Introduction to News Pro

Applies to: News Pro 1.0 - User Interface

Introduction

This article discusses the layout of the user interface in News Pro. It will help as you begin to become familiar with the layout and how to find the right tool to accomplish the task you need to do.

News Pro - Home Page

The home page welcomes you with a summary of information. Each summary is a way for your to gauge how much you are using News Pro is the three modules.

News Summary

The news summary will quickly allow you to know how many active and in-active categories you have in your system. You will also have a total of the number of text news articles that you have posted. Additionally, the number of PDF files that you have added using News Pro is summarized at the bottom of this list.

If you have the option set up, your system will automatically dump old news content, both text and PDF. The age of the dump is based on your specifications and is aimed at preventing your site from exceeding its allotment of disc space on the server.

Advertising Summary

Your advertising summary helps you measure how many ads you have in your system. It also helps measure you sales goals by totaling your monthly and annual values. The annual value total measures ads that are set to run during any span of time for the current year.

Subscriber Summary

Your subscriber summary allows you to know your e-circulation. The number of subscribers in an important attribute to selling ads on your site in conjunction with your average ad views and clicks per ad (determined by viewing individual ad stats). The summary also includes a "incomplete" value. This is important to know as it indicates an attempt of a user to subscribe, but did not complete the payment process. The last value is an estimate of the value for your online subscriptions. If you give a free sub, it will impact this value.

Navigation Menus

The menus on the left are presented throughout your transition from, page-to-page in News Pro to allow you to easily jump to any select tool. Each menu is categorized into the tree modules: News Manager, Advertising Manager and Subscriber Manager that is topped by a Home link. The Home link will take you back to the News Pro main page.

If you are unsure as to the purpose of a menu item, hover your mouse over the link and you will be given a more descriptive tool tip.

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