The news page under Administration provides a tool for you to use to create news stories to post for your local users.
Click on the “Administration” dropdown arrow on the left-hand side menu in NCAtrak and select “News.”
Figure 1. “News” on the Administration Menu
Types of News and Where Each Type Displays
Locations where News and Messages are Displayed
There are two different locations where news and messages are displayed in NCAtrak:
- Pop-up message window: news and messages display in a pop-up window the first time users log into NCAtrak each day; and
- “News” Section under Help & Support: go to “Help & Support” dropdown menu on the lefthand side of NCAtrak and select “News.” These messages are view only.
There are four different types of news or messages. News display in both locations and messages display only in the pop-up message window.
Types of Messages in the Pop-up message window:
- Local CAC news – This is news created by and for the local CAC and multi-disciplinary team.
- National news – This is news created by NCA and posted for all users of NCAtrak.
- Personal messages – These are messages that are relevant to the individual user who is logged into NCAtrak. This type of message may say your password is going to expire.
- National messages – These are messages that are relevant to all NCAtrak users and are posted by NCA’s technical partner. These messages often indicate that the system will be down for maintenance or enhancements.
Types of Messages on the Help & Support News Page:
- Local CAC news – This is news created by and for the local CAC and multi-disciplinary team.
- National news – This is news created by NCA and posted for all users of NCAtrak.
Add a News Story
Under Administration on the left-hand side menu of NCAtrak, click on “News”. You will be redirected to the Admin News page.
To create a new item to be displayed under “News”, click on the “Create New” button.
Figure 2. “Create New” News Item
An “Add News Item” dialog box will come up.
Use the calendar to enter the date on the “Date Issued” field or type the date in MM/DD/YYYY format to indicate when you want the news item to display on the home page.
Use the calendar to enter the date on the “Date to Remove” (optional) field or type the date in MM/DD/YYYY format to indicate when you want the news story to be automatically removed from the home page.
Figure 3. Calendar Function
Enter the news story in the “Story” text field. The tool bar in the text field contains formatting options that you can use to modify the text which are mostly similar to that in MS Word.
Figure 4. “Story” text field
Click on the “Save changes” button to save your news item or “Close” if you do not want to save it.
Edit or Delete a News Story
From the Administration menu on the left hand side of NCAtrak, click on “News.” You will be redirected to the Admin News page which displays all the news items/stories that have been created for your center.
Click on the “Edit” button on the same row as the news item/story you wish to edit.
Figure 4. Edit News Item
The “Edit News Item” dialog box will come up. Make the changes by modifying the data already entered and/or by selecting a different date issued or date to remove.
Figure 5. “Edit News Item” dialog box
Click on the “Save changes” button to save your changes or “Cancel” to forego any changes.
If you want to remove an existing news story, click on the “Delete” button on the same row as the news item you want to delete.
Figure 6. Remove Existing Story
A dialog box will come up to ask you to confirm the deletion.
Figure 7. Delete Conformation
Click on “Cancel” to cancel the deletion or “OK” to confirm that you want to remove the selected news item.