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How to start an editorial group.

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Written by Sania Iqbal
Updated over a week ago

(Admins only)

Table of Contents:

Creating a Group Publication

Admins can create a new  Editorial Group Publication homepage for staff writers and contributors writing on the same topic. 

  1. Go to Publication

  2. Select the New Publication

  3. Select  Paid Publication or Editorial Group

  4. Complete the form and click Create

  5. Add Members in Members Page

  6. To see the Forbes.com page, visit forbes.com/sites/[publicationName]

Creating a People Page

Any new users associated with a group publication should have an individual contributor page also referred to as a people page. The URL to these pages would follow the following structure: www.forbes.com/sites/publicationName/people/personName

In order to create a new people page, the user has to be invited through the publication.

Note: Any existing user added to a group publication will not automatically get a people page. Please reach out to Product if a page is needed.

  1. Navigate to the Publication

  2. Navigate to the Members

  3. Click on the + icon

  4. Click Invite New

  5. Fill out the required information

  6. Check the URL to ensure the page works. It may need to be published.

Managing the order of the contributor list:

Contributing writers are shown on the Publication's Forbes.com page on the right-hand side. The writers that appear on this list can be controlled and re-ordered in Bertie. To manage this list:

  1. Navigate to the Publication

  2. Navigate to the Members

  3. To hide a writer hover over the row and click the (...) ellipses icon

    1. Click Hide from view

  4. To show a writer hover over the row and click the (...) ellipses icon

    1. Click Show in view

  5. To re-order the writers, drag and drop them to the desired order

    1. Note: You can only re-order the writers that show up on Forbes.com

    2. The first seven writers will be featured on the Publication homepage without expanding the list

  6. To remove a writer hover over the row and click the (...) ellipses icon

    1. Click Remove from group

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