Directories are organized, searchable groups of business listings that display on the site and apps. They are used to create pages like “Best Doctors,” local real estate listings, and annual “Best Of” lists. Directories are highly configurable, but each directory shares some basic attributes. Directory Components: Which component controls which function of the directory Create/Edit A Listing: How to add…
The Sticky Anchor Ad will display an ad unit “stuck” to the bottom of the browser on both desktop and mobile devices. The ad begins expanded, but visitors are able to minimize the ad after the first impression. Creating the Sticky Anchor Ad Placement To utilize the sticky anchor add, first you’ll need to create a new ad placement for…
The ads.txt file is a simple, secure method for content publishers to declare who is authorized to sell their ad inventory. Rayos users with Publisher role have access to manage the the ads.txt file in Rayos. In the Rayos admin, navigate to Settings > Ads.txt in the left side menu. To add new entries to the file, scroll to the bottom…
TownNews has required two-factor authentic for all sites on the Rayos platform. To login into the site admin at sitedomain.com/wp-admin, all users will need to have enabled two-factor authentication by taking the following these steps: 1. Download an authentication app. WordPress supports multiple authentication apps. Each user will need to download one of these authentication applications to your mobile phone…
There is not a clone feature for pages in Rayos, however there is a quick process for copying the contents of one page to another. Edit the page you want to copy Click the blue “Classic Mode” button at the top of the Page Builder window, this will give you the page’s short code. Click on the “Text” tab in…
As part of standard data collected by Google Analytics, Rayos also passes two custom dimensions to your Google Universal Analytics (UA) property. Post Primary Category – This is the category assigned to articles with the Primary Flag selected. It can be used in custom reports and is also useful as a secondary dimension in all of the built UA reporting….
Rayos Analytics allows sites to easily integrate with with Google’s analytics platforms. For your site, we are able to include the following tracking IDs: Google Universal Analytics (UA) Tracking ID Google Analytics 4 (GA4) Measurement ID Google Tag Manager (GTM) Container ID (Web & AMP) For tracking events by your users within the site admin, we can utilize a Google…
Rayos uses Google Tag Manager (GTM) to track actions taken by users within the Rayos admin for reporting purposes.
Rayos uses the Auto iFrame plugin as a quick and easy way to embed iFrames and resize the frame to fit the content’s container.
Rayos Article Ingestion uses Blox syndication to pull content from other sources, such as sister sites, AP, or the TownNews Content Exchange, into your site. Articles can be ingested manually, in bulk, or automatically using criteria you set. Ingested Articles is broken out into 3 sections: All Ingested Articles Saved Automations Syndication Center To start ingesting articles, you’ll need to…
