Changelog

June 2026

Create an Experience Embed for internally created games and experiences

1. Create a new article and navigate the “Add Paragraph” section.

2. Click on it and select “Media.”

3. Select Experience Embed to open the Experience Embed Drawer. 

  • For the Experience Div Id 
    Add: pick-your-xi      
  • For the Experience script URL
    Add: https://assets.minutemediacdn.com/voltax-experiences/prod/pick-your-xi/pick-your-xi.js
  • To preselect the starting country, press the Country / Team dropdown and select one of the 48 countries, All Teams mode (build your 11 with players from all countries), or set it to default mode, which will try to detect the country based on geolocation.

4. Press Add to save the element inside the article.

May 2026

How to add the Third Party Embeds to the CMS page

1. Create a new article and navigate the “Add Paragraph” section.

2. Click on it and select “Media.”

From the media selector, choose the last tile called “Third Party Embeds”, It will prompt new sidemenu on the right.

Add content of your embed, ensure that the format of the code is correct and whitelisted. Provide appropriate sizes for each display type. (Note: The embed might differ in size and layout depending on the display type!)

In this view you will only be able to see the desktop size.

Once you are happy with the results press “Add” button to preview it in the CMS Editor view

In this view you will only be able to see the desktop size.

When your content is visible on the page, you have adjusted the size and you are happy with the results, press “Preview” in the top right corner to view this in the preview mode.

Test all display types to make sure the layout looks correct.

 

January 2026

The Site Structure taxonomy fields are live on SI National now. 🚀

In the CMS, these fields are called Section and Sub Section under the Site Structure Section.  

How it works

 

  • Section (required): the high level category that always appears as the first segment of the URL after the base path.

    Example: https://www.si.com/<section>/...

  • Sub Section (optional): a more specific category that appears in the URL only when selected.

    Example: https://www.si.com/<section>/<sub-section>/...

Key rules

 

  • Section always appears in the URL.
  • Sub Section appears only when selected.
  • “Main Category” is not used in URLs.
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Also, if needed, you can always add, edit, or remove Section and Subsection terms via the Taxonomy UI as well.

December 2025

Hi all,

The Site Structure taxonomy fields are going live on SI National now.
In the CMS, these fields are called Section and Sub Section.

How it works

  • Section (required): the high level category that always appears as the first segment of the URL after the base path.

    Example: https://www.si.com/<section>/...

  • Sub Section (optional): a more specific category that appears in the URL only when selected.

    Example: https://www.si.com/<section>/<sub-section>/...

Key rules

  • Section always appears in the URL.
  • Sub Section appears only when selected.
  • “Main Category” is not used in URLs.
  • This applies consistently across all sections, including Soccer.
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Also, if needed, you can always add, edit, or remove Section and Subsection terms via the Taxonomy UI as well.

November 2025

Ability to control the ad experience

We have three different experiences:
  • Default: no changes here, this is the current behaviour 
  • Ad Free: clean video without monetization
  • One Preroll: only one ad before the video begins, no mid-roll ads
You can choose the experience using Search (only for the CMS), or embed from VMS (for articles and page builder)
 
SEARCH - CMS Only
1. User searches for a video
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2. User selects video
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3. User picks the ad experience
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4. User adds the video to the article
Embed from VMS (for CMS & Page Builder)
1. Go to VMS, find the video you need, and click on 'embed'
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2.
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2. Choose the ad preference, choose the playback method, pick 'Iframe', and copy the code
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3. Once you have the code, open the CMS, paste and upload the video
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Commercial Tag
This flow doesn't change. Each campaign will have its own commercial tag, the only thing that changes is the ability to pick the experience.

 

August 2025

Page Builder Updates

  1. Hero Component- We added the ability to hide the meta and title in the Hero Component.
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  2. New Image Component

    - 1440px wide
    - No cropping requirements
    - Not linked to an article

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  3. New Sponsored Component

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Live Blog In Voltax Editor

The Voltax editor has a new plugin called "Arena" for embedding liveblog embeds. 
To add a live blog embed, paste the script in the "Arena" plugin in the Editor media playground. 

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June 2025

Mobile Preview in Page Builder

The Page Builder now supports Mobile Preview.
When opening the preview mode, you'll be able to select Mobile view. 
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April 2025

Click to Play video

We added a feature in CMS editor "Click to Play Video" This is a new way to embed Voltax videos in post pages. If the user chooses 'Click to play', it means that the video will be played only if the reader clicks on it. This is a monetization strategy that will increase the video player's revenue.

 
The flow is the same as the current flow, users just need to pick "click to play" when they add the video

 
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March 2025

Silent Update

We’re excited to introduce a highly requested feature — Silent Update — now live in the Voltax CMS editor!

With Silent Update, you can now make changes to published articles — like fixing a typo, swapping out an image, or making quick content tweaks — without triggering an update to the article's timestamp or feed placement.

 

How It Works:

When you're updating an article, simply click the dropdown next to the Update button and select Silent Update. This will save your changes quietly, keeping the original "last updated" date and feed position intact.

Why It Matters:

  • Perfect for minor edits that don’t need changing of the article update timestamp
  • Keeps your content polished without unnecessary disruptions to readers or SEO rankings.
  • Gives editors more control over how updates appear publicly.

This small but effective feature gives you more editorial flexibility without compromising the integrity of your content timeline.

As always, we’re here if you have any questions or feedback. Happy editing!

This feature will be available for both new and existing (published) posts.

October 2024

Article URLs Update

We removed the /posts/ prefix from the article URLs for all the properties. 
This only affects new articles. The URLs of published articles will not be affected.

July 2024

Getty Creative for Mentalfloss

Please note that this feature is only available for writers covering Mentalfloss.com

The flow for users is pretty simple, similar to the Editorial images. The only difference is that each plug in calls to a different API (one brings 'editorial' images, the other brings 'creative') 

Poll Element

Please note that this feature is only available for writers covering highschool.si.com
To add polls inside an article's body, click the "Crowd Signal" button located In the media playground, paste the poll link, and click on "Add."

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June 2024

Import Content

We released a new Voltax CMS Editor capability, allowing users to import content between properties. 

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For more information, please visit How to Import Articles in CMS Editor.

May 2024

Teams Feature

We've added the option for writers to select the teams mentioned in the article from a closed list through the Editor and the Publisher. 

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January 2024

Drafts Review

We've enabled the option for CMS Managers and CMS Editors to view, edit, and delete the drafts of the active writers under their property.

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Betting Fields in Article Customization

We've added a new toggle switch for betting-related content to the Article Customization section of the CMS Publisher.

 

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Exclude Content from Recommendations

We've added a new toggle switch to the Article Customization section of the CMS Publisher for excluding content from article recommendations.

 

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September 2023

AI-Generated Headlines Suggestions

We've added the option to generate headlines based on your article content within the Voltax CMS Editor!

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Please note that this feature is currently available for select sites.

July 2023

 Content Enrichment Embed Creation within Voltax Editor

We enabled the option to create content enrichment embeds within the Voltax CMS Editor!

 

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For more information, please visit How to Create a Content Enrichment embed within the Editor.

June 2023

Intro Paragraph 

We’ve added the option to add an intro paragraph displayed right below the article title and above the article’s main content.

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For more information, please visit How to add an intro paragraph.

March 2023

Questions & Answers

To improve our SEO efforts, we created a new component called “FAQs,” which allows users to specify FAQ articles so Google can easily recognize the content type. 

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For more information, please visit How to add Q&A to an article.

January 2023

Group Of Links 

In order to improve the traffic through internal links in our sites, we created a new component called “Group of Links,” which contains URLs of articles from the property and can be embedded in every post page of the site.

A group of links contains up to 10 URLS that could be added manually or automatically. In the manual group of links, users add the URLs that require showing in the component. In the automatic group of links, the user selects the feed page whose content is displayed in the embedded group.

In order to create a GOL, the user must create a new embed in Enrichment (under CMS) and then embed it in the article in the Editor.

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For more info, please visit How to add a GOL.

Table Of Contents 

We have enabled users to add a TOC within their Voltax articles!

This feature will allow editors using the CMS to create a table of contents for long articles, improving the user experience and navigation within the article. In addition, creating a shareable URL for each section (paragraph) inside an article will increase the CTR from Google search by displaying specific sections on the search results. 

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For more information, please visit How to use the TOC feature.

December 2022

HTML Tables

We have enabled users to add tables within their Voltax articles!

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The current version is still in the beta stage and has the following functionality:

  1. The ability to create a new Table with rows and columns (minimum two each).
  2. The first row is a header row by default and cannot be changed.
  3. At this point, only plain text is supported. We do not support media, images, hyperlinks, or formatting (e.g., bold, italic, underline).
  4. All text inside cells will be aligned to the left with no option to change the alignment.
  5. The only way to change the table structure (i.e., number of rows and columns) is to copy the table contents to the clipboard using the dedicated button, create a new table with a new structure, and paste it into the new table.
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August 2022

New Voltax Navigation

We launched a brand new navigation design for Voltax!

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January 2022

Article Labels

Editorial teams can now label articles within the Publisher to help categorize and filter content according to their individual needs.
 

To label an article, follow the steps below:
 

1. Click on the "Labels" icon
 

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2. Type in the required label and press "Enter"
3. Click on the "Apply" button
 

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For more info please visit How to add article labels & How to filter articles with specific labels

December 2021

Widget Page Glasgow

Site managers are now able to add full-page widgets to their site using the new Glasgow Widget Page template.

The Glasgow template is configured through Craft and allows for the creation of full-page widgets along with a title, sub-title, layout (header & footer), meta description, scripts (ex. RevContent), and URL.

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Exclude from RSS 

Editorial teams are now able to exclude articles from their site's RSS feed via the Publisher's "Article Customization" screen.

If necessary, before publishing an article, editorial teams can toggle ON the "Exclude from RSS" button below:

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Once toggled ON, the specific article won't be included within the site's RSS feed, which is accessible via the site itself and shared with syndication partners.

This button will be toggled "OFF" by default, which means all articles will be included within the RSS feed unless decided otherwise by the editorial.

Canonical URL

A canonical tag (aka "rel canonical") is a way of telling search engines (Google in particular) that a specific URL represents the original source of a page.

This means that all SEO power of an article will be attributed to the URL that is added to its "rel=canonical" HTML tag.

Using the canonical tag prevents problems caused by identical or "duplicate" content appearing on multiple URLs.

When editorial teams publish articles on their site, Voltax automatically uses the articles' URLs as the "Canonical" by default.

In cases where a different "Canonical" should be added, Voltax enables editorial teams to customize the articles' canonical URLs via the Publisher's "Article Customization" screen.

See below the "Canonical URL" toggle button:

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Turn ON the button and insert the URL that should be used as the article's Canonical:

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Important notes:

  • If the "Canonical URL" field remains empty, the article's URL will be used as the "Canonical"
  • The "Canonical URL" must start with “http://” or “https://”
  • Articles with an external canonical URL are recommended to be excluded from RSS

November 2021

Article Disclaimer

Voltax users now have the option to add a disclaimer message to articles in cases where it is legally required (commerce, affiliate links, etc.).
 

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To define a disclaimer, follow these steps:
1. Craft Admin Users - Edit the disclaimer and select its position in “Post Page Template” via Craft > Pages 
 

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2. Add the disclaimer to the article through the Publisher by adding a “disclaimer” commercial tag
 

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Note: If step 1 isn’t completed, nothing will be added to the article.

October 2021

September 2021

August 2021

Craft users can now configure timestamps on post pages through the UI! 
Users can edit the “Post Page Template” through Craft to add the “Last Updated” date (Published timestamp is displayed by default, adding Last Updated will display both published and updated timestamps).

If you wish to add the last update date to post pages, follow these steps:

  1. Via Craft click on the “Pages” section
  2. Search for your site’s post page template
  3. Click on the page you would like to edit
  4. Click on the ‘Add Last Update’ toggle
  5. You may edit the “Updated” text if necessary (especially important for sites in languages other than English).
  6. Click on “Publish” to save the changes
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"Sponsored" tag for hyperlinks

In light of recent changes to Google’s algorithm, the "No follow" and "Sponsored" attributes should be selected for each sponsored or affiliate link that is added to an article as a hyperlink to mitigate the risk of Google's penalties.

Follow the steps below:

  1. Select text within the CMS Editor
  2. Click on the "Hyperlink" icon
  3. After pasting the link, check the "Sponsored" and "Add no follow" boxes

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More information from the head of Minute Media’s SEO team:

I wanted to update all of you on Google algorithmic changes related to links to "improve the ranking for product-related searches and better reward high-quality content".

Google has updated its guidelines regarding affiliate links. 

According to Google

"When we find sites failing to qualify affiliate links appropriately, we may issue manual actions to prevent these links from affecting Search, and our systems might also take algorithmic actions. Both manual and algorithmic actions may affect how we see a site in Search, so it's good to avoid things that may cause actions, where possible."

June 2021

Linkable Images

CMS users now have the ability to add a “target” link to their embedded images within the Voltax Editor to direct readers to a landing page of their choice.

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Follow the steps:

  1. Head to the Editor and start writing a new article
  2. Click on the "Plus" sign within any paragraph and click on "Media" 
  3. After you select an image, turn on the "Target link" toggle
  4. Paste the URL that you want readers to be directed to when clicking on the image
  5. Note you can check the boxes below whether you want the URL to be opened on a new browser tab or not to be followed by search engines:
    • Open in new tab - Check this box for external links to be opened in a new browser tab
    • No-follow - Check this box for external links that were added for commercial purposes or lead to unrelated content.

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Note: Linkable images cannot be applied to the cover image of an article.

Editorial Menu Update 

After comprehensive research and feedback from tech and editorial teams, we’re very excited to announce the release of our brand new Editorial Menu within the CMS! 

This new feature brings SEO to the forefront and makes Voltax's CMS even more intuitive & efficient while encouraging content optimization.

Overview Menu

The new Overview menu contains three mandatory and three recommended SEO fields. As users fill in each section, the related fields within the menu will automatically update to show what is complete and what is still missing.

Users can also click on each item to quickly be directed to the relevant field (Take me there). 

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Note: The entire menu can be collapsed by clicking on the icon at the bottom right part of the screen.

SEO Optimization 

Throughout the new SEO Optimization section, users will receive more info about SEO value gained from each element.

Even better, users can click on the "Lightbulb" icon to get pro SEO tips & guidelines or click on the Orange "SEO" button to view the complete SEO documentation in the Voltax Help Center. 

  • SEO fields - SEO Title & Description
    • To improve the user’s workflow, the SEO title & description now sit in their own section within the SEO optimization menu.
    • If the fields remain empty, the article’s title and first 160 characters will be used as the SEO title & description respectively.

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  • Hyperlinks - Quick access to Voltax's smart hyperlink suggestions
  •  
    • Users can now quickly access Voltax’s smart hyperlink suggestions in a dedicated section that sits below the SEO fields menu. 
    • Editorial hyperlinks are a powerful way of funneling readers to your site's main pages and help search engines better establish a clear information hierarchy of the site.
    • Every time users open this sub-section, suggestions will be auto-refreshed according to the current article's content.
      • At any point, users can click on the "refresh" button to view the most updated results.

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  • Tags - Categorize your articles by adding multiple content-tags
    • Also included in the SEO optimization section is an exclusive Tags menu where users can add tags to help categorize articles.
    • Tag suggestions are generated at the bottom of the section based on the article’s content. 
    • Users should include at least three tags per article. 

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 Social Sharing 

Within the new Social Sharing menu, users can configure the article card’s details that appear when shared across social networks. 

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Note: If the fields remain empty, the article’s title, cover image, and first 160 characters will be used as the article card’s title, image, and description respectively.

March 2021

SEO-Title

The SEO title is a major factor in helping search engines understand what your page is about, and they are the first impression readers have of your page, as they are shown in search results. Adding a good SEO title will optimize the article's ranking and increase its click-through rate.

Note: If this field remains empty, the article’s title will be used as the SEO title.

Where:

  1. Open the "Editor" and click "Write a new article"
  2. Head to the "Tags & SEO" section
  3. The "SEO Title" field will appear beneath the "SEO Description" field

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Tips:

  1.  Write a short, unique, compelling, and accurate description of the page.
  2.  Use the main targeted keywords within a naturally phrased sentence.
  3.  Keep it short, between 50 - 60 characters.

Alt Text

Alt-text is an important attribute that describes the image for SEO and accessibility purposes which helps search engines understand its context. This text will be displayed when readers place the cursor over the image and also in cases the image fails to load (the alt is particularly important for cover images).

Note: If this field remains empty, the caption will be used as the image’s alt.

Where:

  1. Open the "Editor" and click "Write a new article"
  2. Add a media block (cover image, image upload, Getty, Imagn)
  3. The "Alt text" field will appear beneath the "Caption" field

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Tips:

  1.  The alt should be accurate, short, and most relevant to the article
  2.  Naturally incorporate the most relevant keywords (avoid keyword stuffing).
  3. When uploading an image locally, please give its file a descriptive name.
  4. Keep it up to 125 characters long

February 2021

New Post Page Editing Screens- Craft UI:

Via Craft > Pages, similar to how we edit the homepage and feed page configurations, users will be able to edit various page settings relevant to every post page template in the platform.
These include:

  • Byline
  • RevContent and OpenWeb widget IDs
  • Social sharing options
  • Slideshow parameters
  • Content Recommendations
  • Video Player ID (AMP Only)
  • Video Playlist ID AMP Only)
  • Analytics Config URL (AMP Only)
  • Comscore ID (AMP Only)

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December 2020

New "Published" section for writers:
 
From now on, also Voltax users with "Writer" permissions can view their "Published" articles in the "Editor" table view.
To view your published articles, simply head to the "Editor" table and select the "Published" option in the drop-down above the table (see image below)
 
Note: Articles can only be previewed and their links can be copied via this section, they can't be edited or deleted.
 
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Main category:
 
Meet our brand new feature that was added both to the CMS and Craft - Main Category.
For every existing feed page within your sites, we have created a coupled Category for it (the Category names were taken from the feed pages' names).
 
From now on, every new feed page that you create will automatically create a coupled category (using the same name as you have used for the page upon its creation).
Any user with Craft permissions will be able to view the site's category list within a table view that will be nested under the new Craft section called "Categories".

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The category names will be used for labeling your articles on the site which will be presented on top of the post-pages themselves.
The labels within the post-pages will be linked to their coupled feed page within your site and lead readers to them when clicked (very good for your sites' SEO and internal linking).
 
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Before publishing an article, you will be able to select its "Main Category" by using the new dropdown that was added to the top of the "Article Customization" side menu.
If a specific category is "deactivated" in Craft, users won't be able to select this category via this dropdown.
 
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Important Notes:
  1. The Categories' names can be edited via Craft (by clicking on the "edit" button on each item within the table) but they can't be deleted.
  2. Be aware that the "Main Category" is only used for labeling your articles on the site-side, make sure not to confuse it with the "DFP Category" that is used for targeting purposes.
  3. Selecting the article's main category isn't mandatory, yet will help SEO by increasing your site's internal linking and your pages' ranking in Google.
  4. If you have some evergreen content that was already published to your sites, you can search for those articles via the publisher table, click on them and add the relevant categories.

  

Slideshows:

This new capability enables editorial teams to enrich their readers' experience on the site.
We now enable editorial teams to create articles which will be separated into several slides by adding a "Page Break" in between them within the Editor.
Editorial teams can add any block type to each slide such as paragraphs, H2/H3 titles, lists, images, media embeds, etc.
The first slide will use the URL that is configured via the "Publisher" (same as today), each of the next slides' URLs will be automatically generated with a slash ("/") and the "Number of the slide" at the end of the first slide's URL. 
 
For example:
  • If this will be the first slide's URL: www.minutemedia.com/slideshow
  • So this will be slide #2 URL: www.minutemedia.com/slideshow/2

To use this feature, you can view it in the FAQ section here

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Now we made it even easier to add images and embed media blocks within your articles.
We've replaced our previous embed "Carousel" (as seen below), with a new "Playground" that gives much better accessibility to the various embed types.
Now, you'll be able to easily see the plugins/embeds names with a "Crown" icon indication on top of the premium/paid embeds that not all Voltax's brands have access to.

How it works:
To view the new menu, follow these simple steps:
  1. Click on "Write a new article" via the "Editor" table
  2. Click on the "Plus" sign and then click on the "Media" icon for each block (for the cover image click on "Add article cover" on top of the editor)
  3. Click on each item in order to embed it into your article
  4. Click on the "Back" button in case you want to go back to the initial embeds menu

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This new design will help us scale up to support many more future embed possibilities while keeping them highly accessible.
Looking ahead, when multiple embeds will be added, we plan to integrate a "Search" capability to help find the specific embed you need.

 

November 2020

Editorial commenting

We're very excited to announce our first version commenting within the Editor.
Now, we enable editors to utilize this new feature to provide the writers with editorial feedback.

How it works:
Editors and writers can add comments per block within the Editor according to the following flow:
  1. The editors enter the Publisher
  2. They head to any submitted article and clicks on “edit”
  3. Then click-on (or hover over) one of the blocks to reveal the “comment” icon
  4. Clicks on the icon to open the “commenting” box
  5. Add a comment into the input field and click on the “comment” button (or press enter) to insert a new comment
  6. You can close the “commenting” box by clicking on the “X”
  7. Then the “comment” icon will be anchored next to the relevant block with an indication of the number of comments added
Tips:
  1. The commenting feature can also be used by writers to add notes to themselves or to the editors that are reviewing their articles
  2. You can add comments next to the title if you want to add comments about the title or add general comments to the whole article
This is the first version of this feature which will be enhanced as we move on.
Later down the line we’ll enable access to this feature via the Editor table, add an option to “Resolve” comments, and many more...

 
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September 2020

Enhanced copy pasting abilities

We have performed extensive changes to our copy-pasting capabilities that will help save a lot of your time and enable you to focus more on the content.
 
Now, when pasting full articles into our Editor, it will automatically break it down into separate text blocks according to the number of paragraphs and will preserve the text formatting (bold/underline/italics) and hyperlinks that were originally copied. 
 

Keep in mind that these capability were optimized for pasting text that was copied from the following sources: 

  1. Google doc
  2. Gmail
  3. Voltax article pages (will also preserve “open in new tab” & “no-follow” if added)

Craft Infrastructural Changes:

As it is probably the biggest milestone we've achieved this year, the Craft infrastructural changes are officially behind us

This helps us position ourselves in a highly scalable standpoint which will enable us to perform changes and enhancements much faster as we continue improving our products.


 

So after we've completed the Craft Home Page editing screen over our new and improved infrastructure (from the previous update), the new Feed Page and Author Page editing screens are now up and running.

Feed Pages:

 

To create a new feed page, enter the "Pages" section within Craft and click on the "Create new page" button on the top-right part of the screen.
Then you can name the page (for internal purposes), select the Page Template you desire, select the Page Layout, and click on "Start creating".

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We now support 4 Feed Page templates:
  1. FeedPageBangkok (used for all our O&Os except TheDuel, previously known as FeedPage):
  2. FeedPageLondon (used for TheDuel, previously known as FeedPageTheDuel):
  3. FeedPageChicago (used for TPT's feed page template)
  4. FeedPageOrlando (used for TPT's sponsored feed page template)

The Feed Page editing screen is compiled out of the following sections:

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Top section
 

  • Title
  • Subtitle
  • Background image (relevant for the "Orlando" and "Chicago" templates only)
    • Caption 
    • Credit 
  • Select feed (relevant for the "London" and "Bangkok templates only)

Sponsored section (relevant for the "Orlando" template only)
 

  • Sponsored Logo
  • Logo Alt text
  • Sponsored URL
  • Sponsored text

Feed section
 

  • Title
  • Select feed
  • Feed limit (limit options vary according to the template) - Here you can define how many posts will be appear on the page within its feed section
  • Article loader button (referring here to the "Show More" button at the bottom of the page)

Page settings
 

  • Meta title
  • Meta description 
  • DFP category (type in the exact DFP category for targeting the relevant ads to the page)

Page URL - use this component to build the Page's URL

 
Important notes:
  • These pages can be created/edited only by users with Craft permissions
  • Note that all fields are mandatory in order to create (Publish) a new Feed Page

Authors:

 

From now on, author pages and author entities will be auto-generated when a CMS user is created.
Meaning that author pages and their entities can't be created or deleted anymore.
 
The following data will be defined automatically (both for the "Author Info" and "Author Page Info" sections):
  • Name 
  • Default image (silhouette) + ״Credit״ and ״Alt text" will use the author name by default
  • Joined date (according to the user creation date by default)
  • URL (according to the username and can't be changed)
  • The default text next to the author joining date within its page will be "Joined:"
  • The default button-text at the bottom of the page will be "Show More"
Note that after a CMS user is created, his/her author info should be completed and/or edited properly.
To edit/complete the author info after the CMS user was created, click on the "Authors" section within Craft.
Next, use the search component to look for the author's name and then click on the "Edit" button.
 
The Authors editing screen is compiled out of the following sections:

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Author Info (this section includes the data for the "Author Entity" within our platform)
  • Name
  • Image
  • Alt text - The author name can be used here
  • Credit - If no credit is required, you can use the author name for this field as well
  • Byline (will only appear within TPT's post page template for now)
  • Bio
  • Join date (use the date picker to select the author's joining date)
  • Social links (add social networks account that will appear on the page)
Author Page Info (this section includes the required data for the author page itself)
  • Joined date text ("Joined:")
  • Article loader button ("Show More")
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August 2020

Manual recommendations

Only brands that use a post-page template on their websites that support the Manual Recommendations component (see image below) will be able to use it.
For the 1st phase, due to the upcoming migration, only TPT editorial will be able to use this feature which will enable them to manually select exactly 4 recommended articles that will appear at the bottom of the article pages. This can increase the readers’ session durations and attract them to view additional content.
For example, you can write an article about Messi and manually add 4 other articles (about Barca, about the champions league, about Copa del Ray and about La Liga) that will be added to the bottom of the page as “Featured Stories” for your readers.
We’re currently reviewing the possibilities to expand this feature to apply for the rest of our templates that are used by all brands’ CMS users.

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Social sharing:

As you all know, sometimes articles require different titles, images, and descriptions that will drive more traffic from social.
Now we enable you to customize each article's social card's data as it appears when shared by your readers across the social networks.
Simply enter the Editor, click on the new "Social sharing icon" on top, and start editing!
 
If you leave these fields empty:
Title - Article's title will be used
Image - Article's cover image will be used
Description - First 160 characters in the article will be used

Destination suggestions:

In order to help you featuring your articles into feeds faster without relying on your memory, we have added to the Publisher a destination suggestion functionality to help you with that.
You can add each destination by simply clicking on the “plus” icon. 
Within the Publisher you can switch on the “Sponsored Article” toggle to add custom branding to an article.
Leaving one of the fields empty will result in not showing the item on the post page.

Logo Image

1. Upload the logo that will be used for the sponsored article. The logo file format must be SVG.
Note for the logo designers or providers: The logo SVG file must be monochromatic and without height & width params in order for it to look good on the site
2. Logo URL- Add the URL to redirect the readers when clicking on the logo.
3. Sponsored text -Add the text which will be placed before the brand name. For example: “Presented By”. The field is limited to a maximum of 40 characters.
4. Brand name
Add here the brand name that provides the sponsorship. The field is limited to a maximum of 40 characters. 

June 2020

Pre-defined list items:

During the COVID-19 times, evergreen articles and listicles became much more abundant as part of the content strategy shift.

Now, instead of adding multiple list items one-by-one, you'll be able to pre-define the number of list items easier and faster.
 
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Open in a new tab: 

Now you can decide whether hyperlinks should be opened by your readers in the same tab or a separate one. According to SEO guidelines, external hyperlinks within your articles (that lead to other domains) should be opened in a new tab, thus reducing your articles' bounce rate and improving viewability & traffic.
 
Regarding the "No-follow", so you should check that box if you want to prohibit search engines from crawling this link. 
It's relevant in cases that this link leads to:
1. An external website outside of your domain
2. Websites for commercial reasons, with no relation to the article (especially betting sites).

3. A website that isn't related whatsoever to your article's content.

 

Follow the steps:
  1. Select a word within the Editor that should be hyperlinked
  2. Click on the "Link" logo 
  3. Insert the URL and check any of the boxes if necessary
NOTE: After a hyperlink was added, you can double-click it for editing purposes.
 
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Hyperlink suggestions: 

Adding hyperlinks to your article will improve your site's internal linking and amp-up the articles' SEO ranking.
In this second phase of this feature, you can now receive both Pages and Articles suggestions that can be used as hyperlinks within your articles.
Additionally, we've added the capability to search for Pages/Articles in case the suggestions don't provide you with specific results you are looking for.
 
Follow the steps:
  1. Finish writing your article
  2. Head to the SEO & Tags section and click on "Add Hyperlinks" at the bottom
  3. The "Add Hyperlinks" section will appear next to the Editor
  4. Select one relevant page or article and click on the "Copy URL" button (next to the page/article name)
  5. Select a word within the article, click on the "add link" button" and paste the Page's URL that will be added as a Hyperlink
  6. You can click on the "refresh" icon within the menu at any time to update the results

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April 2020

Article Subtitles

We added the capability to present the articles' subtitles within our website's cards section.
The text itself for the subtitle will be taken from the "Meta Description" field in the CMS (if left empty, the first 160 characters will be used for that).
Currently implemented within Floor8 & DBLTAP (TBL is up next).

 
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 Hyperlink Suggestions

As we are continuing with our professional approach, we're glad to present to you the 1st phase of the "Hyperlink Suggestions" feature.

This feature will suggest Feed Pages that can be added to your articles as hyperlinks ("Article" suggestions is coming up next).
Adding hyperlinks to your article will improve your site's internal linking and amp-up the articles' SEO ranking.
 
Follow the steps:
  1. Finish writing your article
  2. Head to the SEO & Tags section and click on "Add Hyperlinks"
  3. The Hyperlinks menu will appear next to the Editor
  4. Select one relevant page and click on the "Copy URL" button (next to the page name)
  5. Select a word within the article, click on the "add link" button" and paste the Page's URL that will be added as a Hyperlink

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 VMS video search (Voltax player)

 Finally, no more moving around between screens when adding an internal MM video to your articles. 
Now, you can simply search for Voltax player's videos from within the CMS and embed it directly to your articles. 

 

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CMS Images

A new 1:1 cropping ratio was added to help diversify the image representation in your articles

  • Image upload size limit was increased from 3MB to 5MB
  • Reflection of the image upload limitations was added to the media element panel, so users can see them in advance (before uploading an image)

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