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Managing News Channels
This section contains the following information:
News Channels Management Window Overview
The News Channels Management window enables you to add (post) new news messages, and to view or delete current news messages (given appropriate privileges).
The News Channels Management window contains the following items:
- News Channels list pane - Displays all the news channels for which you have management privileges.
- Messages pane - Displays the subject of all the current messages in the news channel selected, in the News Channels pane.
- News Channel Administration - Displays the News Channel Administration window.
- Post new message - Displays the “Post news message” window where you can create a new message for the selected news channels.
- Delete selected messages- Select a subject in the Messages pane and click this button to remove the selected messages from the news channel.
- View selected message button - Select a subject in the Messages pane and click this button to display the contents of the message in a View pane.
- Close button - When you have finished making changes in this window, click Close.
- Help button - Displays this Help topic.
See Also:
To Create a News Channel
- In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu, or click the News icon:
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The News Channels window appears.
- Click Manage.
The News Channels Management window appears.
- Click the News Channel Administration button. Then select the New News Channel button.
- Type a name for the news channel in the “News channel” text box.
- Use the Default Access drop-down list to select the news channel access to be be granted to all users.
Manage: Select Manage if you want all users to be able to manage (have administrative control over) this news channel.
Write: Select Write if you want all users to be able to post messages as well as read them.
Read: Select Read if you want all users to be able to read messages only, not send them.
None: Select None, if you want only a few users to be able to view this news channel. To assign users through the News Channels Administration window. See Administering Rooms and News Channels for more information.
- Click OK until you return to the Main window.
The new news channel appears in the News Channels list pane.
See Also:
Administering Rooms and News Channels
To Delete a News Channel
- In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu, or click the News icon:
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The News Channels window appears.
- Click Manage.
The News Channels Management window appears.
- Click the News Channel Administration button
- Select the news channels to be deleted in the News Channels pane.
- Click Delete selected news channel.
The news channel and all its messages are removed from the News Channels pane.
- Click Close.
See Also:
Administering Rooms and News Channels
To Administer News Channels
See Administering Rooms and News Channels.
To Post News Channel Messages
This can be done in two ways:
- In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu, or click the News icon:
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The News Channels window appears, the subscribed news channels are shown on the tabs in this window.
- If the user has write privileges for the selected news channel, the post message button is available.
The second way enables messages to be posted to multiple news channels. After step 1 above:
- Click Manage.
The News Channels Management window appears.
- Select desired news channels in the News Channel pane.
- Click “Post new message”.
The message window appears.
- Compose your message. When done, click send.
The message appears in the Messages pane, and is posted to the news channel where users can view it the next time they access the news channel.
To Delete News Channel Messages
This can be done in two ways:
- In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu, or click the News icon:
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The News Channels window appears, the subscribed news channels are shown on the tabs in this window.
- If the user has manage privileges for the selected news channel, the delete message button is available.
To delete multiple messages, after step 1 above:
- Click Manage.
The News Channels Management window appears.
- Select a news channel in the News Channel pane.
The messages for that news channel are displayed in the Messages pane.
- Select the messages to be deleted and click Delete selected messages.
The message is removed from the Messages pane and from the News Channel.
- Click Close.
To View News Channel Messages
- In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu, or click the News icon:
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The News Channels window appears.
- Click Manage.
The News Channels Management window appears.
- Select a news channel in the News Channel pane.
The messages for that news channel are displayed in the Messages pane.
- Select the message to be viewed and click View selected message.
The message is displayed in a separate window.
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