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Another headline goes here

Sample Student, News Editor | November 20, 2024

This is sample body text.  To delete this and other sample content, click on Manage under the Stories tab in your WordPress dashboard and just trash the stories that you no longer want to see. It is probably in your best interest to wait to trash these...

Completing the custom fields

Sample Student, Staff Writer | November 20, 2024

Each story has custom fields available for you to fill in as needed. Not all of these features will show up on the homepage, but they will show up on a story’s page. While the descriptions for each custom field make its purpose obvious, read below...

Design your site to fit your publication’s style

Sample Student | November 20, 2024

The SNO Framework is built around the idea of giving site owners complete flexibility with easy to customize options for every aspect of their sites. The SNO Design Options page, available under the Appearance tab on the left side of your WordPress...

Add a story to your site

Sample Student, Staff Writer | November 20, 2024

Adding a story is a simple process with SNO FLEX.  To get started, click on New under the Stories tab on the left navigation bar in the WordPress dashboard. Enter the headline for the article. In the box to the right of the title, choose your title...

Go beyond a single photo with slideshows

Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer | November 20, 2024

Slideshows are built by uploading multiple photos to a story. Follow the steps below to make a slideshow that goes with any story. When adding/editing a story, click on the Set Featured Image button on the right side. In the window that opens, click...

Avoid double story placement

Sample Student | November 20, 2024

If you place stories in more than one category, say both Showcase and Sports, the story will display in both of these sections on the homepage.  The recommend way of working with this is to place a story in the Showcase category first, and then once...

Prepare your photos for online presentation

Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer | November 20, 2024

Your site automatically generates a series of scaled down images for each photo you upload for the various parts of your site that display different sizes of images. Cameras take pictures at a far higher resolution than will ever be useful on a website...

Welcome to SNO: A video introduction

November 20, 2024

This orientation video provides a quick overview of your new SNO site and the SNO FLEX tools.

Take your stories beyond the text

Sample Staff Member | November 20, 2024

Stories don't have to be for just the written word any more. Using some of the SNO FLEX features you can add embeddable objects, pull quotes, related story links, and videos all right along side the story text.  Check it out on the SNO help site: https://support.snosites.com/hc/en-us

Another headline for a video story

November 20, 2024

This is another video story because it was published before the other video stories, it is displayed less prominently on the page.

Use social media to increase readership

Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer | November 20, 2024

Social media platforms are the best way to drive traffic to your new site. So, set up a Facebook Fan Page, and get your audience to like your publication. Even add a Facebook Like Box to your website to increase your audience.  Then when you publish...

How to add a video to your site

November 20, 2024

You need to use a third-party video hosting service to store and serve video. These services are built specifically for serving high quality video, and their accounts are free. Start by creating an account and uploading video to a video-hosting site....