Bug 14175 Update explanation of newstool in the manual
authorIndranil Das Gupta <indradg@gmail.com>
Fri, 8 May 2015 19:46:39 +0000 (00:46 +0530)
committerNicole Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Sat, 9 May 2015 16:10:17 +0000 (11:10 -0500)
Minor doc patch to expand upon existing explanation "Using the
publication and expiration date fields you can control how
long your item appears". Adds examples of publication date being
set differently.

en/manual.xml

index b80a64b..e25c8eb 100644 (file)
@@ -24158,7 +24158,20 @@ location: [STAFF, ISO]</programlisting>Will block items with an itype code of
 
               <listitem>
                 <para>Using the publication and expiration date fields you can
-                control how long your item appears</para>
+                control from which date and for how long your news 
+                item appears</para>
+               <para>Examples: (these assume today's date as 07-May-2015</para>
+                <itemizedlist>
+                 <listitem>
+                   <para>Publish on current date: set publication date as 07-May-2015</para>
+                 </listitem>
+                 <listitem>
+                   <para>Schedule for publishing in future: set date later than 07-May-2015</para>
+                 </listitem>
+                 <listitem>
+                   <para>Backdate a news: set date earlier than 07-May-2015</para>
+                 </listitem>
+                </itemizedlist>
               </listitem>
 
               <listitem>