Public News Page

Tools includes a public status/info page for short operational updates and user-facing notices.

Public routes

• /news
• /information

Both routes now show the same stored page content.

What editors can change

The admin editor stores the page content in the database so you can update it without editing Blade templates or deploying code.

• Access: /feed-admin/newsflash (requires a signed-in web session with permission:rss)
• Editable fields:
  • browser/page title
  • visible page heading
  • lead text in Markdown
  • main body text in Markdown
  • optional back-to-front-page button label

Markdown is rendered safely on the public page, so headings, lists, links, and basic emphasis are supported.

Optional WordPress RSS source

The same editor can also append the newest posts from an external RSS feed, for example a WordPress site you use as your publishing surface.

• Enable the RSS section in /feed-admin/newsflash
• Paste the feed URL, for example https://example.com/feed/
• Choose the section heading and how many recent posts to show
• Optionally add intro text above the synced post list

When enabled, Tools fetches the external feed and shows the latest posts under the manual page text. If the feed is temporarily unavailable or invalid, the manual page content still stays visible and the RSS area shows an explicit error message instead of failing silently.

Typical usage

1. Keep the main notice and recovery/status summary in the manual Markdown fields.
2. Publish longer updates from WordPress or another RSS-producing site.
3. Let /news and /information show both the manual summary and the newest external posts in one place.