News Maintencance
Adding new News/Event Entries
Teasers for new News/Events shall be added to the front-page. Therefore edit the top-level file:
newsevents.html
Best copy & paste an old entry and modify it accordingly. Teasers shall provide a link using a 'more' text/icon where details are available. Furthermore, teasers shall be separated by horizontal bars. The following snippet may serve as example:
<!-- News Entry --> <p><small>01-01-2010</small><br /> The EU project AsTeRICS started with participations from our department.</a> <a style="position: relative; float: right;" class="more" href="news/news_q1-2010.php">more</a> </p> <!-- Separator --> <div id="separator"></div>
News/Events Archival
News and events are groupd quarterly. Hence, every quarter a new fileset shall be created using the following filenaming convention. It is best to copy an older fileset and simply rename it.
news_qX-YYYY.php news_qX-YYYY.html
The only ting to adjust in the new *.php file is the line where the new *.html file shall be included. The *.html file shall be updated with new entries. Furthermore, the link to the new *.php file shall be upodted in every topmenu across the entire site. Therefore, simply adjust the link in the file:
common/topmenu.html
Furthermore, the now old newsfile shall be added to the sidebarmenu in the news section. Therefore, simply add an entry in the file:
news/sidebarmenu.html