News Management
Access Level
Owner (Administrator)
Overview
Create and manage news articles for your association. You can publish articles to all members or target specific subgroups, optionally send email notifications, and attach files. If enabled, you can also create articles by sending emails to a designated mailbox.
How to Access
- Click Admin
- Select News Management
- Result: The News Management page opens showing all existing articles
Creating a News Article
How to Create an Article
- Navigate to Admin then News Management
- Click New News
- Enter a Title for the article
- Select your Audience:
- Select All Users to reach all members in your association
- Select a subgroup name to reach only members of that group
- Choose if you want to send a notification email:
- Select Yes to email all members in the audience
- Select No to skip email notification
- Insert an image (optional):
- Click the upload area under Insert Image
- Select and upload an image file
- Enter your article content in the Content field
- Add attachments (optional):
- Click the upload area under Add Attachments
- Select one or more files to attach
- Click Save
- Result: The article is created and immediately visible to the audience you selected. If you selected Yes for notifications, members will receive an email with the article title and content.
Fields:
- Title (required): The article headline
- Audience (required): Who receives this article. Choose All Users for everyone or select a specific subgroup
- Send notification (required): Whether to email the article to your audience
- Insert Image (optional): Add a visual to the article
- Content (required): The full article text
- Add Attachments (optional): Include documents, PDFs, or other files
Tips:
- Keep titles clear and descriptive
- Target specific subgroups when the news only affects certain members
- Use attachments to share supporting documents
- Send email notifications for important announcements
How to Edit an Article
- Navigate to Admin then News Management
- Find the article you want to edit
- Click Edit
- Update the title, audience, content, or attachments
- Click Save
- Result: The article is updated immediately
Note
When editing, if you upload new attachments, they replace any existing attachments
How to Delete an Article
- Navigate to Admin then News Management
- Find the article you want to delete
- Click Delete
- Confirm the deletion when prompted
- Result: The article is permanently removed from the news feed
Email-to-News (Optional Feature)
Your group may have Email-to-News enabled, which allows you to create news articles by sending an email to a designated mailbox.
How to Use Email-to-News
- On the News Management page, find the Email-to-News section (if enabled for your group)
- Note the mailbox address provided (e.g.,
mos-news@matchofficialsystem.com) - Send an email to that address with:
- Subject: The article title
- Body: The article content
- Attachments: Any files to include with the article
- Result: The article is automatically created and sent to all members in your group
Tips:
- Keep subjects concise and descriptive
- Format your email body clearly (line breaks will be preserved)
- Attachments should be reasonable file sizes
- Articles created via email follow the same targeting as manual articles (applies to entire group)
Note
The senders email address must match a owner of the association. If the emails don't match, the email will be rejected.
Troubleshooting
No articles appear on the News page
Symptoms: The News page shows no articles
How to Fix:
- Check that you are logged in to your account
- Verify you have membership in at least one group or association
- Check with your administrator to confirm articles have been published
- Try refreshing the page
Common Causes:
- No articles have been published for your association or subgroups
- Your membership may not include access to published news
Articles I created don't appear
Symptoms: News article created but not visible to members
How to Fix:
- Verify the audience is set correctly:
- Check if you selected All Users or a subgroup
- Only members of the selected audience can see the article
- Check that the article was saved successfully (look for confirmation message)
- Try refreshing the news page
- Verify members are actually part of the audience group
Common Causes:
- Article is targeted to wrong audience
- Members are not subscribed to the audience subgroup
- Article was not saved successfully
Attachments don't download
Symptoms: Clicking an attachment doesn't open or download the file
How to Fix:
- Refresh the page and try again
- Check your internet connection
- Verify you are logged in
- Try a different file if multiple attachments exist
- Contact your administrator if the problem continues
Common Causes:
- The file may have been removed
- Temporary network issue
- File may be too large
Email notification not received
Symptoms: Members didn't receive email after publishing article
How to Fix:
- Check that Send notification was set to Yes when creating the article
- Verify members have email addresses in their profiles
- Check their email spam or junk folder
- Ask members to check their email preferences (unsubscribe setting)
Common Causes:
- Notification was set to No instead of Yes
- Members have opted out of email notifications
- Email was filtered as spam
Related Pages
- News: View news articles as a regular user
- User Management: Manage member access and groups