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May 26, 2020

Media Divider Block

Use Cases The Media Divider block is best used to break up large bodies of text while simultaneously making a page more interesting to the reader. The Media Divider block stylizes images in an eye catching, wider format that sprawls across the page in a more captivating fashion than a standard Image block. This block…

May 26, 2020

Page and Post Metadata

Search Engine The search engine meta description represents the blurb of text that will appear when search engines return that particular page as a search result. Describe the purpose of the page, including (in natural language) any keywords that might be of interest to a user searching for specific information that might be found in…

May 26, 2020

Featured Content Block

Use Cases The Featured Content block is a useful tool for pointing users towards important, and sometimes timely, pages and stories across a site. In addition to being an effective way to break up long bodies of text, the Featured Content block can be a useful way for content creators to leverage interesting pages and…

May 26, 2020

Quote Block

Overview Quotes from students, faculty, alumni and others affiliated with the university allow you to provide a different, third-party perspective to your website’s users. The Quote block provides an opportunity to display these supporting testimonials. The Quote block is similar to the Pull Quote block within the NC State Stories platform. It allows you to…

May 26, 2020

Text Links Block

Overview The Text Links block is most often used immediately below a paragraph block, and it provides a way to link out to resources that may have been discussed in the preceding paragraph(s). The block can display links in either one or two columns. It will automatically balance the links between the two columns so…

May 26, 2020

Events Block

Overview By default this block will display the next three events on your calendar, but can also support . It can pull data from Localist (the University Calendar) or The Events Calendar plugin. The Events Calendar plugin allows you to import events from Google Calendars and other calendaring platforms. With both Localist and The Events…

May 26, 2020

Posts Feed

Overview When building out a page you may want to include timely related news content. The Posts Feed block allows you to display the latest news from a specific set of categories or tags. This functionality also allows you to display content from a specific Newswire collection. The block allows you to choose how many…

May 22, 2020

Tables and Tabular Data

Table Block For relatively simple data, such as a set of columns each with named headings, the Table Block is easy to use, update, and understand. By default, the Table Block will fit to the width of the page content, but may be extended wider by choosing the ‘Align Wide’ option. This is especially recommended…

May 19, 2020

Image Format and Size

Formats The format of an image refers to the filetype. The most common filetypes are: .jpeg/.jpg, .png, and .gif. The filetype, size, and resolution are all contributing factors to the overall quality of an image. WordPress supplies a good article on Image Size and Quality detailing each facet and how it contributes to image display.…

May 18, 2020

Video Block

The Video block can be used to create a clean video embed on a WordPress site. In addition to embedding the video, the Video block allows for a customizable thumbnail that features a play button icon and a wider styling option. At this time the Video block only supports YouTube videos. When uploading video from…

May 18, 2020

Instagram Feed Block

The Instagram Feed block is a good option for displaying visual content from an Instagram feed, as well as driving users to view and engage with Instagram channel content. This block depends on installation and configuration of the Instagram Feed Pro plugin from Smash Balloon. Feed Settings Source Users may select from one of a…

May 18, 2020

Jump Links

Jump links (also known as anchor links or page jumps) refer to links that direct to specific parts of a page, rather than the entire page itself. This may be useful for linking to elements further down the page for faster access, or for linking from external pages to direct readers instantly to a specific…

May 18, 2020

Image Block

Adding an Image Images contained within the image block may be sourced from 3 different locations: Alignments Several alignment options are available for images displayed in posts, which affects how widely (or narrowly) the image will display. Content Alignment (Default) By default, inserted images will display at the width of the post content unless otherwise…

May 18, 2020

List Block

While this is a fairly straightforward block, it can be an important part of your content. When interspersed with paragraph blocks, it can help users more easily skim your content to find a specific piece of information. User research has also shown that online readers are particularly drawn to lists when consuming content, so they…

May 18, 2020

Paragraph Block

There isn’t much to a paragraph block, but it plays an important role nonetheless within your web pages. The bulk of your content will be within paragraph blocks. Basic formatting options are available. Those options include: The text can also be left, center, and right aligned; however, the default of left alignment should almost always…

May 17, 2020

Heading Block

Overview Heading blocks are used on almost all types of pages. Most web users do not read everything on a web page word-for-word. Rather, they skim to try to find the section of content that might answer the question that they have. Well-structured headings help with this navigation process. Web pages have six “levels” of…

May 14, 2020

Menu Display Locations

The items contained within all menus can be edited by navigating to the main Menu page, found via the Dashboard > Appearance > Menus. From here, multiple menus may exist at the same time. Use the dropdown selector near the top of the page to select which menu to edit. Towards the bottom of this…

May 13, 2020

Adjusting Page and Post Visibility

Page and Post Visibility When building out content in a WordPress site, there will be times when the content does not need to be made public immediately. If a page or post is being worked on over an extended period of time by an individual, the content therein may want to be kept entirely private.…