---
title: "Publishing an article on the Homepage"
description: "Homepage managers can add an Article module to a Talkspirit home page, with a title, description, image or video, link, audience and draft status"
category: communication
section: news-feed-and-posts
tags: [admin]
type: Tutorial
lastUpdated: 2026-08-08
locale: en
canonical: https://support.talkspirit.com/en/communication/publishing-an-article
---

# Publishing an article on the Homepage


## Publishing an article on the Homepage
With the **Article** module, you can publish static information at a chosen position on a home page. An article carries a title and a description, plus optional fields for a link, an image or video, an author and an audience. You can keep an article as a draft before publishing it.

> **Role prerequisite:** You need to be a Homepage manager. An administrator designates Homepage managers in **Administration → Apps → Home**; administrators are not Homepage managers by default and must add themselves to manage the page.

## How do I publish an article?

1. Open the home page where the article will be published.
2. Click an empty column in a row and select **Article**. To create a new row first, click the **+** above or below an existing row and pick a layout.

![An empty column on a home page, outlined with a dashed border, offering the Insert a module choices: Carousel (greyed out), Article, Event, Media and Referent](/images/communication/publishing-an-article/01-module-chooser-empty-column.png)

3. An editing window opens. Enter the **Article title** and the **Article description**. Both are required to publish; a draft can be saved without them.
4. Optionally add:
   - **Link URL**: makes the article clickable
   - **Link title**: label for the link
   - **Choose an image or a video**: imported from your computer

For the best display, match the image to the width of the module: see [Recommended image sizes for the Talkspirit home page](/en/administration-security/recommended-image-sizes-on-the-home-page).

![The Article editing window, filled in: an Article title, an Article description, a Link URL, a Link title of "Read the announcement", and a chosen image in the Choose an image or a video picker on the right, above the Author, audience and Publication status controls](/images/communication/publishing-an-article/02-article-editing-window.png)

## How do I insert a YouTube video?

1. In the editing window, paste the YouTube video link in the **Link URL** field.
2. Tick **Use YouTube thumbnail in article**. The video thumbnail becomes the article image.

You cannot combine a YouTube thumbnail with an uploaded image or video, and the **Link title** field is disabled while the thumbnail is in use.

![The Article editing window with a YouTube link in the Link URL field and the Use YouTube thumbnail in article checkbox ticked. The Link title field below it is greyed out and cannot be edited, and the image picker on the right is empty](/images/communication/publishing-an-article/03-youtube-thumbnail-ticked.png)

## How do I choose the author and audience?

Select the **Author** from the member list, or publish as a company profile by searching for its name. An author is required to publish.

On a home page visible to everyone, the **Who can see this content?** list offers three audiences:
- **All users**
- **Members only**
- **Guests only**

On a home page restricted to members or to selected people, this list is not shown: the page's own audience already applies.

![The right-hand column of the Article editing window: the Author selector showing the current member, the Who can see this content? list set to All users, and the Publication status switch set to Draft rather than Published](/images/communication/publishing-an-article/04-author-and-audience-selectors.png)

## How do I save as draft or publish?

- To save without publishing: set **Publication status** to **Draft**, then click **Add**. Drafts stay invisible to your audience until published.
- To publish immediately: set **Publication status** to **Published**, then click **Publish**.

Your article now appears on the home page at the position you chose.

## What's Next?

- [Managing and publishing the Homepage](/en/administration-security/managing-and-publishing-the-homepage)
- [Recommended image sizes for the Talkspirit home page](/en/administration-security/recommended-image-sizes-on-the-home-page)
- [Publishing a media item on Talkspirit](/en/communication/publishing-a-media)
- [Talkspirit Homepage overview](/en/administration-security/the-homepage)