In this guide

↓ The Veteran-centered purpose

↓ Purpose of the content

↓ Featuring a story

The Veteran-centered purpose

“As a Veteran, family member, or caregiver, I’m interested in reading stories about things happening at my local VAMC.”

Purpose of the content

Featured stories will appear on the homepage of your VAMC under the Stories heading. You are able to feature up to 2 stories as well as determine the order in which these stories display. When choosing which items to feature, you may want to consider featuring any time sensitive or high impact stories from your VAMC as these may be the most important to your Veterans. All stories assigned to your section, including any featured stories will automatically appear on your stories list.

Featuring a story

1. On your homepage, after logging in, click the name of the section you want to edit.
2. From the content page, click the Content type dropdown menu and select  Story.
3. Click Apply. 
4. Click Edit next to the Story page in the results list that you wish to spotlight.
5. Scroll down to Feature this story and check the Featured checkbox.
6. Select the Order of the featured Story from the dropdown:
   1. You can choose either 1st or 2nd for the story.
   2. Choose only one story for 1st and only one story for 2nd.
7. Note: You should also go back and find previous featured stories and uncheck the Featured box. This will ensure that the correct stories display on the page.
8. In the Editorial Workflow, click to select a Save as state and enter a Revision log message. For more information on each state read the Editorial Workflow article.
9. Click Save.