News
Used to add news to a section
Content Type Details
- ID: 70
- Name: News
- Minimum user level: Moderator
- Compatible with page layouts: All 2026 Layouts
Instructions
- This content type is for existing News items.
- They use a fulltext layout.
- The “2026 News” content type should be used for all articles going forward, with one article per section. This will allow for the use of multiple content type in each story.
Content Type Elements Details
| Name | Description | Size | Type | Required | Conditionally Shown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | The Name element | 100 Characters | Plain Text | Yes | No |
| Title | 100 Characters | Plain Text | Yes | No | |
| Story Date | N/A | Date | Yes | No | |
| Author | Enter the author's name here | 200 Characters | Plain Text | No | No |
| Intro | 160 Characters | Plain Text | No | No | |
| Article Body | 99999 Characters | HTML | No | No | |
| Image | N/A | Media | Yes | No | |
| Youtube Video ID | Enter the youtube video ID here. e.g "w9aBmBBAjaQ" | 200 Characters | Plain Text | No | No |
| Soundcloud Audio Embed code | Paste the entire iframe in this box | 1000 Characters | Plain Text | No | No |
| Article Body Continued | An optional additional section if you want more text after a video or audio piece | 99999 Characters | HTML | No | No |
| Org. Unit | Choose from options such as: Afretec, Agincourt, Alumni Relations, Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Centre for Applied Legal Studies | N/A | Multi-select List (List: Wits - Org. Unit) | Yes | No |
| Category | Choose from options such as: Centenary news, General news, Inaugural and graduations, Opinion pieces, Our people | N/A | Multi-select List (List: Wits - News Category) | No | No |
| Keywords | Choose from options such as: Accommodation, Adam Habib, Alumni, Applications, Braamfontein | N/A | Multi-select List (List: Wits - Keywords) | No | No |