News

Project News

The My News Folder

The News folder can appear in different places within TeamHeadquarters:

  1. The Project News folder holds all the news that has been published for the project. This folder offers you an at-a-glance view of all the news that has been added for this project.  Users can publish News items under this folder.

  2. More News folders can be created as sub-folders underneath a project's News folder.  Users can publish News items under this folder.

  3. Each personal workspace includes a My News folder, which shows news News items published from project news folders.

 

When does News appear in the My News folder?

The My News folder shows news items from projects where:

  1. You are a member of the project roster, and

  2. The TeamHeadquarters server clock falls between the Effective Date - Effective Until date/time range for that News item.  

 

 

Information used in a News item

  1. Name - Name of the News item.

  2. Effective Date - The date/time when the news item well be published to the My News folder for every member of the project team.

  3. Effective until Date - The date/time when the news item well be removed from My News lists.

  4. URL - Link to relevant information.

  5. Comments - News content.

 

How to publish news

  1. Right-click on the project's News folder.

  2. Select B.

  3. Provide a name for the news.

  4. Modify the start and end dates as needed.  By default, the news item will be effective from the time published for a period of 1 week.

  5. Enter or paste the news content in the Comments box.

  6. Enter or paste in a URL (optional).

  7. Click the Save button.

 

How to edit a news item

  1. Right-click on the News item you wish to edit.

  2. Select Edit.

  3. Edit the name, comments, and/or URL as needed.

  4. Click the Save button.

 

How to create a new News folder

News folders can be created underneath other project News folders.  They cannot be created underneath a My News folder.

  1. Right click on a project News folder and select New News Folder from the pop-up menu..

  2. Name the folder and provide comments if required.

  3. Click Save.

 

How to organize news within news folders

  1. Place your mouse over the icon for a news item.

  2. Holding down your left mouse button, drag and drop the news under the folder of choice.

  3. Release your mouse button when the target folder has been identified.