Publishing news stories simultaneously to your website and connected social media profiles keeps your school community informed across all channels while saving staff valuable time.
Prerequisites
Before you can post news to social media, your school's Facebook, Instagram, or X (Twitter) accounts must be connected under Site Management > Settings > Social. See Connect Social Media Accounts for setup instructions.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Create or Open Your News Story: Navigate to News in your CMS dashboard. Create a new story or hover over an existing story and select Announce.
Select Social Media Channels: In the Announce options, choose Push & Social and check the connected social channels you wish to publish to.
Customize Your Post: The headline and summary automatically populate. Adjust character counts and hashtags to optimize for specific platform audiences.
Select Timing: Choose Send Now to post immediately, or schedule the post to align with future article publication dates.
đĄ Best-Practice Adoption Tip: Always include a featured image when publishing news to social media. Social network algorithms heavily favor rich media over plain text links, significantly boosting organic community reach and parent engagement.
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