Grow Choctaw News Release Posting Process

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Last Updated: May 15, 2025 @ 3:12pm

Processes news releases
  • Log in to the Grow Choctaw Accrisoft CMS at growchoctaw.com/admin
  • Hover over the Marketing tab in the CMS Navigation menu and click the News link
  • To add a News Release to the site, click the News Article button
  • Required fields are in bold (Headline, Category, Release Date) although there are several fields needed to complete.
  • In the Headline field, add the News Release Title
  • If a News Release contains a sub-headline, add within the Sub-Headline field
  • In the Category drop-down, select News
  • In the Thumbnail field, click the Select button to locate an image Refer to “Uploading/Inserting Images” below
  • To add the publish date, add it using the Release Date field
  • To add the publish time, add it using the Release Time field and use the am/pm dropdown to update as needed
  • The Body textarea is used for the body (article portion) of the News Release
  • Within the Body textarea WYSIWYG editor, hyperlinks can be added by highlighting intended link text and selecting the Insert link icon
  • Additional formatting options can also be found within the Body textarea WYSIWYG editor
  • For SEO purposes, I suggest adding the News Release Title (headline) under the “General” section’s Title field
  • Also for SEO purposes, I suggest adding a brief description under the “General” section’s Description field
  • Click the Save button to publish the News Release
  • Review the posted News Release to ensure everything looks correct

Uploading/Inserting Images

  1. Suggested New Release Image Size is 1150x767px/72ppi; use TinyPNG to compress prior to uploading
  2. Suggested naming scheme using six-digit date with something associated with the photo like: 113022atoka-county.jpg
    • See Web Standards Best Practices for more tips
  3. Within the Body textarea WYSIWYG editor, images can be uploaded/added by clicking the Insert/edit Image icon
  4. Upon clicking the icon, use the modal window to navigate to the news folder (path is clientuploads/news)
  5. Click the Upload Files icon then drag and drop images to upload them over the intended upload area in the modal window
  6. Files will then upload to the CMS
  7. Highlight uploaded image and use the Alt text field to add an alternate text description for the image
  8. Click the Insert button to insert the image within the News Release Body textarea

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