Tool on Top

Tool on Top is used by front page editors to build the publication's front pages. All changes made on this page are automatically published. Lorem ipsum bla bla. I understand. Don't show me this again.

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Curate tool supports managing and editing teasers that are published on the front page. The tool is designed for front-page editors and should not be used by other users unless they have permission to do so.

Changes provided within the tool will be directly exposed to all readers visiting the front page.

Page layout

The interface is divided into three main columns, which are:

Top positions

This column contains the teasers put on the very top of the front page. Their positions and their order are 100% manually controlled by the user. The number in the top-right corner informs about the position the current teaser is placed at.

Other positions

This column contains teasers guarantied to be exposed to all the readers. Their positions though are controlled by the algorithm and therefore the information about their positions can not be displayed in the tool. The order of the teasers in that column does not have implications in the front-page layout.

Latest articles

This column displays the articles that were recently published by the newsroom. It is possible to search for the particular teaser and filter the results by section, news value and lifetime.

The rectangular containers inside each column represent individual teasers of published articles.

How it works

Drag and Drop

In order to move a teaser between different columns simply hover the cursor over the desired teaser. Left-click and drag (while keeping the left click pushed) the teaser to the desired position.

Show details

The "Show details" button is located in the top-left corner of the display. Clicking it results in expanding the teasers and displaying the following data: click ranker, impressions, lifetime, news value. Clicking that button does not affect the content published on the front page.

Editing the Teaser

This feature is located in the "more" button, in the top-right corner of each teaser.

Click on "more" button and select "Edit". Edit the headline or the kicker and save your changes.

Open Article in Bench

This feature is located in the "more" button, in the top-right corner of each teaser.

Click on "more" button and select "Open Article in Bench". The Bench will open in the separate tab.

View article online

This feature is located in the "more" button, in the top-right corner of each teaser.

Click on "more" button and select "View article online". The article will open in the separate tab.

Remove the teaser

In order to remove the teaser from "Top positions" or "Other positions" column, click on the "more" button, in the top-right corner of each teaser. Clicking on "Remove" will remove the teaser.

Metrics and teaser info

Skins

Located in the bottom-left corner of each teaser. They inform about the skin information attached to the article.

Black dot - Black skin
Red dot - Breaking
Blue dot - Feature
Orange dot - Live blog

Traffic light

Located in the top-left corner of each teaser. They inform about the performance of the teaser based on the Click Ranker.

If the light is green - that means the Click Ranker for that teaser reached above 80%, meaning teasers performs really well.

If the light is red - that means the Click Ranker for that teaser reached below 20%, meaning teasers does not perform well.

If the light is off - that means the teaser is performing within average norms

Click Ranker

The click ranker score, between 0 and 100, shows if a teaser is clicked more or less than expected. A score above 50 indicates that a teaser is performing better than expected, and a score under 50 indicates that it’s performing worse.

The number is calculated by comparing the teasers actual performance on live click through rate (CTR) based on its circumstances, and comparing it to the expected click through rate.
A green ligth on the score indicates that the teaser is very well-performing, red light indicates that it’s underperforming and that an action to optimize the teaser is recommended.

Impressions

The number of impressions shows how many IP numbers that have had the actual teaser on the screen (seen it) during the last 30 minutes.

Lifetime

The lifetime value shows what value is set on the individual article/teaser. There are three lifetime values; Short, Medium and Long. Based on the individual newsroom settings, this value controls how long time the article/teaser is in the mandate of Curate to promote on the front page.

News value

The news value shows what value is set on the individual article/teaser. The scale is from 0,5-5. Based on the individual newsroom settings, this value controls whether the article/teaser is in the Curate mandate to be promoted on the front page, and how it will be ranked.