Media Items
Q: Can I, as an entity admin, create media items?
The Rugby Xplorer Content Management System (CMS) is available via the Rugby Xplorer admin portal > Websites > CMS.
- Once logged into CMS, the dashboard will show the available items (media items, pages, sites and/or tags), relevant to the user's account and entity's website subscription.
These updates will appear in your entity's Rugby Xplorer website (Administration > My Entity > Website Tab > Open website).
- Media Items will appear in the 'News' section of your website.
- Videos will appear in the 'Videos' section of your website.
Create Media Items
- Media Items > Create Media Item
- Add Name
- Select Content Owner (your entity name will appear in the dropdown)
- Create Author/Link Existing Author
- Select Tags from dropdown, or create a new one
- These are key words to assist with searching of your media items.
- Published on Sites (your entity name will appear in the dropdown)
- Select Story Type from the dropdown
- Click " Create Media Item"
- Insert Lead Image
- Existing images will appear in the list, otherwise you can “Upload” an image.
- Uploading an Image requires a Name, Description, Tags and Image file.
- Pro website users will be able to see all images added by other Rugby Xplorer CMS users.
- Add Image Caption
- Insert Video (optional)
- Uploading a Video requires a Name, Description, Tags, Video file and Thumbnail file.
- Uploading videos can take up to an hour to process based on the size of the video. Please be patient.
- Tag groups – is automatically added for your site.
- If you do not upload a thumbnail a default thumbnail will be added.
- Add Content
- Ability to update Content including font changes, bullet points, plus ability to add video, Image, Twitter/Facebook/Instagram post.
- Add Legacy HTML Content (optional)
- Add Summary
- This is a summary of your article content to assist Google search results.
- Select Publish Status
- Draft = this article will remain in draft and not display on the website until status changes to ‘published’.
- Published = ready to go live and will be published on the date and time chosen below.
- Archived = can be used for older articles you no longer want to display on the website.
- Click "Save Changes"
- Your media item will now appear in your list of 'Media Items'.