How to Add News, Awards, and Other Updates

Non-project entries (news, awards, features, lectures, exhibitions, staff) appear in the comprehensive index at /all/ but do not get their own detail pages.

Entry Types

Type	Use for
news	Studio announcements, partnerships, office updates
award	Design awards, competition wins, professional honors
feature	Magazine articles, podcast appearances, book mentions
lecture	University talks, conference presentations, workshops
exhibition	Art installations, gallery shows, museum exhibitions
staff	New hires, promotions, departures

Step 1: Open the Admin Panel

Go to /admin/ and log in. Click + New Entry in the top-right corner.

Step 2: Fill In the Details

Click Edit on the new row to open the side panel. Fill in:

Field	Required	Notes
Title	✅	Entry heading
Type	✅	news, award, feature, lecture, exhibition, or staff
Date	✅	When this happened
Subtitle	—	Short tagline shown below the title
Description	—	1–2 sentence summary shown in the index
Categories	—	Topic tags (e.g. AWARD, PRESS, LECTURE)
Link	—	External URL — makes the title clickable
Related Projects	—	Links this entry to one or more project pages

Click Apply Changes when done.

Step 3: Save

Click Save Changes (top right). The site rebuilds in 3–5 minutes and the entry appears in the index at /all/.

Step 4: Add a Thumbnail (Optional)

Thumbnails are uploaded directly to GitHub:

Go to github.com/lowdo-bay/lowdo-dot-net
Navigate to entries/other/{your-entry-slug}/
Click Add file → Upload files
Upload an image named header.jpg or thumb.jpg

Linking to Projects

Use Related Projects to make an award, feature, or news item appear in a project's "Awards & Recognition" section. In the edit panel, type the project slug to search and add it.

Tips

External links — The link field makes the title clickable and opens in a new tab. Always use full URLs starting with https://. Useful for awards with announcement pages, press on external sites, event pages.

Descriptions — Keep it to 1–2 sentences. This text appears in Column 3 of the index.

Categories — Use consistent categories to keep filters useful. Common ones: AWARD, PRESS, LECTURE, EXHIBITION. See Category Guidelines.

Troubleshooting

"My entry doesn't appear in the index"

Check that the draft toggle is grey (published), not red
Wait 3–5 minutes for the rebuild after saving

"The link doesn't work"

Make sure it starts with https://

See Common Issues for more help.

Advanced: How it works under the hood
The admin panel writes a markdown file to entries/other/{slug}/{slug}.md on GitHub. The type: field in the frontmatter determines how it's displayed in the index. You can edit these files directly on GitHub — see Frontmatter Reference for the full field list.