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Adding a News Item

Create a new file in _post named YYYY-MM-DD-title-for-url.md and copy the following template:

---
layout: post
shortnews: true
icon: newspaper-o

---

Put Markdown formatted news content here

Replace icon with an appropriate selection from the table below

News Item Icon
Mention in newspaper, blog, etc. newspaper-o
Mention on / Link to Twitter twitter
Announcement of an Event calendar
Link to Video Platform film
Graduation, Defense or related graduation-cap
Podcast/Audio-Only Recording podcast

I.e. A post linking to YouTube should have: icon: film

Nothing quite fits? Pick a free FontAwesome v5 icon and add it to the list above. Please confirm that the icon is correctly rendered locally before merging to the main branch.

Post Contents

Short news should have the following traits

  • Short, concise and positive

    • Ideally less than 200 characters, and no more than 500
    • Primary goal is linking out to other sites. Explanatory detail should be avoided.

  • Don't: link here, Do: Read our article

  • Follow UM Brand Guidelines

Talks

To announce an up-coming talk use the following template:

Zoom Talks

---
layout: talk
icon: put_icon_here
title: talk_title
when: August 2nd at 4:00 PM EST
zoom:
    id: put_zoom_meeting_id_here
    link: zoom link
    passcode: put_zoom_passcode_here
---

Please join us for John's talk on {{ page.when }} via [Zoom] on the "*{{ page. title }}*"

[Zoom]: {{ page.zoom.link }}

If no passcode is required, omit the passcode entry

In-Person Talks

If the talk is in person, use the following front matter instead

---
layout: talk
icon: put_icon_here
title: talk_title
when: July 19th, 2021, from 2 to 4:30 pm EST
where: location of talk

---

Recordings

If a available of the talk is available, please append a link to the recording.