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Storytelling Feature Pack

Sep 17, 2025

Featured People Block

Use Cases The Featured People block provides an effective way to spotlight individuals. The block allows creators to display a person’s headshot, name and title, along with a link to an external resource. While it’s often used to highlight a single person, the block also supports the display of multiple profiles so creators can showcase…

Apr 14, 2021

Audio Player Block

This block allows content maintainers to embed audio content directly into their posts. This block is ideal for sharing a speech, a piece of music, or a conversation captured on a podcast. Not only does it allow for the upload of audio, this block also includes a custom header, title, teaser, and thumbnail along with…

Sep 2, 2020

Magazine Preview Block

The Magazine Preview block is specially created for showcasing other content within a selected Magazine issue. Upon selecting a magazine issue to show posts from, this block will automatically populate with other stories from the same issue. The order of the stories is determined by the story ordering set within the issue configuration page relative…

Sep 2, 2020

Sandwich Narrative Block

Use a Sandwich Narrative block as a supplement that expands upon a specific point within a larger story. While the main Page or Post content sets the stage and gives full details on a particular topic, the Sandwich Narrative block allows users to present a secondary, shorter yet relevant story embedded directly within the original…

May 27, 2020

Email Signup Block

Use Cases An effective way for content creators to ensure repeat visitors to their site, is through the use of an email signup. Whether that be for a monthly newsletter, quarterly departmental updates, or some other specific need, the Email Signup block offers site maintainers a way for them to intake user emails while having…

May 26, 2020

Aside Widget Block

A part of the immersive template, the Aside Widget block is a sleek alternative to standard Fact and Pull Quote blocks. Instead of traditional center alignment, the Aside Widget affords site managers the option to left- or right-align chunks of important content to give the page a feature feel without distracting from the main body…

May 26, 2020

Pull Quote Block

Overview Many news posts and stories have memorable quotes and phrases that deserve additional attention. This content can be put into a pull quote so that it receives additional from both readers and skimmers. The Pull Quote block is center aligned and is displayed as a secondary brand color. Quotation marks can optionally be put…

May 18, 2020

Highlight Block

One of the most flexible blocks within NC State Stories, the Highlight block allows an author to link out to related stories, supplemental information and resources, or other online resources such as an event RSVP page. Almost all fields within the block are optional, other than a heading and URL. Additional fields include a subtitle…

May 18, 2020

Related Stories Block

The Related Stories block is one of several ways to link out from a news post to other related stories. It is the quickest block for linking to related stories because it doesn’t rely upon images or teaser text. When the block is added, you have the option to display one or two related stories.…