PAGINATION IN PRESTELIGENCE STEP 1 — Find the edition in Status. STATUS — HOME PORTAL • Pages for live editions automatically populate in “Status” as “schedules.” • Missing a schedule? Holler at the shift supervisor. • Choose pub + pub date from “Status” using filter options. • The entire schedule for that edition will be displayed via thumbnails. STATUS — LAUNCHING DYNAMIC EDITIONS • Click on the DE (Dynamic Edition) icon (bottom right corner) on any page in your schedule to launch Dynamic Production. >>> This will effectively launch the entire edition in Dynamic Production, not just the page you selected. • Each edition will pop open a new tab in your web browser. >>> You’re now ready to begin laying out pages.
STEP 2 — Apply settings for page automation in DP. DYNAMIC PRODUCTION — LAUNCHING STORY MANAGER • After launching your dynamic edition, move your cursor to the left (pages) panel. • To “claim” a page, click on the “claim” icon directly below the page. With your page claimed (left panel) and selected … • Select “Stories” in the right panel. • In the “Add Stories” field, be sure to deselect jumps already placed (highlighted in green) before running automation. >>> The stories showing in your panel are the stories that were assigned to that particular page in the budgeting tool. • Click on “Add Stories.” • This leads you to the “Story Manager.” DYNAMIC PRODUCTION — STORY MANAGER OPTIONS BEFORE AUTOMATION • Title — headline displayed, no action needed • Category — similar to BLOX’s zz_styling tags; this applies a ruleset for automated formatting • Assets — shows you whether related assets are included with a package • Rank — set by newsroom • Column inches — length of text • Columns — how many columns (width) you want the package to be • Max Depth — depth allowance for package • Media — determine how many photos you want to run • Layout Strategy — options below >>> “Must Fit” — DP will only place this package if the entire package fits. >>> “Overflow” — This will place what DP can fit on the page. Overflow will be available, but a jump won’t be created. >>> “Create Jump” — DP will place what it can fit on the page. A jump will be generated, and the designer will then see this jump as needing to be placed when back in the page view. >>> PRO TIP — Local agate (“Scoreboard” category) will be measured in the same manner as stories (column inches). Set agate to overflow instead of must fit — since column inches estimate will be longer than what it actually will be once formatted. DYNAMIC PRODUCTION — STORY MANAGER, TIPS ON SETTING COLUMNS • For section fronts, setting “Columns” and “Max Depth” will help achieve the front you want. • For inside pages, setting “Columns” to “Any” and not setting a max depth will give more options without restrictions. DYNAMIC PRODUCTION — STORY MANAGER, TIPS ON PHOTO PLACEMENT • The first photo uploaded will be the default primary. • Unless you select “Preferred” under additional photos, the automation will focus on one primary. • You can mark multiple photos as “Preferred.” • Under the “Media Option” menu, you can select how many photos you want to run with a package. • If “Default” is set, the system will solely place whatever is set as the primary photo. If additional photos are selected as “preferred,” those will also run. • Photos import into My News 360 in the same order they’re uploaded to BLOX. >>> After setting your options, hit “Begin Page Layout.”
STEP 3 — Choosing an automated layout in DP. DYNAMIC PRODUCTION — STORY MANAGER, AUTOMATION • When layout options are presented, the system’s best pages will be presented first. • If you’re not happy with your options, go to the “Layout Priority” dropdown menu in the top left corner. • If layout options presented don’t have all of the stories placed from the original “Story Manager” selection, a red box will display above that