Aggs

Go here for detailed instructions on adding aggs to stories. This page is about creating and curating Section, Series and Tag pages. It also talks about using Helper Collections and Franchises.

Creating a Section

Section and Series pages are set up, edited and curated in the same way. However, adding a section is a big deal, so it won't be something editors or reporters can do.

The instructions below go for both Section and Series aggs.

Creating a Series

Any editor can create a Series. Start by clicking the plus sign to the right of the main search field:

Choose Series.

Give your Series a name. The permalink will default to the name with hyphens; you can change it if you want:

Teaser and Subtitle don't do anything. To add a tagline, use Mini Teaser:

Use Primary Visual to add a thumbnail image:

Theme Override

If you have a story in a Series, but you don't want the Series banner at the top, you can tell Grove to show a Section label instead. The setting is on a News Story's Aggs tab. It's called Theme Override. Enter the ID of the Section you want to display.

Curating an Agg page

In editing a Section or Series landing page, you can change the top layout to none, one and three featured stories:

This translates to this:

You can prioritize stories by changing the Ordered Content block under Content > Replace:

Expand by clicking the 1 on the far left, then scroll to Items. Add (or subtract!) stories:

You can change the order by dragging them around.

You can add more than the top layout contains — the prioritized stories will continue down the page.

If you don't add stories, they page will be in backwards chronological order.

When you add a story to an Agg page, it will get that Agg assigned to it (if it doesn't already have it). For example, if you add a story to a Series, the story will be assigned that Series automatically. However, removing a story from an Agg page does NOT remove the Agg from the story itself.

You can optionally add a related newsletter promo to your Section or Series page:

By default, all Series pages will show a button for to Subscribe to Breaking News Alerts. To change the newsletter on the button, scroll down to Newsletter Option and choose your newsletter:

If you don't see it, ask for help.

Tags

Anyone can create tags. They are tags. There are thousands, so don't create new ones — or duplicates — unless you really need to.

Add one to the story in the same fashion as a Section or Series.

(There is, alas, no Suggest Tags feature.)

You can easily add multiple tags. This example uses Tags, but the steps are the same for Secondary Sections and Series:

1. Click the magnifying glass.
2. Find and click each tag you want. You'll see them stacking up on the left.
3. Close the window using the X in the upper-right corner of the search window.

To add a Tag, fill in just the Display Name. Permalink will fill in on its own:

If you aren't sure which tag is used, or used most often, use the tag with the highest # Of References. To show the # Of References column, click on Select/Hide Fields, toggle the # Of References to blue, and click the Update button.

Helper Collections

But why? 1. Helper Collections are how the analytics team isolates your team's traffic. 2. It's how the rss-todays-stories Slack channel populates.

Add one in the same way you add any other agg.

Here are all of them:

All Things Considered Digital
Business Desk
Climate Desk
Culture Desk
Education Desk
Growth
International Desk
Investigations Desk
Morning Edition digital
National Desk
Newscast Digital
Newsdesk Reporting Team
NPR Music Digital
Power and Influence
Religion Team
Science Desk
Visuals Department
Washington Desk
Weekend Edition Digital

Franchises

A Franchise is a blog, like Goats and Soda or Shots. To assign one, click the plus sign next to the search field on the dashboard:

Scroll down down down until you see Templates in the menu:

Choose your template and you'll see all your branding and stuff.

If you do not see your template, ping #grove-community for help.

If you started a regular News Story and need to switch it to a Franchise:

Go to the Styles tab and set NPR Story Layout Styles to Blog News Story:

Go to the Aggs tab and set the franchise to your franchise. This is also where you add Categories, if your blog used them:

Dashboard

You can add aggregations you use frequently to the Quick Start menu on the dashboard.

Click the gear icon, then look under "Edit Existing" Content > Dashboard. Add your agg and click the Save button: