The News Index template is used to house all News content types and give the user the ability to filter between:
- Content types
- Countries
- Resource Types
- Topics
Post selected as sticky will be stuck at the the top of this page.
It also gives the user the ability to sort by:
- Most Recent
- Oldest First
- Title – Ascending
- Title – Descending
There is a new Network Setting which allows you to choose what filters you want to appear on the index pages, you can choose between:
- Categories
- Taxonomies & Terms
Selecting Categories will look like this:
Selecting Taxonomies & Terms will look like this:
Adding content to the News Index template
To add content to the News Index template, you will need to:
- Go to Posts > Content Types
- Click on the relevant content type (News)
- Add a Description
When you view the page, you should see your description pulled through:
My Filters Setting
There is also a setting you can turn on in Theme Options to display a list of the user’s selected filters on the News Index. If this is turned on, the selected filters will be visible to the user along with a Clear All button.
The front-end experience will look like this:
