How to Use the News Aggregator<\/a><\/p>\nThis document provides detailed instructions on how Recent News should be added to a school site so that it is automatically pulled into the mobile app’s news section when users subscribe to that particular school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last time I mentioned that there were two trends that many school website editors need to address on their home page. In that post, I talked about the use of colors and icons on school calendars. One thing that I did not mention in relation to school calendars is the importance of including all significant … <\/p>\n
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