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News Tags

News tags in EnaCast let you organize your station’s news articles by topic. Each tag groups related news items and has its own public page on your website, which you can link from the menu.

What Are News Tags?

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Tags are categories you can assign to your news articles to classify them by topic. For example:

  • Sports
  • Culture
  • Local politics
  • Interviews
  • Events

Each news article can have one or more tags, allowing it to appear in multiple categories simultaneously.

Creating a Tag

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  1. Go to the management panel at studio.enacast.com
  2. In the sidebar, under Content, open News and click Manage Tags at the top right. The News Tags page opens
  3. Click New Tag
  4. Fill in the fields:
    • Title: the visible name of the tag (e.g., “Sports”)
    • Slug: the URL-friendly version (e.g., “sports”). This is automatically generated from the title
    • Description (optional): a description of the category
    • Order: a number to control the display order of tags (the lower, the higher the priority)
  5. Click Create

The News Tags page lists the tags with their Slug, Description and Order, and has a search box. From the Actions column you can edit or delete each tag.

Assigning Tags to a News Article

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When creating or editing a news article, you will find a Tags field where you can pick one or more existing tags from the suggestions, or type a new one. The article will automatically appear on the page of each assigned tag.

Each Tag’s Public Page

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Each tag has a public page on your station’s website that shows every news article with that tag. In the tags list, the icon next to each tag’s slug opens that page in a new tab. When you edit a tag, the form also shows the link under Public page: copy it to add it to your website’s menu (see Custom Navigation Menus).

News Module by Tag

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Tags are also used in modular pages. When adding a news module to a modular page, you can filter by a specific tag to display only news articles from that category.

For example, you can create a page that shows only “Culture” news by using the news module with the corresponding tag.

Best Practices

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  • Use a small number of well-defined tags: it is better to have 5-10 clear tags than 50 generic ones
  • Short, descriptive names: choose names that readers understand immediately
  • Always assign at least one tag: news articles without tags will not appear in any category-filtered view
  • Link your most popular tags: add their public page to your website’s menu so readers can find them

Frequently Asked Questions

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Can I Delete a Tag That Already Has News Assigned?

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Yes, you can delete a tag. The news articles that had it assigned will continue to exist; they will simply lose that classification.

How Many Tags Can I Assign to a News Article?

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There is no strict limit. You can assign as many tags as you need, although it is recommended not to use more than 3-4 per article to keep the organization clear.

If you have any questions, please contact support at support@enacast.com