select an image, even if it's a generic one (like your logo).
4) Now you can add your content. As you are using a template, the content will automatically populate with some dummy text. You must remember to override this. The easiest way is to hover over the text block until you see the Green bar appear. Then click on the Pencil Edit icon. You can then delete all of the existing content and replace with your new content. Be as creative as you like. You can use text, images, tables or even add videos.
5) Save Draft. Remember to click Save Draft on a regular basis in order to save the work you've been doing.
6) Preview & Publish. Once you're happy with the content, hit Preview to see what it looks like. If you're happy then click Publish and the post will go live. If you want to make some more changes, just go back and edit.
That's it done! Remember to share your good work via social media channels. You can see how to do that here