Activate the Press
Release Feature
- Read
the chapter titled “Press Release Feature in Detail” in the Administration
Manual.
- Create
a Press Release Broadcast Template and store it in the Document Library.
See the tutorial titled “Create a Press Release Template.
- Create
a Press Release Response Notification Broadcast Template. See tutorial
called “Create a Press Release Notification Email”
- Enter
Media Types if not already done. See tutorial titled “Enter Media Types in
Feature Management”
- Enter
sample biography and sample closing statement if not already done. See
tutorial called “Load Sample Biography Sample Closing Statement for Press
Release Feature”
- Click
on the Features edit icon of the Site Administration Menu page
- Check
the Press Release box on the Features Management page
- Click
on the PressRelease link on the Features Management page.
- Select
Output Options to Email = Yes, Fax = No and Printed = No At the time of this writing created Fax
broadcasts have just become severely limited BY Federal LAW and the fax
broadcast option is suspended until regulations are published and it
appears that organizations can mass fax legally. Printed press release
functions are under development but not available even though they appear
on the page in preparation for implementation. Therefore, Fax and Printed
must be set to No or they will appear as options for those entering press
releases.
- Enter
an amount in Unit Price Field if visitors sending press releases will be
billed by the number of releases sent. See the Financial Transactions
Feature section to learn more about this feature.
- Enter
the email address where notification will be sent each time a press
release is entered and sent.
- Select
the Press Release Response
Notification Broadcast Template
which will be used for the notification sent to the address in the
Response Notification Email address. Note: A Broadcast Template must have
its object type set to Press Release for it to appear as a selection here.
- Import
or select a Press Release template.
- Click
the Save button