Help & FAQ
If you have additional questions about Interest!ALERT SiteNews or Expanded News, please email: sitenews@interestalert.com.
General Information
Interest!ALERT SiteNews Developer Program lets you easily display free
news headlines and summaries and stocks on your web site pages. It is a
complete point and click solution that takes about 2 min to set up and
will run immediately. Branded full news is available.
Branded and Partially Branded content.
Interest!ALERT offers both branded and partially branded content.
Branded content is displayed in your look and feel, powered from Interest!ALERT servers.
Partially branded content has headlines and summaries on your branded
pages that link out to popular magazines or web sites.
Whenever Interest!ALERT offers content that links
off your site we will clearly mark it and show you which parts display your
brand and which do not so you can decide what content to use.
Branding is a paid option.
Free Content
Interest!ALERT has free headlines and summaries which can be embedded on your site's pages.
Interest!ALERT will not provide content to sites it deems inappropriate.
Branded Sites, Free Sites and the Affiliate program.
Interest!ALERT allows qualified sites
to participate in an Affiliate Program which pays a commission on the ads
that display on branded pages or on Free Interest!ALERT pages, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Affilate Program. We suggest you get
started with the Developer Program and hook up news immediately.
Premium Content or Enhanced News Experience Services.
We have a broad set of additional services and programs available that
you can hook up or join at any time. Mail us at
sitenews@interestalert.com
Getting started
Click "Edit Your Pages" to visit the Page Management screen.
You will see the 5 News Topics that we set up for you initially.
You can use and edit these or set up your own. You need to
set up at least one news block with your choice of content and layout.
Copy the JavaScript code and paste it into your web pages.
To create a news block, click the "create" button and name it.
Names can be up to 10 alphanumeric characters (no spaces).
The name has no significance other than reminding you of its contents.
To edit a news block, select the radio button to the left of the
one you want to edit and then click the "edit" button.
Click the "content" button and select your topics.
Save your selection and set the page style. Return to the Main Page and
follow the instructions to add it to your site.
Select a news block by clicking the radio button to the left of its name.
The javascript for that block displays in the box below. Copy this code
and paste it into your web page in the location you want it to display.
If necessary, set the font face above the pasted javascript.
You can paste the code inside a table element to set its exact location.
Account Maintenance
Where do I change my password and contact information?
Integration/Customization
Can I embed news directly into my site?
How do I set the font style for the news block?
Content
How do I add content to more than one site?
Do you have articles about...?
Account Maintenance
Where do I change my password and contact information?
Visit the
Edit Personal Details
page to edit your password and contact information. Your Login ID cannot be changed.
What if I forgot my password?
There is a link to the Forgotten Password page
on the login screen. Fill in the form and we will try to locate your account records. If that fails,
email us at sitenews@interestalert.com with an explanation of the problem.
Integration/Customization
Can I embed news directly into my site?
To get news headlines and summaries to appear directly on your page, use the javascript code
from the Edit Your Pages page. The dynamic news block displays there
and updates each time the page is refreshed.
Alternatively, create a frame and link to your news using the link displayed on the Edit Your Pages page.
How do I set the font style for the news block?
Just enclose the javascript within font tags. You can't set the size, only the face.
<font face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica>
.
Javascript clip goes here
.
</font>
For more detailed information about this subject, see the How To page.
Content
How do I add content to more than one site?
Just create multiple SiteNews accounts.
Each SiteNews account supports multiple content pages.
Do you have news/articles about...?
If you want topics that we don't have in our selection page, email us at sitenews@interestalert.com with your suggestions.