Your news page highlights your top 3 recent news (posts) in a new grid format. The featured images are pulled from each news post and prominently displayed. If a news post doesn't include a featured image, a default graphic will be displayed instead. The remaining news posts are shown below in a list format and displayed chronologically.
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Using the new sticky post feature
You can actively display older news posts in your news grid using the sticky post feature. These are the steps to make a post sticky.
1 - Go to your "All News" page.
2 - Click on the "Quick Edit" link of the post you would like to make sticky.
3 - Click on the "Make this post sticky" checkbox.
4 - Click "Update" to Save
4 - Your sticky post now displays in the first new grid position like this:
Note: You can make up to 3(-6) news posts sticky and override the most recent news posts.
How to display featured news in the sidebar using featured news widget
1 - In your site Dashboard, mouse over "Appearance" and click on "Widgets".
2 - Drag and drop the "Recent Posts" widget into your Main Sidebar area.
3 - Give your widget a Title and select the number of posts to show.. The widget will automatically save.
4- Your recents posts widget will display in your website's sidebar like this:
How to display featured news on your homepage (or any other pages) using the shortcode
Coming soon...
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