Core Publisher:
Station Administrator Tools
Users in Core Publisher
Log-ins and Passwords
Where do I log in?
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Log-ins and Passwords
How do I reset my password?
* Any Station Admin at your station can reset your password as well.
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Creating New Users
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Creating New Users
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Creating New Users
Usernames aren’t front facing,
but should be some
combination of first and last
name.
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Creating New Users
All new users should be set to
“Active” Status. Set users to
“Blocked” once they are no
longer on your staff.
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Creating New Users
Select the Role for your new
user.
Check the Notify user of new
account to email them their
account information.
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Creating New Users: User Roles
Roles of Editor
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Create and edit posts,
pages, programs
Manage content
Pull content from the NPR
API
Edit Social Media Links
Manage ads
Edit Layout Engine blocks
Create tags and categories
Roles of Station Admin
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Create and manage users
Create and edit posts,
pages, programs
Manage content
Pull content from the NPR
API
Edit Social Media Links
Manage ads
Edit Layout Engine blocks
Manage Layout Engine
templates
Create tags and categories
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Editing Users
How do I edit a user?
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Deleting Users
How do I delete a user?
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Deleting Users
How do I delete a user?
You have several options for
deleting a user. To ensure that
no content is disturbed, select
Disable the account and keep
its content.
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Deleting Users
How do I delete a user?
Checking this box means that
the user cannot be deleted until
a confirmation email from the
user is received. We suggest
leaving this box unchecked.
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Deleting Users
What is the difference between deleting and blocking a
user?
Blocking a user stops them from being able to log in, but
keeps their account in your system and doesn’t give you any
options about their content.
Deleting a user gives you more options, like the ability to
delete the user and their content, or just disable their
account and keep the content.
Blocking a user should be for temporary account disabling,
while deleting a user should be for permanent account
changes.
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Navigating Your Core
Publisher Environment
Core Publisher Vocabulary: Table Queue
Table Queue – Term used to describe any queue of
content that you create and display on your site
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Core Publisher Vocabulary: Table Queue
Anatomy of a Table Queue:
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Core Publisher Vocabulary: Table Queue
Anatomy of a Table Queue:
Most Table Queues are going to have a
checkbox that you must check to make
the block show up on your site.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary: Table Queue
Anatomy of a Table Queue:
Enter the name of a piece of content
(Person, Post, Page or Program) in a
blank field to add it to your Queue.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary: Table Queue
Anatomy of a Table Queue:
Typing in a field activates the auto-complete
function, which will generate a list of posts
based on what you are typing. Select the
piece of content that you want to add to the
Queue from this list.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary: Table Queue
Anatomy of a Table Queue:
Use the crossed arrows to drag and drop your
content into the desired order and hierarchy.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary: Table Queue
Anatomy of a Table Queue:
Make sure to check the Display check box for each piece
of content that you want to show up on your site.
Unchecking the Display box will hide your content,
allowing you to queue it up for the future.
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Core Publisher Vocabulary: Table Queue
Anatomy of a Table Queue:
To add more rows to your queue,
enter the number of desired rows in
the Number of rows field and select
Rebuild.
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Navigating your Navigation
Go to your
homepage
Create and
manage users
Manage content
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Navigating your Navigation
Manage your
right rail ad
spaces
Configure your
“Most Active
Stories” block
Add pages, posts,
program, topics,
etc.
Search and manage
your content
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Navigating your Navigation
Manage your
queues (ex.
Flexi-Menu, Lead
Stories)
Find and
publish NPR
Content
Edit and manage
your categories
Edit and manage
your tags
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Navigating your Navigation
Activate your “NPR Elections
Blog” homepage block
Edit your Facebook
and Twitter links
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Quick Editing Shortcut in Core Publisher
When you are logged in to your Core Publisher site, rolling
over certain blocks will cause a gear shaped shortcut icon
to appear. Use this to get to the edit page for your block.
Rollover your Skyboxes and select
the Manage Queue option to get
directly to your Skybox Manager.
The same is true for your Sticky
Strip.
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Quick Editing Shortcut in Core Publisher
When you are logged in to your Core Publisher site, rolling
over certain blocks will cause a gear shaped shortcut icon
to appear. Use this to get to the edit page for your block.
For stations using the Modular
Homepage: Rollover your Program
Promo block and select the
Manage Queue option to get
directly to your Program Promo
Manager.
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Adding Content in
Core Publisher
Adding Content
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Adding Content: Types of Content
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Page – a static page, like “About Us”, “Employment
Opportunities” or “Spring Pledge Drive Information” that
may be added to your site navigation
Person – information about a contributor, staff member
or host to attach to posts by the byline
Post – a news article or other piece of content that
includes text and images to display information
Program – information about a show that airs on your
radio station using data from your Composer account
Topic – a tool for creating dynamic pages of related
content using tags
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Adding People in
Core Publisher
Adding Content: People
People are different than Users. They are hosts, or content
contributors whose bio and other info is displayed on your site.
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Adding Content: People
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For each person you want to create, gather:
Basic bio (1-2 short paragraphs)
Their title at your station
Photograph (try to keep images consistent, ideally 4x3)
Capacity (Role - Host, Staff, Volunteer, etc.)
Public Contact info (email, Facebook, Twitter,
&Google+ URLs)
Core Publisher User Name (if they have one)
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Adding Content: People
People I should create
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Board of Directors
Staff Members
Local Reporters
Local Show Hosts
Volunteers
Editors
People I don’t need to create
 NPR show hosts
 Syndicated show hosts and
personalities
Note: Syndicated personalities
and hosts are automatically
added to your People list.
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Creating People
You can add text and links with
some formatting (bold, italicized,
bulleted and numbered lists, etc)
in the Bio field.
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Creating People
Job Title is a custom text field,
while Capacity must be selected. A
person can have multiple
Capacities.
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Creating People
Make sure to enter the full URL
plus http:// for all Social Media
pages.
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Creating People
When you associate a Person with a User in
Core Publisher, all content created by that
user will automatically add their
corresponding Person in the Byline field.
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Creating People
If you want your Person to show up on your
site, check the Publish checkbox before
saving.
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Adding Content: People
Publishing a Person on your site also ingests the Person in
the API, giving it an API ID
*API ID = Unique identifier within the Core Publisher & NPR
Digital system that tells the system who you are.
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About People in Core Publisher
People show up in two
main areas of your site:
#1: In the People block on
your Homepage
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About People in Core Publisher
#2: On your People page
http://[yourwebsiteURL]/people
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About People in Core Publisher: People Pages
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Located at http://[yourwebsiteURL]/people
Displays list of all of your people, as well as your Syndicated
People, in tabs
All People, including Syndicated People, show up in your All tab
Ordered alphabetically by first name
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About People in Core Publisher: People Pages
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Located at http://[yourwebsiteURL/people
Displays list of all of your people, as well as your Syndicated
People, in tabs
All People, including Syndicated People, show up in your All tab
Ordered alphabetically by first name
Based on the capacities that you assigned
each Person at creation.
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About People in Core Publisher: People Pages
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Located at http://[yourwebsiteURL]/people
Displays list of all of your people, as well as your Syndicated
People, in tabs
All People, including Syndicated People, show up in your All tab
Ordered alphabetically by first name
The Syndicated tab contains all of the People that
are automatically created for each author of a post
that you pull from the NPR API.
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About People in Core Publisher: People Block
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Located in the right rail of your homepage
Displays a selected list of people in an order that you
define in your queue
We suggest only adding people to the block that have
images (preferably portrait)
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About People in Core Publisher: People Block
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About People in Core Publisher: People Block
Make sure that this checkbox is checked for your box to
show up.
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About People in Core Publisher: People Block
You can customize the title of your
block.
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About People in Core Publisher: People Block
Enter your People in the fields and
check the Publish checkbox.
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About People in Core Publisher: People Block
Drag and drop the People into the
desired order using the crossbow icon.
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Adding Pages in
Core Publisher
Adding Content: Pages
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Pages are meant for areas of your site that are fairly static,
like an “About Us” page. They are designed for areas of
your site that do not have content pieces flowing into
them.
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Common Pages you should create:
 About Us
 Privacy Policy
 EEO Public File
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Anatomy of a Core Publisher Page
Pages don’t have Bylines
under the Page title,
unlike Posts.
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Anatomy of a Core Publisher Page
Images are placed at the
top of the Page with the
caption and any other
information (if
applicable) under it.
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Anatomy of a Core Publisher Page
Image Slideshow –
If you add multiple
images to a Page,
Image 1 of __ will
appear under your
main image so that
your visitors can
scroll through the
images.
In Slideshow View,
the images will
show up enlarged
in a lightbox.
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Anatomy of a Core Publisher Page
Your Right Rail is still
visible on your Pages.
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Adding Content: Pages
What’s the difference between a Page and a Post in Core
Publisher?
A Page is a static page that provides information, while a
Post is a news article that may be edited or added to.
A Page will only show up on your site where you add it
(Flexi Menu, Footer, Sticky Strip, etc.), while a Post will be
added to your news page and homepage news feed.
What’s the difference between a Platform Page and a
Core Publisher Page?
A Page in Core Publisher has a specific design, while
Platform pages allowed open HTML.
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Creating Pages
You can add text and links with
some formatting (bold, italicized,
bulleted and numbered lists, etc)
in the Body field. Use the image
icon
to add an image to your
page.
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Creating Pages
You can add images to the top of
your post. Multiple images will be
displayed in a slideshow.
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Creating Pages
PDFs will be added as attachments
at the bottom of your page.
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Creating Pages: Adding Online Videos
You can easily embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo and
PBS Cove to your pages.
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Creating Pages: Adding Online Videos
You can easily embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo and
PBS Cove to your pages.
Step One:
Choose the video
that you want to add
to your page and
copy the URL (not
the Embed code).
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Creating Pages: Adding Online Videos
You can easily embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo and
PBS Cove to your pages.
Step Two:
Paste the URL into
your page body
where you want it to
show up.
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Creating Pages: Adding Online Videos
You can easily embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo and
PBS Cove to your pages.
Step Three:
Save your page. The
video will show up
on your post in a
player.
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Adding Content: Pages
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Adding Content: Pages
How do I edit a Page?
When you are logged in to Core Publisher, you will see
View and Edit tabs for each piece of content.
Go to the Page that you want to edit and select the Edit
tab.
Make your changes and re-save your Page.
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Setting up your Navigation
Building your Navigation in Core Publisher
How is my navigation set up?
You can build your menu using our Flexi-Menu
tablequeue.
What links should go in my Flexi-Menu?
Your Flexi-Menu navigation should reflect your online
strategy. We suggest putting links to your program pages,
schedules, different content pages and support/pledge
resources.
Note: Any changes that you make to your Flexi-Menu will not be
reflected on your Events and Quick Pledge pitch pages.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
How do I navigate to my Flexi-Menu?
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
In the Title field, enter
your menu option.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
In the URL field, enter the full URL of the page
that you are linking to.
If you are linking to a webpage in Core Publisher,
you can use the Relative Link (ex:
http://www.wtst.org/content/tiny-desk becomes
/content/tiny-desk)
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
Check the Display
checkbox to display your
fields in your menu.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
You can create hierarchies in your menu by selecting the
nudging fields under main headers.
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Use the crossbow icon to drag and drop your menu items into the desired
order as well.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
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To add more fields to your menu,
enter the number of desired rows in
the Number of rows field and select
Rebuild.
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Setting up your Footer
Building your Footer in Core Publisher
How is my footer set up?
You can build your menu using our Flexi-Footer
tablequeue.
What links should go in my Flexi-Footer?
Your Flexi-Footer should contain links to Category pages,
as well as links to station streams, support pages and
other popular programs and initiatives at your station.
Note: Any changes that you make to your Flexi-Menu will not be
reflected on your Events and Quick Pledge pitch pages.
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Building your Footer in Core Publisher
What links should go in my Flexi-Footer?
Your Flexi-Footer should contain links to Category pages,
as well as links to station streams, support pages and
other popular programs and initiatives at your station.
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Building Your Footer Using the Flexi-Footer
How do I navigate to my Flexi-Footer?
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
Make sure that the Activate the
Flexi Footer block checkbox is
checked.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
Use the
to drag and
drop your title into a
hierarchy.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
In the URL field, enter the full URL of the page
that you are linking to.
If you are linking to a webpage in Core Publisher,
you can use the Relative Link (ex:
http://www.wtst.org/content/tiny-desk becomes
/content/tiny-desk)
URLs are not required for footer options.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
Check the New Window checkbox for links that
you want to open in a new tab when clicked.
Reserve this for your Listen Live links and any links
that will take your web visitors away from your
site.
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Building Navigation Using the Flexi-Menu
The Column dropdown allows you to
select which of your three columns your
header and sub-headers will be
displayed in.
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For assistance with Core Publisher
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Contact your Site Builder
Reach our support team:
http://info.ds.npr.org//support.html
Visit our help blog:
http://core.digitalservices.npr.org/help-and-how-tos/
Emergencies: http://info.ds.npr.org//support.html
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