Create a Content template

  • Release version: Washingtondc
  • Updated February 1, 2024
  • 2 minutes to read

    • A content template is pre-defined publishing plan for news articles. Create a content template to enable content creators to create and publish higher volumes of news article content.

    Before you begin

    Role required: sn_cd.content_admin or sn_cd.content_template_owner

    • The Employee Center Pro provides the following content destinations:
      • All News: the news feed widget on the News Center page
      • Featured News: the Featured News widget on the top of the News Center page
      • Featured News Mobile: the news section on the mobile app
      • Latest News Home Page: the news widget on the portal Home page
      • Other News: the news feed widget on the article detail page

      To publish to a different page and widget, create a custom content destination. See Add content destination.

    • Define the audience. See Configure an audience record.
    • Define content categories to tag the news articles, such as company news, pay and benefits, or industry news. See Create a content category.

    About this task

    The steps below guide you in creating a content template based on the form that appears when you navigate to All > Content Publishing > Content Templates > Create New.

    If you instead navigate to All > Content Publishing > Content Templates > View All then click New, the form has the same fields but with different field names. Also, that form does not provide the ability to add a content destination, audience, or content categories to the template. Instead, you define a Content template record, then open the Content template to add the content destination, audience, or content categories.
    Note:
    The Content template must have a defined content destination and audience to appear as an option in the Content Library Publish tab.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Content Publishing > Content Templates > Create New.
    2. Fill in the fields on the form.
      Table 1. New content template form
      Field Description
      Title Title of the content template as you want it to appear in the news article creation form.
      Description Description for the content template.
      Default Makes this content template the default publishing plan for future news content.
      Duration The period of time for which to make the news article available.
      Note:
      This duration setting only applies to content destinations that do not have a set duration.
    If you do not see the form fields for content destinations, audiences, or categories, click Submit. You will be redirected to the All Content Templates list, where you can reopen the Content template to edit it. For each tab, click Edit to select the options.
    1. Use the arrows to add one or more content destinations to the template.
    2. Use the arrows to add one or more audiences to the template.
    3. Use the arrows to add one or more categories to the template.
    4. Click Submit.