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General syndication instructions
Syndication is how you make a way to create content (news, events, and profiles that ) which are shared to different pdx.edu sites, including top-level pdx.edu. All syndicated content is created in a single site: Syndication, then imported to individual sites based on their site settings.
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Only content created in syndication will import to other sites. If you create a news article, event, or profile directly on your site it cannot import to other sites. We recommend bookmarking the pages to create a news article, create an event, and create a profile to help prevent mistakes.
All syndicated content must be edited in syndication; edits made within your own site will not update other copies of the content.
Imported content will not display immediately on your site; it can take up to two hours for accurately tagged content to import to your site.
Never link directly to content in syndication. Double check the your URLs to make sure they do not contain “ondeck.pdx.edu/syndication”.
If syndicated content is imported to your site that you don't want to have displayed on your site, simply un-publish the content on your site. Deleting the content will allow it to be re-imported.
You cannot set a focus point for images in Syndication as the focus is not retained when the content imports to your site. Use these dimensions to customize your images before uploading to Syndication:
News Article Image: 945 x 520 pixels
Event Image: 455 x 325 pixels
Profile Secondary Image: 320 x 223 pixels
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If you are making a repeating event, the DATETIME field should show the start and end of the entire series of events. For Weekly and Monthly repeating events, you choose the correct day of the week or day of the month on which the event repeats. Ctrl+click (PC) or Cmnd+click (Mac) to select multiple options. For example, if I have a recurring event that lasts from 5-6pm every Thursday from October 1-November 30, the Start date will be 10/01/2020 at 5:00pm and the End date will be 11/30/2020 at 6:00pm. I would choose "Thursday" on the weekly repeat, and leave the monthly repeat as -None- Screenshot example: |
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Automatically built events calendar There is an automatically-built events calendar page that displays all published events imported to your site. It has three views: month, week, and day. Example event calendar. You can create links to this page in the navigation menu by adding one in the PSU Primary Menu settings. You can also link to this page using CTA buttons or other links. The URL for the (month view) page will always be pdx.edu/SITE/calendar/month - replace SITE with your site's URL to see your site's calendar page. Dynamic events block The block "Shared Content: Upcoming Events" is a dynamic block that automatically updates with the closest upcoming (by event date) events imported to your site. There is a link at the bottom of the block to let visitors see all events. This block can be added to any landing page on your site. Featuring a specific event You can also feature an individual event using any of the link blocks or CTA blocks, if there is a particular event you want to highlight. There is no automated block that can be used to highlight a specific event. |
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