Featured News
Component Overview
The Featured News component displays five news articles. The articles can be either manually selected or automatically populated from a user-specified folder. If using the auto-population feature, the user can also select a Topic to filter the stories.
This component can only pull news articles that have been entered into Sitecore on the News Detail Page template.
Component Location
News → Featured News
Component Overview
Supported Templates & Placeholders
| Template | Placeholder |
|---|---|
| Article Detail Page |
/maincontent/full-width
/maincontent/rail-page-content
|
| Detail Page |
/maincontent/detail-page-nav/detail-page-content
|
| Experience Landing with Nav |
/maincontent/full-width
|
| Experience Landing Page |
/maincontent/full-width
|
| Experience Interior Nav |
/maincontent/interior-nav-content
|
| Experience Right Rail Page |
/maincontent/rail-page-content
|
Recommended Image Size
Not supported - Automatically pulled from story
Character Limits
Title: 100
Description: 50
How to Use
This component can only pull news articles that are entered on an News Detail Page template.
There are two ways to use the component - manually selecting the news stories, and using the component to automatically pull stories from a selected folder.
- Manual Selection mode
- After adding the component to the Page Content folder, drill down to find your selected stories. Once you have your story selected, move it to the right pane.
- Automatically Populating mode
- After adding the component to the Page Content folder, select the parent news folder in the "News Folder" field.
- Optional: Select a Topic to filter the stories from the drop-down
Component Example
To see how the component will display on different types of screens, select the button below.
Component Type
News
ABOUT THE COMPONENT
- Component Type: News
- Rich Text: No
- Images: Yes
- Video: No
- Buttons: No
- Links: No
- Icons: No
Special Notes
N/A