Easily draft, edit and publish Articles and Press Releases on your membership management website. Content Management with built in Search Engine Optimization.

With the Tendenci software, you can post news and information to your site at any time! Get the latest news on the site and available to your members using an interface similar to the one used originally to compose the Article or Press Release.

Articles and Releases work the same way in the software, except that the Release Date controls when Press Releases become visible to your site visitors. For Articles, it simply controls the sort order. Articles and Releases are listed in reverse order of posting, with the latest news listed at the top of the page.

Articles and Releases can (and should be) categorized for better SEM and easier search functions within your database. You can also design your site so that "featured" Articles show up on the home page of your site.

Another benefit of adding Articles and Releases to your site throughout the month is that these can be automatically pulled to your Newsletters, removing the need to rekey this information!

Adding an Article or Press Release

Like the Jobs Board management, any registered Site User can post an Article or Press Release to your site in Pending Approval status. One or more designated Site Admins will receive an email with options to view/edit and approve/delete the Article or Release. This process removes many of the barriers typically in place when adding new content to the site.

Encourage your members to post items of interest. A site that is constantly adding new content ranks higher in the search engines and provides more benefit to the other site users.

• How to post an Article to your site

When posting, you can:

• add contact information so that readers can directly contact the author for more information
• add a "rate this" link so your readers can evaluate the usefulness of the Article
• upload photos or supplemental documents (How to upload a file to an Article)

Approving an Article for Release and Online Publication

When the Article is added, an email is sent to a designated Site Administrator with a link to view and another to approve the Article. Who receives this email is designated in the Site Constants list.

• How to add/remove a Site Admin from the Site Constants list

Admins should review the Article and correct any errors before approving. Once the Article or Release has been approved, it will publicly display on the site.

• How to activate an Article