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What is a campus building page?A campus building page is a templated content type that should only be built on the Buildings Site. On that site, building pages and be searched and filtered using taxonomy terms to help interested parties find the information they need to help them navigate PSU and its physical spaces. Here is a sample campus building page. How do I make a building page?There are two main steps to making a campus building page: building the taxonomy and making the page. 1: Campus building taxonomyFirst off: taxonomy. This is a classification scheme that allows you to assign particular terms/features to (in this case) campus buildings. You can then reuse the same terms so when someone needs to find a building page that has particular features, they can do so using this taxonomy system. The taxonomy terms do not actually display on a building page when assigned to that page. Rather, they are used when searching and filtering campus buildings. As such, it's important to be thoughtful about your taxonomy terms to ensure you're not repeating terms with slightly different spelling, or getting so specific that a term would only apply to one building and a slightly different iteration would apply to another. For example, you wouldn't want "3 lactation rooms" as a taxonomy term. Instead, you would want "Lactation room", then when building the actual page you can go into more details in the Building Features section. What are the taxonomies for campus buildings?There are two taxonomies associated with campus buildings: Facility Features and Department. Facility Features are things the campus building offers visitors they they might be in need of (such as a lactation room or water bottle refill station). Department is the list of actual departments housed within a particular building - this allows visitors to search buildings by department so they can easily figure out where they need to go. The taxonomy terms need to be made before they can be applied to a campus building page. How to add a taxonomy term
Repeat these steps for as many terms as you need to build for each taxonomy. 2: Making the pageFollow these steps after you've build as much taxonomy as you need (both Campus Building - Department and Campus Building - Facility Features).
Name: The actual name of the building. There is a separate section for the building code, so this should be the actual name (such as "Richard and Maurine Neuberger Center"). Address: This appears above the map. Hint: This displays the exact text you enter, so plan ahead of time how you want addresses to appear (just street address vs. street, city vs street, city, state, etc). Image: Click Add Media to select an image to add. Review the images documentation for more information. Building Location: In the Enter a location text box, start typing an address. Keep typing until the correct one appears, then select that address. About the Building: This is a basic text entry field with "About the Building" as a visible title. Plan ahead of time what kind of content you want in this area. Building Occupants: This is a basic text entry field with "Building Occupants" as a visible title. The planned design just listed occupants with each one linked to the department's site. It will likely duplicate the Campus Building - Department taxonomy for this page. Building Features: This is a basic text entry field with "Building Features" as a visible title. The content will be similar to the Campus Building - Facility Features taxonomy for this page. Plan ahead of time what kind of content you want in this area and how descriptive you would like to be. Building Maps: These are PDFs of floorplans and other relevant internal maps. You can add more than one (once you add one, the option to add another appears). Hint: The title of the uploaded document is what displays for visitors. As such, you want to make sure the title of the uploaded document is user friendly (i.e. Floorplan-SMSU is better than SMSU-All Plans_6). Building Details: This is a basic text entry field with "Building Details" as a visible title. Plan ahead of time what kind of content you want in this area. Building Code: The actual building code (i.e. RMNC). This is used in the search and filtering area; it is not visible on the page itself. Department: This pulls from the Campus Building - Department taxonomy. Start typing a taxonomy term (it has to have already been made), and a list of options will appear. This does not actually display on the page itself, it's only used in search and filtering. Facility Features: This pulls from the Campus Building - Facility Features taxonomy. Start typing a taxonomy term (it has to have already been made), and a list of options will appear. This does not actually display on the page itself, it's only used in search and filtering. |
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What is a gallery?A gallery is a grouping of items that all have something in common. Each site can have a single overarching gallery, in which there are multiple groups. Each group then has multiple items within the group. When determining your gallery, it’s important to consider how you plan to group your items since the groupings have to stay consistent on your site. Your gallery is structured with three layers:
A common way to group a gallery is by class, with each class having student projects. For that instance, the groupings could be by class and each item is a student project done as part of that class. That kind of structure would look like: How do I make a gallery?Planning is your most important step when creating your gallery. As such, your first step is to determine your grouping strategy. For that, it’s easier to work backwards. Ask yourself: What kind of items am I going to group? For example:
Once you know what kind of items you want to group, you’ll need to figure out how you plan to group them. Ask yourself: What’s the most logical way for my items to be grouped? For example:
If you’re not sure how to plan this, feel free to reach out to the Web Communications team for strategy suggestions. Keep in mind, though, that each gallery needs more than one group, and each group needs more than one item. Ideally, you would have a minimum of 20 items to group in your gallery. Once you have a planned strategy and know what kind of items you want to group, follow these instructions to create your gallery. All of the following instructions assume that you’re already logged into your site and ready to edit. Step 1 - Establish your galleryOnly Specialty Content Managers can make Gallery and Portfolio content. The Web Communications Team works directly with sites to establish this content type; if you're interested in establishing a gallery on your site, please reach out to help-webteam@pdx.edu so we can discuss if this is a good solution for your content. After making arrangements with the Web Communications Team, your Site Owner can change the title of the gallery page, which can be viewed at pdx.edu/site-name/gallery or (if the site is brand new) ondeck.pdx.edu/site-name/gallery. Please note: this does not change the URL of the Gallery page, just the title that displays at the top of the page. Step 2 - Create a GroupSince each item is associated with its respective group, you have to make your groups before you make your items. To make your group:
Step 3 - Create a Group ItemAfter your group has been created, you can start creating items to add to that group. To create an item:
Step 4 - Create an item tagEach item should have one or more tags associated with it. This is separate from the groups in that these tags are topical and used to help visitors find projects from different groups that have similar topics. This is an area where you’ll want to consider strategy. Tags should not be so granular in topic that only one or two items will apply to them. Rather, you’ll want general tags that many items can be associated with. Suggestions for terms include: “Piano”, “Mixed Media”, “Award Winners”, or “Senior Projects”. To view existing terms and create a new one:
URLs for referenceYour full list of groups can be found at pdx.edu/site-name/gallery Your items within a group can be found at pdx.edu/site-name/gallery/group-name |
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What is a department listing?If you have a group of departments under your site, you can use the automatically generated “Departments” page to edit them. The URL for the page will be http://pdx.edu/ site-name/departments. An example page can be found on the Web Communications Training site. How do I make a department listing page?You simply have to start creating "Department" content types to make a department listing. To do so:
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What is structured content?
Structured content is a page or listing that has a pre-formatted template. Unlike templates for block-based pages, these templates cannot be modified or changed, beyond entering content.
Most of your pages will be block-based, however if you have content that fits into a structured type, you should use the corresponding template type.
Structured content types
This is just a brief overview of each structured content type. For further information, refer to the documentation for each content type.
Available on every site
Contact: This is managed by the site owner, it's the overarching contact page for your site.
: Creates a listing of departments for sites that have sub-departments.
Syndicated content
You can subscribe to syndicated content to integrate it with your site's content. Some individuals can login to Syndication to create new Syndicated content.
Academic Program: Managed through University Communications and the Registrar. Descriptive pages used to advertise current degree and certificate programs. Request an update to an Academic Program page.
Event: Promotes upcoming events supported by PSU departments.
News Article: Noteworthy information that promotes PSU, its programs and departments, and its community involvement.
Profile: A short profile for faculty, staff, students, and affiliates. Primarily pulls from directory information in OAM.
Research Unit: Displays labs and other research efforts, supported by PSU, both on and off campus.
Only available on particular sites:
Campus Building: On the Buildings site; provides relevant details on each campus building.
Faculty Expert: On the Faculty Experts site; provides detailed information on faculty who are experts in topics the media frequently asks about.
Immersive Story: On the home http://pdx.edu ; an engaging page type used to promote short-term initiatives and marketing materials.
Item for Sale: On the Surplus site; creates advertised listings for goods the campus is looking to sell.
Content by special request
A Day in the Life: Creates a listing of pop-up snapshots of a list of different events from around campus. Primarily limited to top level http://pdx.edu .
Blog Article: Creates a blog listing on your site. Similar to news articles, but these are individual to a specific site and are not syndicated.
Gallery (Group & Item): A way to display portfolios and student projects on a site. The items (projects) are grouped into together by a common denominator (such as the class in which the project was made). Can be used in other ways as well; requires discussion with the Web Communications Team before activation.
Adding new structured content
To create a new piece of structured content, go to “Content → Add Content → (structured content type)”. Remember: do not create syndicated content types on your own site.
There are further instructions on each structured content type's informational page:
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What is a blog page?
A blog page is a templated content type that can only be built by bloggers. It looks similar to a new article, but where a news article is built in Syndication and imported to one or more sites, a blog is built directly on a site and cannot be shared between sites. Here is a sample blog page.
How do I make a blog page?
While any site can have a blog, before you can make one you have to request and complete training. To do so, email help-webteam@pdx.edu stating your request along with the name of your site. We will coordinate training from there.
There are two main steps to making a blog: building the taxonomy and making the page.
1: Blog taxonomy
First off: taxonomy. This is a classification scheme that allows you to assign particular terms/features to (in this case) blog articles. You can then reuse the same terms so when someone needs to find a blog on particular topics, they can do so using this taxonomy system.
The taxonomy terms display on both the blog page, as well as the blog listing (so visitors can filter the blogs by topic).
As such, it's important to be thoughtful about your taxonomy terms to ensure you're not repeating terms with slightly different spelling, or getting so specific that a term would only apply to one blog article and a slightly different iteration would apply to another.
For example, you wouldn't want "April 23rd Special Event" as a taxonomy term. Instead, you would want "Special Events", then when building the actual page you can go into more details.
How do I manage my blog taxonomy?
The taxonomy terms need to be made before they can be applied to a blog article.
How to add a taxonomy term
Login to the your site.
Navigate to “Structure → Taxonomy → Blog Article Tags”
pdx.edu/SITE-NAME/admin/structure/taxonomy/manage/blog_article_tags/overviewWhen you first navigate to the listing page for one of the taxonomies, you'll be able to review the list of existing terms. Before making a new term, make sure there isn't a functionally identical term already available.
Once you've verified there isn't a functionally identical term, click "Add Term".
On the Add term page, there are a few fields:
Name: This is the actual term itself; it's visible to the public. As such, this should be visitor friendly. Hint: pay attention to capitalization. Choose early on if you want the terms to be Title Case or Sentence case. It looks best when all terms have the same capitalization method.
Everything else: Leave everything else at the defaults. Do not modify the remaining fields.
Save the term
Repeat these steps for as many terms as you need to build for each taxonomy.
2: Making the page
Follow these steps after you've build as much taxonomy as you need (both Campus Building - Department and Campus Building - Facility Features).
Navigate to “Content → Add Content → Blog Article"
Complete the form*
Check the Published box at the bottom of the page
Save the page
Since the form is so long, I'm including instructions for each area here:
Blog Title: The title of the blog article. Keep it concise and accurate.
Blog Subtitle: Displays below the Blog Title in on the Blog Article itself. This can be used to add more detailed information.
Blog Author: Who wrote the blog.
Thumbnail Image: Displays at the top of the blog article, and in any blocks that feature the blog article.
Blog entry: The actual content of the blog article.
Additional Links (link group 4 with images): Do not use. Does not work.
Reference Links: Displays below the blog article.
Expiry Date: When you want the article to no longer display on your site. Required.
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Department listing
Available on all sites. If you have a group of departments under your site, you can use the automatically generated “departments” page to list them in a pre-structured format.
The URL for the page is pdx.edu/SITE/departments (replace SITE with your site’s URL). Example departments.
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The page is filled out with the department content types. Use these instructions to make a department, which will automatically be added to the department listing.
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Blog pages
Available by request. A blog page is a templated content type that can only be built by bloggers. It looks similar to a new article, but where a news article is built in Syndication and imported to one or more sites, a blog is built directly on a site and cannot be shared between sites.
The URL for the page is pdx.edu/SITE/blog (replace SITE with your site’s URL). Example blog.
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What is a blog page?How do I make a blog page?While any site can have a blog, before you can make one you have to request and complete training. To do so, email help-webteam@pdx.edu stating your request along with the name of your site. We will coordinate training from there. There are two main steps to making a blog: building the taxonomy and making the page. 1: Blog taxonomyFirst off: taxonomy. This is a classification scheme that allows you to assign particular terms/features to (in this case) blog articles. You can then reuse the same terms so when someone needs to find a blog on particular topics, they can do so using this taxonomy system. The taxonomy terms display on both the blog page, as well as the blog listing (so visitors can filter the blogs by topic). As such, it's important to be thoughtful about your taxonomy terms to ensure you're not repeating terms with slightly different spelling, or getting so specific that a term would only apply to one blog article and a slightly different iteration would apply to another. For example, you wouldn't want "April 23rd Special Event" as a taxonomy term. Instead, you would want "Special Events", then when building the actual page you can go into more details. How do I manage my blog taxonomy?The taxonomy terms need to be made before they can be applied to a blog article. How to add a taxonomy term
Repeat these steps for as many terms as you need to build for each taxonomy. 2: Making the pageFollow these steps after you've build as much taxonomy as you need (both Campus Building - Department and Campus Building - Facility Features).
Blog Title: The title of the blog article. Keep it concise and accurate. Blog Subtitle: Displays below the Blog Title in on the Blog Article itself. This can be used to add more detailed information. Blog Author: Who wrote the blog. Thumbnail Image: Displays at the top of the blog article, and in any blocks that feature the blog article. Blog entry: The actual content of the blog article. Additional Links (link group 4 with images): Do not use. Does not work. Reference Links: Displays below the blog article. Expiry Date: When you want the article to no longer display on your site. Required. Tags: These are the taxonomy tags you created previously. Start typing a tag name and select the correct one from the list of options. Click "Add another item" if using more than one. |
Campus building page
Available by request. A campus building page is a templated content type that should only be built on the Buildings Site. On that site, building pages and be searched and filtered using taxonomy terms to help interested parties find the information they need to help them navigate PSU and its physical spaces.
The URL for the page is pdx.edu/web-training/campus-buildings (replace SITE with your site’s URL). Example campus buildings.
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There are two main steps to making a campus building page: building the taxonomy and making the page. 1: Campus building taxonomyFirst off: taxonomy. This is a classification scheme that allows you to assign particular terms/features to (in this case) campus buildings. You can then reuse the same terms so when someone needs to find a building page that has particular features, they can do so using this taxonomy system. The taxonomy terms do not actually display on a building page when assigned to that page. Rather, they are used when searching and filtering campus buildings. As such, it's important to be thoughtful about your taxonomy terms to ensure you're not repeating terms with slightly different spelling, or getting so specific that a term would only apply to one building and a slightly different iteration would apply to another. For example, you wouldn't want "3 lactation rooms" as a taxonomy term. Instead, you would want "Lactation room", then when building the actual page you can go into more details in the Building Features section. What are the taxonomies for campus buildings?There are two taxonomies associated with campus buildings: Facility Features and Department. Facility Features are things the campus building offers visitors they they might be in need of (such as a lactation room or water bottle refill station). Department is the list of actual departments housed within a particular building - this allows visitors to search buildings by department so they can easily figure out where they need to go. The taxonomy terms need to be made before they can be applied to a campus building page. How to add a taxonomy term
Repeat these steps for as many terms as you need to build for each taxonomy. 2: Making the pageFollow these steps after you've build as much taxonomy as you need (both Campus Building - Department and Campus Building - Facility Features).
Name: The actual name of the building. There is a separate section for the building code, so this should be the actual name (such as "Richard and Maurine Neuberger Center"). Address: This appears above the map. Hint: This displays the exact text you enter, so plan ahead of time how you want addresses to appear (just street address vs. street, city vs street, city, state, etc). Image: Click Add Media to select an image to add. Review the images documentation for more information. Building Location: In the Enter a location text box, start typing an address. Keep typing until the correct one appears, then select that address. About the Building: This is a basic text entry field with "About the Building" as a visible title. Plan ahead of time what kind of content you want in this area. Building Occupants: This is a basic text entry field with "Building Occupants" as a visible title. The planned design just listed occupants with each one linked to the department's site. It will likely duplicate the Campus Building - Department taxonomy for this page. Building Features: This is a basic text entry field with "Building Features" as a visible title. The content will be similar to the Campus Building - Facility Features taxonomy for this page. Plan ahead of time what kind of content you want in this area and how descriptive you would like to be. Building Maps: These are PDFs of floorplans and other relevant internal maps. You can add more than one (once you add one, the option to add another appears). Hint: The title of the uploaded document is what displays for visitors. As such, you want to make sure the title of the uploaded document is user friendly (i.e. Floorplan-SMSU is better than SMSU-All Plans_6). Building Details: This is a basic text entry field with "Building Details" as a visible title. Plan ahead of time what kind of content you want in this area. Building Code: The actual building code (i.e. RMNC). This is used in the search and filtering area; it is not visible on the page itself. Department: This pulls from the Campus Building - Department taxonomy. Start typing a taxonomy term (it has to have already been made), and a list of options will appear. This does not actually display on the page itself, it's only used in search and filtering. Facility Features: This pulls from the Campus Building - Facility Features taxonomy. Start typing a taxonomy term (it has to have already been made), and a list of options will appear. This does not actually display on the page itself, it's only used in search and filtering. |
Gallery page
Available by request. A gallery is a grouping of items that all have something in common. Each site can have a single overarching gallery, in which there are multiple groups. Each group then has multiple items within the group. When determining your gallery, it’s important to consider how you plan to group your items since the groupings have to stay consistent on your site.
The URL for the page is pdx.edu/SITE/gallery (replace SITE with your site’s URL). Example gallery.
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Your gallery is structured with three layers:
A common way to group a gallery is by class, with each class having student projects. For that instance, the groupings could be by class and each item is a student project done as part of that class. That kind of structure would look like: How do I make a gallery?Planning is your most important step when creating your gallery. As such, your first step is to determine your grouping strategy. For that, it’s easier to work backwards. Ask yourself: What kind of items am I going to group? For example:
Once you know what kind of items you want to group, you’ll need to figure out how you plan to group them. Ask yourself: What’s the most logical way for my items to be grouped? For example:
If you’re not sure how to plan this, feel free to reach out to the Web Communications team for strategy suggestions. Keep in mind, though, that each gallery needs more than one group, and each group needs more than one item. Ideally, you would have a minimum of 20 items to group in your gallery. Once you have a planned strategy and know what kind of items you want to group, follow these instructions to create your gallery. All of the following instructions assume that you’re already logged into your site and ready to edit. |
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Step 1 - Establish your galleryOnly Specialty Content Managers can make Gallery and Portfolio content. The Web Communications Team works directly with sites to establish this content type; if you're interested in establishing a gallery on your site, please reach out to help-webteam@pdx.edu so we can discuss if this is a good solution for your content. After making arrangements with the Web Communications Team, your Site Owner can change the title of the gallery page, which can be viewed at pdx.edu/site-name/gallery or (if the site is brand new) ondeck.pdx.edu/site-name/gallery. Please note: this does not change the URL of the Gallery page, just the title that displays at the top of the page. Step 2 - Create a GroupSince each item is associated with its respective group, you have to make your groups before you make your items. To make your group:
Step 3 - Create a Group ItemAfter your group has been created, you can start creating items to add to that group. To create an item:
Step 4 - Create an item tagEach item should have one or more tags associated with it. This is separate from the groups in that these tags are topical and used to help visitors find projects from different groups that have similar topics. This is an area where you’ll want to consider strategy. Tags should not be so granular in topic that only one or two items will apply to them. Rather, you’ll want general tags that many items can be associated with. Suggestions for terms include: “Piano”, “Mixed Media”, “Award Winners”, or “Senior Projects”. To view existing terms and create a new one:
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