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Managing News Channels

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Manage News Channel Window Overview

The Manage News Channel window enables you to add (post) new news messages, and to view or delete current news messages (given appropriate privileges).

The Manage News Channel window contains the following items:

See Also:

To Create a News Channel

  1. In the Main window, select News from the Tools menu

    2. The News Channels window appears.

  2. Click Manage News Channel.

    3. The Manage News Channel window appears.

  3. Click Manage News Channel in the Tools menu of the News window. Then select the News Channel Administration button.

    4. The News Channel Administration window appears.

  4. Click the New News Channel button.

    5. The Create a New News Channel window appears.

  5. Type a name for the news channel in the “News channel” text box.
  6. Use the Default Access drop-down list to select the news channel access to be granted to all users.

    7. 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 Conferences and News Channels for more information.

  7. Click OK until you return to the Main window.

    8. The new news channel appears in the News Channels list pane.

See Also:

Administering Conferences and News Channels

To Delete a News Channel

  1. In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu.

    2. The News Channels window appears.

  2. Click Manage News Channel in the Tools menu of the News window. Then select the News Channel Administration button.

    3. The News Channel Administration window appears.

  3. Select the news channels to be deleted in the News Channels pane.
  4. Click Delete.

    5. The news channel and all its messages are removed from the News Channels pane.

  5. Click Close.

See Also:

Administering Conferences and News Channels

To Administer News Channels

See Administering Conferences and News Channels.

To Post News Channel Messages

You post to news channels from the News Channels window. To access this window:

  1. In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu.

    2. The News Channels window appears, the subscribed news channels are shown on the tabs in this window. From this window you can either post a message to a single news channel or multiple news channels.

  2. To post a message to a single news channel, select the news channel, click Post New Message and skip to Step 4.

    3. If the user does not have write privileges for the selected news channel, the Post New Message button is unavailable.

  3. To post a message to multiple news channels:
    1. Select Manage News Channels in the Tools menu of the News Channels window.

      2. The Manage News Channels window appears.

    2. Select desired news channels in the News Channel pane.
    3. Click “Post New Message.”

      4. The message window appears.

  4. Compose your message. When done, click Send.

    5. The message appears in the Messages pane, and is posted to the news channel or channels you selected. Users can view it the next time they access the news channel.

To Delete News Channel Messages

To delete a single message:

  1. In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu.

    2. The News Channels window appears, the subscribed news channels are shown on the tabs in this window.

  2. If the user has manage privileges for the selected news channel, the Delete Message button is available.
  3. Select the messages to be deleted and click “Delete Message.”

    4. The messages are removed from the Messages pane and from the News Channel.

  4. Click Close.

To delete multiple messages:

  1. In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu.

    2. The News Channels window appears, the subscribed news channels are shown on the tabs in this window.

  2. Select Manage News Channels in the Tools menu of the News Channels window.

    3. The Manage News Channels window appears.

  3. Select desired news channels in the News Channel pane.
  4. Select the messages to be deleted and click “Delete Message.”

    5. The messages are removed from the Messages pane and from the News Channel.

  5. Click Close.

To View News Channel Messages

  1. In the Main window, select the News option from the Tools menu.

    2. The News Channels window appears.

  2. Select Manage News Channels in the Tools menu of the News Channels window.

    3. The Manage News Channels window appears.

  3. Select a news channel in the News Channel pane.

    4. The messages for that news channel are displayed in the Messages pane.

  4. Select the message to be viewed and click “View Message.”

    5. The message is displayed in a separate window.

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