Part 2: Create Stories for a Newsletter

1. Add New Story
   After creating the newsletter in part 1, you will now add stories to your newsletter.From the lefthand menu, under Newsletters, select Add New Story.

2. Add Story Title
   Enter the story title

3. Add Story Body Text
   If you are copying and pasting text, it is recommended to use the “Text” editor tab. After pasting the text, you can use the “Visual” editor tab to format the text and add links.

Note: Body text is not needed for story 1 (header) and story 9 (sponsor ad).

Text Editor:

Visual Editor:

4. Select a Newsletter
   Select which newsletter you want this story to go in. In this example, you would select the June 12, 2024 newsletter.

5. Button & Story Information
   Add the button text, URL, and story order.

Button Text: If the button text is too long, it will force multiple lines of text.
The button text is not needed for story 1 (header) and story 9 (sponsor ad).

URL: It is important that you copy and paste the FULL URL from your browser. For example, instead of entering eventzerofoundation.org, you should put https://eventzerofoundation.org/.

Story Order: This dictates the order that the stories are listed in the newsletter. The 728×90 sponsor ad will always be story 9.

6. Featured Event Link — Stories 4-7
   This section is only used for stories 4, 5, 6 and 7 (the Featured Events section). Select the event that should be linked to the story.

Linked Event: Select the event from the dropdown. The title, date and time will automatically populate from the selected event. If you do not select an event, a random event will automatically be selected.

Display Title, Date and Time: Leave these fields blank to use the event’s default title, date and time. If you want different text to appear in the newsletter, enter your own text in these fields to override the default event information.

Featured Image: By default, the newsletter will use the image associated with the selected event. To use a different image for the newsletter story, upload a replacement image using the Featured Image field on the right-hand side of the story editing screen. (See Step 7)

7. Add Story Image
   Click Set featured image and upload the story image to the media library. See the BAJ spec sheet for story image sizing.

8. Publish Story
   Click the blue Publish button.

9. Create More Stories
   Follow steps 1-8 above to create the remainder of the stories for the newsletter.