# News

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**News**: information item intended for all users of one or more projects, and published on the Live Application home page for a specific period.
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**News** items allow you to create information to be pushed to users on the Live Application homepage.

This homepage is displayed to users when they open the Live Application, between calls, and at any time when they click the icon <img src="https://160715368-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FRFCbypPSQCx2ezWjFUPY%2Fuploads%2FLD91xJhUnNLk7IfBPE64%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=26e31696-8c6c-476b-83ce-6b23ff6b3952" alt="" data-size="line">.

<figure><img src="https://160715368-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FRFCbypPSQCx2ezWjFUPY%2Fuploads%2Fa8Ai7OPBq2qUFNqgKWC1%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=d523d73a-b23b-43bb-b98a-7718f3c53c6d" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Write a news article

* Click the button <img src="https://160715368-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FRFCbypPSQCx2ezWjFUPY%2Fuploads%2FbkxqurhVCt2yw65QoWqd%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=c6313e57-5c81-4af9-a46e-154ee0879224" alt="" data-size="line">
* Give this news a title: ℹ️ <mark style="color:red;">Without a title, you won't be able to publish or validate the news.</mark>
* Enter its content (text, images, tables, links, gifs, etc.)
* Click "**Save**"

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This news item is saved as a draft and is not currently published in any project.
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## Change a state

News items can have several statuses:

* Draft
* Published
* Scheduled Publication
* Expired

A news item is created in ***Draft***. By clicking on its status, you can "Publish Now" or "Schedule Publication."

Once the news item is ***Published***, you can "Schedule Expiration" or "Expire Now" by clicking on its status again.

Once the news item is ***Expired***, you can "Publish Now" or "Schedule Publication" by clicking on its status again.

## Publish in a project

To publish an update to a project:

1. Click the blue underlined text to the left of the status of the update you wish to publish: "<mark style="color:purple;">Included in no projects</mark>" or "<mark style="color:purple;">Included in N projects.</mark>"
2. Select the projects in which you wish to publish the update and close the window.
