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The Student News Site of Everyday Heroes / Watts All-Stars

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The Student News Site of Everyday Heroes / Watts All-Stars

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Create a custom header

Create a custom header

Author, Writer April 4, 2024

Your header graphic should have your logo, organization name, tagline, and any other essential information about your program. You can determine what your graphic should be sized to by clicking the...

Customize the look and feel of your site

Customize the look and feel of your site

Sample Student April 4, 2024

The look and feel of this site is created by a combination of style and layout choices. To help get you started, your site came with a preselected style, but you can change this preset style to create...

Student Biography

April 4, 2024

There are many ways to display the Staff Bios.  Check out the options under Staff Page on the SNO Design Options page.

Use social media to increase readership

Use social media to increase readership

Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer April 4, 2024

Social media platforms are the best way to drive traffic to your new site. So, set up a Facebook Fan Page, and get your audience to like your publication. Even add a Facebook Like Box to your website...

Take your stories beyond the text

Take your stories beyond the text

Sample Staff Member April 4, 2024

Stories don't have to be for just the written word any more. Using SNO Story Elements  you can add embeddable objects, pull quotes, related story links, and videos all right along side the story text....

Prepare your photos for online presentation

Prepare your photos for online presentation

Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer April 4, 2024

Your site automatically generates a series of scaled down images for each photo you upload for the various parts of your site that display different sizes of images. Cameras take pictures at a far higher...

Go beyond a single photo with slideshows

Go beyond a single photo with slideshows

Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer April 4, 2024

Slideshows are built by uploading multiple photos to a story. Follow the steps below to make a slideshow that goes with any story. When adding/editing a story, click on the Set Featured Image button...

Add a story to your site

Add a story to your site

Sample Student, Staff Writer April 4, 2024

Adding a story is a simple process with SNO FLEX Pro.  To get started, log in and click on Add a Story under the SNO Dashboard dropdown menu at the top of the site. Enter the headline for the article. ...

Completing the custom fields

Completing the custom fields

Sample Student, Staff Writer April 4, 2024

Each story has custom fields available for you to fill in as needed. Not all of these features will show up on the homepage, but they will show up on a story’s page. While the descriptions for each...

Create long-form stories with the immersive templates

Create long-form stories with the immersive templates

Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer April 4, 2024

This story is currently using the Immersive Photo Story Page Template. Every story has five default options for its story page: Full-Width, Single Sidebar, Immersive Photo, Immersive Half Photo and...

Drop the sidebar and expand the story

Drop the sidebar and expand the story

Sample Student April 4, 2024

This story is currently using Full-Width Page Template. Every story has five default options for its story page: Full-Width, Single Sidebar, Immersive Photo, Immersive Half Photo and Dual Sidebars*. Simply,...

Sidebar offers more room for widgets

Sidebar offers more room for widgets

Sample Student April 4, 2024

This story is currently using With Single Sidebar Page Template. Every story has five options for its story page: Full-Width, Single Sidebar, Immersive Photo, Immersive Half Photo and Dual Sidebars*. Simply,...

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