Managing External News Options

This section discusses how to manage external news options.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Manage External News Page

EO_PE_CATEG_ADMIN

Set general options for the selected External News pagelet. For example, you can determine whether news articles appear in the current browser window or in a new window.

There are typically many news categories available for an External News pagelet; this page provides a central location from which you can administer multiple news categories.

Use the Manage External News page (EO_PE_CATEG_ADMIN) to set general options for the selected External News pagelet.

For example, you can determine whether news articles appear in the current browser window or in a new window. There are typically many news categories available for an External News pagelet; this page provides a central location from which you can administer multiple news categories.

Navigation:

Portal Administration > Pagelets > External News > Manage External News

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Manage External News page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Manage External News page

Field or Control

Description

News Component

Displays the component ID and name of the External News pagelet for which you are managing external news option.

Default Category Status

Specify the default status for new categories automatically loaded into your system. You can change their individual statuses on the News Category Maintenance page.

Categories marked "new" (days)

Enter the number of days for which newly loaded categories are marked as such on the External News pagelet personalization page.

Display Article in New Window

Select to have news articles accessed from the External News pagelet appear in a new browser window. When articles are displayed in a new browser window, they are not wrapped in the PeopleSoft Interaction Hub. Clear to display them in the same browser window.

The default (and recommended setting) is to have news articles appear in the same browser window.

Category

Field or Control

Description

View Categories

Select a value you want to use to filter the display of categories. Available values are:

  • All

  • Inactive

  • New

  • Old

New

Displays an icon if the news category was added to the Personalize Worldwide News − Categories (page name depends on the name of the pagelet you are personalizing) within the number of days specified in the Categories marked "new" (days) field.

Active

Select to make news categories accessible to users. Clear to make them inaccessible. You can also do this individually on the News Category Maintenance page or by news group on the New Group Maintenance page.

News Group ID

Select a value to change the news group that contains the category. You can do this individually on the News Category Maintenance page.