Contributing Supplemental Documents

The AP Custom News Upload to Hosted page is a form used to specify the file location and metadata for a supplemental document. Your saved or uploaded document is added to the AP Custom News Contribution Lineup page, where you can perform other functions.

To access the Upload to Hosted page:

Perform ONE of the following options:

Option 1: Via AP Custom News

  1. From the menu bar, select Define Content Interactives (Hand Picked).
    Result:     The Create Content Definition page opens to the Query tab.

  1. Click Upload Documents. For more information about using Custom News, refer to the AP Custom News User's Guide.

Option 2: Via AP Exchange

Click Manage in the Navigation bar; then click Contribute under the Hosted heading at left. Required boxes are highlighted in pink (required for saving) or green (required for uploading).

Note: The Save functionality is not available when accessing this page via Custom News (Option 1).

To upload a supplemental document:

  1. Specify all required form boxes:

Product Source

Select the type of supplemental document:

  • HostedSuppDocs. Generic supplemental document that may contain stories, graphics or spreadsheet data.

  • ExecutiveCompensation. Supplemental document (spreadsheet data) that contains the salaries of a company's executives.

  • EconomicStressMaps. Supplemental document (spreadsheet data) that contains information about the economy.

Upload File

Specify the document's file path. Click Browse to select the image from your personal computer or shared drive. The file format must be one of the formats indicated for your selected product source.

Source

Enter the document's originator (Example: Associated Press).

Source Type

(If Source is not AP) Select the appropriate source type (Member, Third Party or AP).

Title

Enter the document's story headline (Example: Hurricane Evacuation Procedures).

Description

Enter a brief summary of the story within the document (Example: A document that describe Hurricane Katrina's evacuation procedures).

Copyright Holder

Enter the owner of the document and story (Example: Associated Press).

Copyright Date

Enter the document's copyright year (Example: 2008).

Slugline

Enter the story's slug (Example: Pakistan Earthquake). If no slug is entered, then Title is processed in this box.

Date Created

Enter the date the story within the document was created in MM/DD/YYYY format or select it via from the calendar .

Document Language

Slide the time scale or specify the time in HH:MM AM/PM format.

  1. Perform ONE of the following actions:

To...

Do this...

Save your news item without uploading it (Not available via Option 1)

Click Save. AP Exchange automatically directs you to the Contribution Lineup page. Saved items appear in the Not Yet Published Documents section.

Upload your news item to the AP Photo Editors

Click Upload; then click OK when the warning message appears. AP Exchange automatically directs you to the Contribution Lineup page. Published items appear in the Published Documents section. In addition, the documents are available for content definition selection in Custom News.