Types of components
Components are the building blocks of web pages and each one has specific characteristics. You can build a web page that has just one text block on it or a page made up of more than one component to make your page more vibrant. We will endeavor to keep this page current as new components are made available. If you spot one missing, please email Cecilia David and let her know.
Component Name | Purpose | How to add or edit this component |
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Accordion block | To hide detail under main headings. The reader decides if they want to expand the accordion to read the detail or just read the headings. | Watch video (coming soon) |
Call to action | Provide a button for visitors to press to encourage them to take an action. Options include: | |
Child pages | Allows the user to add to landing pages blocks that hyperlink visitors to specific things within the website. | |
Child page triple block | Allows the user to add to landing pages blocks that hyperlink visitors to specific things within the website in a visually interesting way. | |
Courses (Custom Course List) | Allows for programs to do a custom course list to show their list of courses in a way that makes it easier for potential students to understand what they will need to take. These need to be manually entered and kept up. | See written instructions |
Embed View | Embed view brings in a set of page types (e.g., wedding menus) but doesn't allow for them to be worked with individually. As a result this is not used, but another type of component is used instead to bring in the content (e.g., PDF holder or featured links). |
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Featured links | www - Add in a column of featured links that display in a row. HP - Add in 3 across blocks that link to another page on current website or an external website and can have an image. | |
Feature profiles | Spotlight someone from an existing profile page | Watch video (coming soon) |
Feature testimonial | Insert the "pull text" field from an existing testimonial page. | Watch video (coming soon) |
Image call to action | Provide a button for visitors to press to encourage them to take an action with a picture to help highlight and call attention to it. | |
Inline call to action | Add in a call to action button that stands alone. | |
Media block | Insert a media block. Useful if you wish to share a movie or audio recording. | Watch video (coming soon) |
PDF listings holder | Share information via PDF, such as meeting minutes etc. | Watch video (coming soon) |
Table component | Display data in a table format if the data you wish to provide would present well a column & row format. | Watch video (coming soon) |
Testimonials | Ability to add in a quote that is highlighted. Can do it as a stand alone quote or add a picture with it. | |
Text and Media block | Display an image and associated text together. You can choose to place the image to the left or right of the text. | Watch video (coming soon) |
Text block | Display text only. You can bold, underline, select heading styles etc. but you cannot include pictures. | Watch video (coming soon) |
Two column text block | Display text in two columns. |
(this list is for convenience while we're still working on the documentation - it will be removed when we are finished)
- Add/edit Accordion block component
- Add/edit Call to action component
- Add/edit Child page component
- Add/edit Child triple text block component
- Add/Edit Featured links
- Add/edit Feature profiles component
- Add/edit Feature testimonial component
- Add/edit Image call to action component
- Add/Edit Inline Call to Action
- Add/edit Media block component
- Add/Edit PDF Listings Holder
- Add/edit Table component
- Add/edit Testimonial component
- Add/edit Text and Media block component
- Add/edit Text block component
- Add/edit Two column text block component
- Examples and details about components