News Stories

News stories are a flexible way to share timely, relevant content on the SHSU website. They can be used for traditional news and announcements, feature articles, or student success stories that highlight the impact of your program or department. Once published, news stories can support broader marketing efforts by being shared through social media, email newsletters, or linked directly from pages across the SHSU website.

On the SHSU website, news stories can be reused and promoted in multiple ways. To feature a single article on a page, use a Callout component. To highlight multiple articles at once, use the News Block component, which can display up to three stories.

By default, news stories you create are not included in the main SHSU News listing. This allows departments, divisions, and colleges to communicate with specific audiences—such as current students, prospective students, or supporters—without needing to address the entire university.

Note: If you would like a news article to appear in the main university news listing, please submit the article to the IMC-Communications Team for review and publication.

Create a News Story

Add a New News Story

1. In Cascade, select Add Content.
2. Choose News Story from the pages folder.

Name and Place the File

1. In the Page Name field, enter a new file name following established naming conventions.
2. Confirm that the Placement Folder remains set to news.
   • Do not change the placement folder.

Complete Metadata

1. Enter all remaining required metadata fields for the article (title, summary, dates, etc.).

Navigation Settings

1. Leave “Show this page in side navigation?” set to No.
   • News stories should not appear in side navigation menus.

Select Topics

1. Select the topics covered by your article.
   • Topics are used to filter and display news stories across the site.

Important notes about topics:

• To request a new topic, submit a website request form.
• WARNING: Do not use the Tags field at the bottom of the page to filter articles.
  • Tags are an internal Cascade CMS value only.
  • Adding or selecting tags will not filter your article in news listings.

Main Listing Setting

1. Leave “Include article in Main Listing” set to No.
   • If you would like the story considered for the main SHSU news listing page, submit it to the IMC – Communications Team for review.

Masthead Options

1. At the end of the page, select whether to use a Masthead.

About the Masthead:

• A masthead is a traditional publishing component that displays information about the department responsible for the article.
• It typically includes:
  • The department name
  • A contact person or office for additional information

Best practice:

• If you plan to create multiple news stories, consider creating a reusable contact-story block for the masthead to ensure consistency and save time.

Removing a Story From All News Listings

To fully remove a news story from public listings:

1. Unpublish the article.
2. Open the article for editing.
3. Select the Properties tab at the top of the page.
4. Uncheck “Include when publishing.”

This prevents the story from appearing in any news listings and prevents it from being published again until you recheck “Include when publishing.”