Creating A News Post

To create a news post you first have to enable the feature. The directions for this are linked to in the left column.

To create a news post, go to the News page via the menu and click 'new' to reach the following screen:

Fill in the subject and body of the article and decide on the level of access to the post (Public, Logged in, or Member's Only) and click 'add'.

News Post Access Levels/Visibility:

Public - allows anyone who visits your OLP public webpage to see this post.

Logged In - allows anyone who is logged in with their OLP user account in any jurisdiction/lodge/club to view this post on the OLP public webpage or the Local Page in the Member Portal/OLP App.

Members Only - allows only members of your lodge to see this post on the OLP public webpage, Member Portal, or the OLP App.

When creating a News Post from Member Portal and OLP App:

Check whether you are posting as a Member (yourself), or as Webmaster for your local group.

News Posts created as a Webmaster will push notifications and emails to your membership.

News Posts