Create and Edit News

Data Source: NEWS

The News screen allows you to create and maintain current articles, promotions and customer service messages for your dealership employees and customers. News articles created using this screen appear on the IntelliDealer Home screen in the News section and on the News screens of the ID MobileAccess and MyDealer applications.

To open the edit/create News screen, navigate to Administration > Settings > Utilities, and click Maintain News to open the News screen. Then click a Subject or the Need to create a news item? Click here to add link.

Topics in this section are:

• Creating a News Article

• Screen Description

Creating a News Article

1. From anywhere within IntelliDealer, navigate to Administration > Settings> Utilities.

   The Utilities screen appears.

   Utilities screen

   

2. Click the Maintain News link.
   The News screen appears.

   News screen

   

3. Click the Need to create a news item? Click here to add link.
   The News screen appears.

   News screen for creating

   

4. Fill in the fields as listed in the table in the Screen Description.

5. Click Save.

   The system returns to the News screen.

Screen Description

The fields appear on the News screen are:

Field	Description
Active	Denotes whether the selected article is active for the system. Even if the selected article is active, it is only displayed to users if the current date is within the date range specified by the Start Date and Expiry Date fields.
Subject	The headline of the news article.
Summary	A brief summary of the information contained in the full article.
Category	The category associated to the article. This field is for informational purposes only.
Image	(OPTIONAL) The image associated to the article. Click the Choose File button to upload a new image for the article. Required image sizes, in pixels, are: IntelliDealer = 60 x 60 MyDealer = 250 x 150 ID MobileAccess = 96 x 96
Detail	The body of the article.
Start Date	The date on which the article is first made available for users.
Expiry Date	The date on which the article will no longer be available for users.
Visibility	Determines who can see the article. Can be one of:  Internal—the article should be visible only for dealership employees on the IntelliDealer Home screen External—only for customers through the MyDealer application Both—visible in both IntelliDealer and MyDealer.

Use these buttons to complete your work on the News screen:

Button	Function
Save	Saves your changes on the News screen.
Delete	Deletes the selected news article.
Close	Closes the News screen without saving any changes.