The breaking news feature displays a red “Breaking News” alert on the front page directly under the header. Below is a screenshot of the “Breaking News” page where you can manage all alerts. To get to the Breaking News page, click “Add Breaking News” from the Dashboard, or “Breaking News” on the left grey menu.

The Breaking News Manager Also Works with Mobile. If you use this feature regularly, I recommend bookmarking the breaking news page once you login to the Wordpress Dashboard on your mobile device. ( http://mauinow.com/wp-admin )

1) Headline

This is the main headline for your breaking news. Try to keep it concise.

2) Content

This is the expanded information about the breaking news (displays when the user clicks the breaking news headline)

3) Expire In

This feature allows you to automatically expire the breaking news in “X” number of hours. If you'd rather remove the breaking news manually, keep the “Manually Expire” option selected.

4) Breaking News Image

This is the image that will display to the left of the breaking news content. If you opt to “Create Article Page” (described below), this will be the featured image associated with the article.

5) Create Article Page

If you check the “Create Article Page” checkbox, and article will be created using the breaking news headline, content and image. The breaking news on the front page will also display a link to “Read Full Article”.

When you click “Post Breaking News”, the red alert will start immediately on the Front Page, and you will be directed to the newly created Article Page. The article page will not go live until you click “Publish”.

** Any edits to the breaking news will also update the article page's content. Any updates to the article page's content will NOT update the breaking news info.

Directly below the “Add Breaking News” form, is a list of the most recent breaking news articles. Any breaking news currently running will be highlighted in green.

On the right of the article list, you have the options to “Activate/Expire” an article, “Edit”, or “Delete”.

You can also click the “Expire All” link to de-activate the breaking news headline. This link is available on the breaking news page, and also the main Dashboard page.