Pre-formatted pages

The page is automatically completed with department content types. Use these instructions to make a department:

1. Use the admin menu to navigate to "Content  ￫ Add content ￫ Department"

2. Complete the form for each department:

   • Department Name: the displayed name for the department

   • Department Image: what image you want to display in the department listing

   • Department Link: the URL to the web page or site for the department

Step 1: make a blog taxonomy

The blog taxonomy is the list of terms (tags) visitors use to filter your blog articles. Follow these instructions to create new taxonomy terms:

1. Use the admin menu to navigate to “Structure ￫ Taxonomy ￫ Blog Article Tags”

2. Review the existing terms to verify there isn’t a functionally identical term available.

   • If there is, use that term or edit it as needed.

3. Select "Add Term". 

4. Enter the name for the term; ignore the other sections of the form. A few notes:

   • Use uniform capitalization methods for all your terms (i.e. sentence case, title case, etc).

   • Only create new terms that are general enough to apply to multiple blogs; best practice is to have no more than 10-15 terms.

5. Save the term

Step 2: make a blog article

1. Use the admin menu to navigate to “Content ￫ Add Content ￫ Blog Article"

2. Complete the form

3. Select the Published box at the bottom of the page

4. Save the page

There are two main steps to making a campus building page: building the taxonomy and making the page.

Step 1: Campus building taxonomy

Taxonomy is the list of terms (tags) visitors use to filter your campus building pages. There are two taxonomies used for the campus buildings pages: “Facility Features” and “Department”. Follow these instructions to create new taxonomy terms:

1. Use the admin menu to navigate to one of the following:

   • “Structure ￫ Taxonomy ￫ Campus Building - Department”

   • “Structure ￫ Taxonomy ￫ Campus Building - Facility Features)”

2. Review the existing terms to verify there isn’t a functionally identical term available.

   • If there is, use that term or edit it as needed.

3. Select "Add Term". 

4. Enter the name for the term; ignore the other sections of the form. A few notes:

   • Use uniform capitalization methods for all your terms (i.e. sentence case, title case, etc).

   • For facility features, only create new terms that are general enough to apply to multiple pages; best practice is to have no more than 10-15 terms.

5. Save the term

Step 2: make the campus buildings page

1. Use the admin menu to navigate to “Content ￫ Add Content ￫ Campus Building"

2. Complete the form

3. Check the Published box at the bottom of the page

4. Save the page

Form fields

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: Select 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.

Planning is the 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 backward. Ask yourself:

What kind of items am I going to group? For example:

• Student projects

• Research projects

• Art exhibitions

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:

• Class

• Term

• Topic

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.

Only 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.