Media Outreach

Introduction
From the main Admin screen, select the “Media Management” button.Once in the Media Management page, select the “Add New Article” button. Once inside the “Add New Article” page, there are 4 Steps – or sections – of information to fill out.

Step 1 contains the “Subject/Title”, “Description”, and the “Speaker/Author” information that must be completed in order to save the article item.

Step 2 contains the Media Date information that must be completed in order to save the article item. NOTE: The date entered is the date the article was created, not necessarily the current date.

Step 3 contains File Options information that must be completed in order to save the article item.

After Steps 1-3 have been completed, click the “Save and Continue to File Management” box, located in Step 4.

File Management
Once the new article item’s initial information is saved, the “Files” page will display. On this page, there will be a “Browse” section for every piece that must be uploaded. Locate and select the files to be uploaded by clicking the “Browse” button. All available “Browse” areas must have a file associated with them to be uploaded in order to complete the article item’s creation. Now, click “Upload”.Once the “Upload” button has been pushed the “File Upload In Progress” box will open, displaying the progress of the upload.Once the upload process has completed, the “Item has been created” box will display, confirming the creation of the new article item.

Once the new article item’s initial information is saved, the “Files” page will display. On this page, there will be a “Browse” section for every piece that must be uploaded. Locate and select the files to be uploaded by clicking the “Browse” button. All available “Browse” areas must have a file associated with them to be uploaded in order to complete the article item’s creation. Now, click “Upload”.Once the “Upload” button has been pushed the “File Upload In Progress” box will open, displaying the progress of the upload.Once the upload process has completed, the “Item has been created” box will display, confirming the creation of the new article item.

Article Item Management:
Once an article item has been uploaded to Sermon Connect, it is placed in the Articles List. To access this list, click on the “Video” button on the Media Management page, or in the Media Management sub-navigation.Once inside the Video List, there are several options within each video item:

Media files – displays the files associated with this article item.
Edit – displays the setup information about the article item, which can be edited and updated.
Delete – deletes the article item from Sermon Connect.
View Comments – displays any viewer comments posted to the article item.