Learn about making and editing news, events, and profiles shared throughout pdxto display either only on your site or to syndicate throughout PDX.edu sites. Academic Program (AP) Pages are also stored in Syndication, but are managed by the AP Page Management group. Learn more about what that group does on UComm’s Web Communications page.
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General syndication instructions
Syndication is how you make news, events, and profiles that are shared to different .
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Historically, Syndication was used for all news, events, and profiles. However, going forward news and events specific to your site/audience should be built directly on your site, as well as non-staff/faculty profiles (eg. student profiles). This content will not export to other sites. |
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What is Syndication?
Syndication is the site used to create and export content shared to multiple 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.
A few things to note:
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.
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Syndication is primarily used for staff and faculty profiles, to ensure they display in the Faculty and Staff Directory, though shared news and events may also be created on that site.
Academic Program (AP) Pages are also edited in Syndication, though these are managed by the AP Page Management group. Learn more about what that group does on UComm’s Web Communications page..
A few things to note:
Content created in Syndication will export on a weekly basis.
Only create news and events in Syndication that must export to other sites. Make news and events specific to your site directly on your site - this content will not export to other sites.
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 Never link directly to content in syndication. Double-check the URLs to make sure they do not contain “ondeck.pdx.edu/syndication”; use the URLs that are created when the content is on a PDX.edu site.
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 a piece of content is syndicated to your site that you do not want displayed on your site, simply unpublish it. This will prevent the content from re-importing in a published view.
Creating and managing news and events
News and events created in Syndication are imported to different sites using the Content Hub tag. There are two kinds of tags available for news and events, it’s important to know the difference between them.
Tags: the field labeled "Tags" is a topic-based tag. This is visible to visitors; they can also use this tag to filter news and events. Separate multiple tags using commas.
Content Hub Tag: the field labeled “Content Hub Tag” is where you choose the sites that will import the news article or event. Every tag of this sort starts with “AP -” or “CH -”; this tag is invisible to visitors. Select “Add another item” to add multiple tags; separating by commas does not work. Each site has one Content Hub Tag by default.
To import content to the main pdx.edu site, you must use the “CH - Top Level” Content Hub tag on that content.
To import existing content to your own site, edit the page in Syndication and add your site’s Content Hub tag to the content.
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Automatically build news listing
There is an automatically-built news listing page that displays all published news imported to your site. Example news listing.
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 page will always be pdx.edu/SITE/news - replace SITE with your site's URL to view your site's news listing.
Dynamic news block
The block "Shared Content: Recent News" is a dynamic block that automatically updates with the most recent (by publish date) news articles imported to your site. There is a link at the bottom of the block to let visitors view all the news.
This block can be added to any landing page on your site.
Featuring a specific article
You can feature an individual article using the "Feature: News Article" block, if there is a particular article you want to highlight. Add that block to a page, then type the title of a published news article on your site into the text field.
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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(s) of the week or day(s) of the month on which the event repeats. 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- |
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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 view 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 view 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.
Creating and managing profiles
Profiles created in Syndication are imported to different sites using the Department tag. This tag is visible to visitors; they can use it to filter profiles on a site by different departments. To change which department tag(s) filter to your site, or to get a list of those tags, submit a support request. Be sure to include your site’s URL in the request.
Profiles should primarily be built directly on your sites. This will ensure they publish promptly for your visitors. If a news article or event needs to be shared to multiple sites, it can be created in Syndication. Just be aware that it may take up to a week to export.
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Automatically built news listing There is an automatically-built news listing page that displays all published news imported to your site. Example news listing. 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 page will always be pdx.edu/SITE/news - replace SITE with your site's URL to view your site's news listing. Dynamic news block The block "Shared Content: Recent News" is a dynamic block that automatically updates with the most recent (by publish date) news articles imported to your site. There is a link at the bottom of the block to let visitors view all the news. This block can be added to any landing page on your site. Featuring a specific article You can feature an individual article using the "Feature: News Article" block if there is a particular article you want to highlight. Add that block to a page, then type the title of a published news article on your site into the text field. |
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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(s) of the week or day(s) of the month on which the event repeats. 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- |
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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 view 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 view 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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News and events created in Syndication are imported to different sites using the Content Hub tag. This is a tag added when editing or creating a news article or event in Syndication. Adding this tag to an event or news article made directly on your site will not export it to other sites. Content Hub Tag: the field labeled “Content Hub Tag” is where you choose the sites that will import the news article or event. Every tag of this sort starts with “AP -” or “CH -”; this tag is invisible to visitors. Select “Add another item” to add multiple tags; separating by commas does not work. Each site has one Content Hub Tag by default.
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Creating and managing profiles
Profiles for staff or faculty should be created in Syndication; this allows these profiles to export to the Faculty and Staff Directory. If you are creating a profile for a different purpose, such as a student profile or a profile for an affiliate, then create the profile directly on your site.
Staff and faculty profiles
Staff and faculty profiles are created using a combination of directory information from the Odin Account Manager (OAM) and from syndication. If someone has a profile built, it will display in the Faculty & Staff Directory. If they do not, their OAM directory information will display with a message that the biography is unavailable.
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Step 1: verify the profile doesn’t already exist
Step 2: create a new profile
Any content included in the expandable "PROFILE DETAILS - IF YOU ARE PULLING PROFILE DATA FROM OAM, ANY CONTENT ADDED HERE WILL BE OVERWRITTEN" area is the responsibility of the individual. They manage that content in the Odin Account Manager (OAM). If the person does not have an OAM account, then you can add content to this section. | ||
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Removing syndicated content from your site
Once a piece of syndicated content is imported to your site, there are two things you need to do to remove it from your site:
Edit the news article, profile, or event in Syndication and remove your site’s Content Hub tag from that piece of content.
Login to your site and delete the news article, profile, or event from your site’s content listing. IMPORTANT: make sure you’re doing this on your site, and not in Syndication.
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Any content included in the expandable "PROFILE DETAILS - IF YOU ARE PULLING PROFILE DATA FROM OAM, ANY CONTENT ADDED HERE WILL BE OVERWRITTEN" area is the responsibility of the individual. They manage that content in the Odin Account Manager (OAM). If the person does not have an OAM account, then you can add content to this section. |
Other profiles
Profiles for anyone who is not a staff or faculty member should be created directly on your site.
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To create a new profile, use these steps:
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How to display profiles on your site
Automatically created list of profiles
There is an automatically-built profile listing page - example profile list. This page displays all published profiles imported to your site. You cannot control the order they're displayed or the grouping.
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 page will always be pdx.edu/SITE/faculty-profile-search.
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Manually created list of profiles
You can manually create a profile list using a landing page and paragraph blocks, instead of using the automated one.
To link to a person's profile or directory listing:
Imported profiles: Find the profile in your site's Content listing, then get the URL from the View tab of the profile. Example profile.
Directory listing: If a profile has not been made, you can link to their directory listing. The URL is pdx.edu/SITE/profile/exists?id=ODIN - replace SITE with your site's URL and ODIN with the person's Odin.
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Feature a specific profile
You can feature an individual profile using the "Feature: Profile" paragraph block. Add that paragraph block to a page, then type the title of a published profile on your site into the text field.