Adobe Demos Support

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Create an Annoucement

Editing an Announcement

Adding Announcement widget to a Portal page

Create an Announcement

To create an announcement:

1. In Adobe Demos Admin, click Manage Announcements:
   
   
   
2. On the Manage Announcements page, click Create new announcement:
   
   
   
3. On the Create Announcement page, complete the settings:
   
   
   
   

   Title*	Required. Enter the display name of the announcement.
   Generate path	Click Generate path to create the announcement URL slug.
   Summary	Enter a summary statement of the announcement.
   Article text	Enter a description if you need one. You can also use markdown for the description. For more information, see Use Markdown for Article text.
   Add an image	Add an image for your announcement. For more information, see Adding an image.

   
   
   
4. Click Publish to create the Announcement widget.
   
   

Use Markdown for Article text

To write a description using markdown:

1. In the Article text field, on the Write tab, type your description with markdown:
   
   
   
   
2. To see the rendered markdown, click the Preview tab:
   
   
   
   You can also expand the view by clicking the double arrow icon at the top right of the tab:
   
   
   
   When expanded, you can click the Side-by-side tab to view the markup and rendered text side by side:
   
   
   
   
3. Click the double arrow icon to close the expanded view:
   
   
   
   
4. Scroll down and click the Save properties button. The description now appears on the demo page:
   

Adding an image

1. Click Image to add an image.
   
   
   
   
2. If adding an image from an online source, add the URL in the Image URL field.
   
   
   
3. If adding an image from your computer, click Upload new image.
   
   
   
4. Optionally, click Alternate Image text to add description text for the image.
   
   
   
5. Click Add image to finish adding the image.
   
   

Editing an Announcement

Editing an announcement allows you to change some of the options that were set when the card was created.

To edit an announcement:

1. In Adobe Demos Admin, click Manage Demo Cards:
   
   
   
2. On the Manage Announcements page, on the announcement you want to edit, click Edit:
   
   
   
3. Make any needed changes to the Announcement and then click Publish:
   
   

Adding an Announcement widget to a Portal Page

Once the Announcement is created, it can be added a portal page.

To add the widget to a portal page:

1. In Adobe Demos Admin, click the menu:
   
   
   
2. In the menu, click Manage Portal Pages:
   
   
   
3. In the list of Portal Pages, select Edit next to the portal page that needs the announcement widget.
   
   
   
4. On the Edit Page page, select + Add Widget.
   
   
   
5. On the Select widget to add to page, select Announcements.
   
   
   
6. On the Add announcements widget page, complete the settings:
   
   
   
   
7. To add the Announcement widget to the Portal Page, click Add.
   
   
   
8. On the Edit Page page, drag and drop the Announcement widget to place the widget on the Portal page.
9. Once the Announcement widget is placed, click Publish.
   
   
   
10. Navigate to the Portal Page to see the Announcement widget displayed.