/ en /news/2022-03/how-tooptimize-pages-and-news-items-social-sharing <span>How to...Optimize Pages and News Items for Social Sharing</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/406" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Kelly Hansen</span></span> <span>Thu, 03/10/2022 - 17:58</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="inline_block:call_to_action" data-inline-block-uuid="057b59cd-0676-4e11-a9f7-20d1a2ab95d2"> <div class="cta"> <a class="cta__link" href="/news/2022-03/sample-news-item-optimization-tips"> <h4 class="cta__title">View a Sample Optimized News Article <i class="fas fa-arrow-circle-right"></i> </h4> <span class="cta__icon"></span> </a> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="inline_block:call_to_action" data-inline-block-uuid="35739d93-fdc5-48ef-ba9e-e08ef94f28aa"> <div class="cta"> <a class="cta__link" href="https://sitemasonry.gmu.edu/knowledge-base/image-management"> <h4 class="cta__title">Use Correct Image Sizes <i class="fas fa-arrow-circle-right"></i> </h4> <span class="cta__icon"></span> </a> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="inline_block:news_list" data-inline-block-uuid="87c2b990-2403-4bee-bc3d-75a7905357fe" class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blocknews-list"> <h2>More About News Items</h2> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="view view-news view-id-news view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-fba4e6a5a2b0595c1a08f0aa9e650f4a2380ee54dc0e740c9b14be11a9cbbd25"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="news-list-wrapper"> <ul class="news-list"><li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2021-11/how-tologin-content-hub" hreflang="en">How to... Login to Content Hub</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">May 8, 2023</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2022-07/how-tocreate-news-item-legacy" hreflang="en">How to...Create a News Item - Legacy</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">July 26, 2022</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2022-03/how-tooptimize-pages-and-news-items-social-sharing" hreflang="en">How to...Optimize Pages and News Items for Social Sharing</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">April 28, 2022</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2022-04/how-touse-blockquote-style-format-fact-box" hreflang="en">How to...Use the Blockquote Style to Format a Fact Box</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">April 8, 2022</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2022-03/how-totopic-tag-and-share-news-item" hreflang="en">How to...Topic Tag and Share a News Item</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">March 10, 2022</div></div></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><span class="intro-text">Always expect news items to be shared on social media.</span></p> <p>Add a custom summary text and a thumbnail to every page, profile, and news item to improve brand impact, social engagement, as well both external and internal search engine ranking (SEO). The thumbnail and summary text display as the page's social media card and search result preview snippet. </p> <figure role="group"><div> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/2022-04/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-28%20at%208.30.29%20AM.png" width="1644" height="422" alt="Sample view of a social media share snippet" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> </div> <figcaption>This page's thumbnail and summary text in action.</figcaption></figure><p> </p> <h2>Guide to Adding Summary Text and Thumbnail </h2> <ul><li>Summary text and thumbnail images are added on the ‘Edit Settings’ screen<br />  </li> <li>The thumbnail and summary text combine to become the page's search result and social media card preview snippet<br />  </li> <li>The summary text should be a one-sentence highlight of the article<br />  </li> <li>The thumbnail image should be an informative visual illustration of the summary text<br />  </li> <li>Thumbnail images should be square (1:1 ratio) images, with minimum dimensions of 300x300 pixels and maximum dimensions of 600x600 pixels<br />  </li> <li>Use a social media previewer such as <a href="https://www.opengraph.xyz/" title="OpenGraph ">OpenGraph</a></li> </ul><figure class="quote"><p><strong>Even if you have no distribution plans of your own, web content is highly shareable. One can’t predict which stories will be shared by your readers.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Dr. Washington avidly promotes Mason on social media, he may be sharing your story!</strong></p> </figure><p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11526" hreflang="en">Content Hub</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/14576" hreflang="en">Best Practices Tutorial</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16236" hreflang="en">News Item Tutorial</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/14566" hreflang="en">Image Management Tutorial</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15256" hreflang="en">Content Hub News Items</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:58:20 +0000 Kelly Hansen 66841 at /news/2022-03/how-totopic-tag-and-share-news-item <span>How to...Topic Tag and Share a News Item</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/406" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Kelly Hansen</span></span> <span>Thu, 03/10/2022 - 17:10</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="inline_block:news_list" data-inline-block-uuid="4bb2d565-18a9-4157-bd5c-2bedd00adc53" class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blocknews-list"> <h2>More How tos...</h2> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="view view-news view-id-news view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-813335563cf4391d15b319b96d636c77aca2d371236756afddc49d83d6e2911f"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="news-list-wrapper"> <ul class="news-list"><li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2021-11/how-tologin-content-hub" hreflang="en">How to... Login to Content Hub</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">May 8, 2023</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2022-07/how-tocreate-news-item-legacy" hreflang="en">How to...Create a News Item - Legacy</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">July 26, 2022</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2022-03/how-tooptimize-pages-and-news-items-social-sharing" hreflang="en">How to...Optimize Pages and News Items for Social Sharing</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">April 28, 2022</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2022-04/how-touse-blockquote-style-format-fact-box" hreflang="en">How to...Use the Blockquote Style to Format a Fact Box</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">April 8, 2022</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2022-03/how-totopic-tag-and-share-news-item" hreflang="en">How to...Topic Tag and Share a News Item</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">March 10, 2022</div></div></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><span class="intro-text">Sharing and Tagging make the 'add once, view all over' Content Hub magic happen!</span></p> <ul><li>News Items added to Content Hub will appear on subscriber site(s) they are shared with<br />  </li> <li>Topic tags assigned to a news item determine which filtered lists it will display once the item exports to a subscribing site<br />  </li> </ul><p><strong>In this video example, </strong>a news item is shared and tagged to appear on Mason's President's Site 'Statements' page.</p> <p> </p> <div class="align-center" style="min-width: 50%;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video-embed-field field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RxwWBQ4_OZI?autoplay=0&start=0&rel=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11526" hreflang="en">Content Hub</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16236" hreflang="en">News Item Tutorial</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15256" hreflang="en">Content Hub News Items</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:10:29 +0000 Kelly Hansen 66831 at /news/2022-03/how-touse-display-date-field-order-news-items <span>How to...Use the 'Display Date' field to Order News Items</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/406" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Kelly Hansen</span></span> <span>Thu, 03/10/2022 - 14:03</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p> </p> <p><span class="intro-text">This 'Display Date' field is used to list news list items by 'Display Date' order in a news list filter block.</span></p> <ul><li><strong>Field located near the top of a news item admin screen</strong><br />  </li> <li><strong>The 'Display Date' does not affect the page's visibility to end-users</strong><br />  </li> <li><strong>Use the publication settings at the bottom of the news item's  'Edit Settings' screen to publish a news item on a specific date</strong> <p>  </p></li> </ul><p> </p> <div class="align-center" style="min-width: 50%;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video-embed-field field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LOZ75pTDbMA?autoplay=0&start=0&rel=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11526" hreflang="en">Content Hub</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16236" hreflang="en">News Item Tutorial</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:03:26 +0000 Kelly Hansen 66806 at