Upload the issue PDF to PageSuite
Cribsheet
Time needed: 15 mins. Ideally upload as soon as the hi-res PDF is produced by Dan/Rich, usually by 5pm Tuesday, to get it out the way – but you can upload up until midnight Thursday, before the issue goes live at 00:01 Friday morning.
You’ll need:
Login at https://live.portal.pagesuite.com
Click Publications
Click First News Newspaper
Click Manage
Click Create new edition or issue
Insert Friday’s date into the Name and Release Date fields
IMPORTANT: if you forget, it will go live immediately – you don’t want that
Click Create
Click Yes, create
Click Upload this edition’s pages
Click or drag and drop this week’s hi res PDF of the issue onto the box where it says Click or drag and drop files here to upload
Marvel at the upload progress
Click the big, blue Schedule ASAP button
Click First News Newspaper to check the upload
Click View all editions to show that month’s editions
The orange dot bottom right indicates the issue in not yet published and will go live on the date that’s been set
Log out of Pagesuite.
You’re done!
If you need to change a page, you’ll first need to
Watch the video below
Navigate to the issue and click Manage
Scroll down to the page you want to replace, and from the drop down menu of the page, click Replace page
Click Replacement page (PDF)
Choose the PDF to upload and click Replace
The page appears under Scheduled Page Replacements
Click First News Newspaper, navigate to the issue and click Launch to confirm the page has been replaced.
You’re done!
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