News
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The **News management** is a helpful functionality to keep the end user constantly informed on any changements or updates on the Knowage platform. In this section we will describe the main steps to insert a news.

How to publish news
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To add a news is mandatory to have administration priviledges. An admin user can insert news entering the **News Management** functionality from the Knowage main menu.

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    News Management list item.
    
A new page opens where the left side contains the list of all the already inserted news whereas the right side shows the details of the selected news from the list. 

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    Access news management list.
    
To add a news, just click on the *plus* icon. Below, the information requested for the addition of a news.

-  **News title**
-  **Expiration Date**, after this date the news will no longer be visible to the user
-  **News Type**, three possible values between *News*, *Notification* and *Warning*
-  **Content of the news**
-  **Activation of the news**
-  **Roles Permissions**
    
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    Access news management list.
    

How the end user can read the news
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When some news are added, the **news** icon prompts the number of unread news.
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    News notification.

Clicking on the icon, the user can access the content of the news.

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    News notification pop up.