Upload ANF articles in News Publisher
In addition to creating articles in News Publisher and your CMS, you can hand code articles in a text editor. Follow these steps to upload and preview those articles in the News app.
Upload an article
Go to icloud.com, sign in, then click News Publisher.
Click Articles, then click Draft Articles, All Published Articles, or a section.
Click Upload Article (above the list of articles), select the folder on your computer that contains the article’s elements (at minimum, the article.json file and its referenced images), select the elements, then click Choose or Open (depending on your browser).
A window appears that displays the upload progress.
If the upload fails: Fix any errors, then click Re-Upload Article.
If the article uploads successfully but with warnings: Address any issues, then click Update Article.
Note: You can view any warnings at a later time by clicking Draft Articles, then clicking the orange dot next to the article.
Preview the article in the News app
After you successfully upload an article, you can open it in the News app on a device with iOS 9 or later, iPadOS 13 or later, or macOS 10.14 or later.
On your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, sign in to the same Apple Account you use for News Publisher.
On an iPhone or iPad: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
On a Mac with macOS 13 or later: Go to System Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
On a Mac with macOS 10.15 to 12.9: Go to System Preferences > Apple ID > iCloud.
On a Mac with macOS 10.14: Go to System Preferences > iCloud.
Make sure iCloud is turned on for the News app and Passwords & Keychain.
In your browser, go to icloud.com, sign in, then click News Publisher.
Click Articles, then click Draft Articles.
To see how your articles look in News, click
, then do any of the following:To preview on a Mac (with macOS 10.14 or later): Click View.
To preview on an iPhone or iPad: Click Copy on your Mac, then share the preview link (via email, AirDrop, or message, for example) to your iPhone or iPad with iOS 9, iPadOS 13, or later.
News launches, and the preview appears in the Drafts section.
The News app opens and the article preview appears in the Drafts section.