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2. Enter your Title

Enter your title here - remember to keep it short and concise this will also be sent to parents as a push notification.

3. Upload an image

Click the "Upload" button 

3.1  Click on "Open" button

Select your image (fig. 1) and click the "Open" button (fig. 2)

3.2  Adjust Cropping Area

Click the handles in the corners to adjust the cropping area (Fig. 1). When you are happy with the selection click crop (fig. 2).

4. Add Body Text

To add the body text click in the empty field and simply type your entry into the available field. TO make you life a little easier if you already have the news article some where else such as in a draft newsletter or on your website simply copy and paste the text right into the text field.

4.1  Add live links to body text

OurSchoolsApp also allows you to add links to websites and email addresses. A HTML link can be link to anything on the web you wish - weather that is a document, youtube video, a website, a tweet ... If it's out there you can add it to your news articles to support them and add richer content for Parents to see.

5. Set display of time and date of post

You have the ability to add set the time and date that will be displayed on the post. If you wish you can edit the date and time, if you do not need to change this simply leave the field as it is and it will post the time and date the article was created. You may change the date and time by typing (fig. 1) or click the calendar icon to the right of the field.

5.1 Date and Time Picker - Date

To use the Date and Time Picker simply choose the month using the left and right arrows in the Mont selector (fig. 1). Choose the date from the day picker by clicking on the date in the calendar (fig. 2). Finally if you wish to change the time click the clock button at the bottom of pane (fig. 3)

5.2  Date and Time Picker - Time

To adjust the displayed time of the news article click the up chevrons to increase the time (fig. 1), conversely to decrease the time click the down chevrons (fig. 2). Hours are displayed on the left and minutes to the right.

11. Post Your Article

Give your article a final check over and make sure you are happy with the content you have created click Add in the lower right corner. After a short success message, a push notification will be sent and your news article will be available for all parents to enjoy in OurSchoolsApp. 

2. Click Delete

Click Delete in the central action panel

3. Confirm Delete

To finish the process simply click Delete to confirm and after a short success message the article will be removed.