How to add a new Author

This is a step-by-step guide on how to add an author in Sportal365.

Preconditions

Before you start adding an author, you need to make sure the role you have been assigned in the system has the right permissions.

To be able to add a new author in the system, you need to have enabled the following permissions for your profile:

• read_authors

• write_authors

• delete_authors

To learn how to find your permissions, see Roles and permissions

Adding an author

Follow the steps below to learn how to add and save an author.

1. From the main navigation, select Authors.

 

2.  When the author listing screen opens, select New Author.

 

3. Next, enter an author's name and short bio in the Name and Biography boxes.

4. To upload the author's avatar picture, select Choose file. 

 

5. Select Is Default if you want the newly created author to be assigned as default to your posts.

 

 

6. Select Is Active if you want to be able to source future posts with the newly created author.

7. When done, select Save Author.