Content templates

Content templates empower content creators to efficiently publish large volumes of news articles. Each template defines the article layout, publishing schedule, destination, and target audience. By associating a news article with a content template, the system automatically generates publish plans, which reduces the effort required to publish content.

Your instance includes two out of the box templates with a set duration of 90 days and an audience of all active users.

• Featured News: Delivers news to widgets in the portal Home page, News Center, and mobile app.
• News Default: Delivers news to widgets in the portal Home page and News Center.

Note: If you insert a news widget onto a portal page that doesn't already have one configured out-of-the-box, you must create a new content destination to include that page in a content template.

To view a graphic that displays where the News widgets appear, see News articles.

To view the templates, navigate to All > Content Publishing > Content Templates > View All.

Note: Updating a content template does not impact existing publish plans that use that template.

Creating a Content template

A user with the sn_cd.content_template_owner role creates a content template to define the article layout, publishing location, and audience. For more information, see Create a Content template.

Using Content templates

Content authors can use a content template when creating a News article. Depending on the template configurations, the template provides the following pre-defined components:

• Article layout
• Publishing destination (mobile or portal widget)
• Audience
• Content category
• Social engagement activities

When the content author clicks Save or Save and continue, the system auto-generates publish plans.

A Content template can be modified, even if it is associated with a News article. Changes to a Content template will not impact the existing publish plans for News articles.