WNPA News Service: Manual Post & Download

News sharing website for community news organizations in Washington State

Operated as a service of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association
and The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. Hosted by Washington State University on WordPress platform.

Instructions To Begin Sharing Articles and Photos

Step One: To gain access to this news service, send an email request to Larry Ganders, Director of Special Projects at The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. His email is Lawrence.Ganders@wsu.edu

Step Two: Larry will send a reply with a username and a temporary password.

Step Three: Go To The website, wnpa.wsu.edu

Step Four: Decide whether your news organization wants to send and receive stories automatically using RSS (Syndication) or manually.

Step Five: For uploading and downloading stories automatically with synidication, have your technical support person click on the “Project Documentation” link in the left hand column and read ” Overview” as well as “Summary and Full Text Feeds.” Contact Larry if there are additional questions. If the newspaper prefers to upload and download stories without RSS, continue with these instructions.

Step Six: Click “Editor Login” in the left hand column of wnpa.wsu.edu. Enter your username and password. If the login is successful, there will be a black bar at the top of the page.

Step Seven: If necessary, create a permanent password.

Your password may be changed by clicking on your name at the top of the page.

To View Available Stories and Photos

Click on “Recent Articles” in the left hand column of wnpa.wsu.edu

To Manually Download Available Stories and Photos (Non-RSS Method)

Go to “Dashboard” under WNPA drop down menu in the upper left hand corner and then click on “Feed Items”
“Cut and paste the article and photo into your own system.”

To Manually Upload Stories and Photos (Non-RSS Method)

One upload minimum per week from each participating newspaper

Step One: Go to “Dashboard” under WNPA drop down menu in the upper left hand corner and then click on “Feed Items”

Step Two: From Feed Items, click “Add New” in the left hand column

Step Three: Type a headline in the top box.

Step Four: Click “Add Media” to Upload high-resolution photograph

Step Five “Click Upload Files” tab . Select photo to upload and click “Insert into Post”

Step Six: Select site category in right hand column.

Step. Seven: Select location in right hand column.

Step Eight: Click Publish