Story System Preferences

These system preferences can be set by a System Administrator type user to configure the way stories are used.

Auto Expiry Time

The default time before the story expires after it is created. This will be the time they stop playing out in the ST player though they will remain as content. Set to 0 to not have an auto expiry when adding stories.

Before version 7.7.5.3 it was: Auto Expiry Hours (The number of default hours before the story expires.)

Absolute Expiry Time

Indicates if the auto/default expiry time is an absolute time from the beginning of the day when the story was created or a relative time added on to the time of creation.

(Added in version 7.7.5.3)

Default Add Action - Close the Add Story Window When Saving

True indicates that the popup add-story-window defaults to closing after each story is added.
Default: false
Version 14.11.2.1

Default Position for Manual Stories

Enter 'First' or 'Last' as the default position for new stories when entered manually.

Enable Air by Default

True indicates that the story editor defaults to enabling a story to air for new stories when entered manually.

Enable Images

True indicates that the story editor allows images to be used with stories. Requires Media Bin to be enabled.

Enable Repeat

True indicates that the story editor allows a repeat count to be used when showing stories on-air.

Header Box Edit Lines

Specify a number of lines of text to display in the editing text box for story headers. The default was only 1. 

Header Maximum Length

Set the maximum number of characters that can be entered into the header text. Set this to 0 to have no limit. The default was 255.

Header Warning Length

When a story header reaches this length display a visual cue to the user. The red background on the character count is used to warn when the recommended length has been exceeded.

Summary Base Height

The approximate number of lines a story record shows of the summary/header when collapsed.
Use -1 to have no limit. Default: 1
Version 14.10.1.2

Text Base Height

The approximate number of lines a story record shows of the main body text when collapsed.
Use -1 to have no limit. Default: 4
Version 14.10.1.2

Dynamic Fields Base Height

The approximate number of lines a story record shows of the dynamic fields when collapsed.
Use -1 to have no limit. Default: 0
Version 14.11.2.1

Require Body

True indicates that the story editor requires a main body text to be entered.

Short Story Length

The max length to use when displaying the short version of a story. For example in the "Comes After" drop-down-list when adding stories.

Story Removal

The number of hours past the Stories Expiry time that story records are removed from the database. This value ensures all time zones can show a story record before it is removed.

Warning Length (body)

When a story body reaches this length display a visual cue to the user. The red background on the character count is used to warn when the recommended length has been exceeded.