Help Topics
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| Help Topic | Description | Audience |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility Checker | The Accessibility Checker runs automatically. It identifies potential accessibility issues and tells you how to correct them. | |
| Alert | The Alert Block is meant for providing lightweight feedback about an operation or highlighting time-sensitive information to site visitors. | Web Manager |
| Article Card | The Article Card is meant to be used as a general teaser for content. | |
| Audio and Podcast File Embed | Embed an audio file in a text editor/WYSIWYG. Site visitors can play the audio directly from the page. | Web Manager |
| Blog Entry | The Blog Entry feature provides standard blogging functionality to your site. | |
| How To Page | How To pages can be used to provide clear step-by-step procedures. | Web Manager |
| Button Style | Buttons can be used to highlight links on a page. | |
| Callout | Callout blocks can call attention to certain text and images. | |
| Carousel | The Carousel block is meant for either Banner (single image/slide) or Slider (multiple images/slides) content. | |
| Catalog | Catalogs are useful to organize a complex list of items, as in a program directory. | |
| Clickable Email | Clickable email addresses allow users to click and open their default email application. | |
| Clickable Phone Number | Making telephone numbers clickable on mobile devices. | |
| CTA Card | The CTA Card is meant for content that prompts a Call to Action from a site visitor. | |
| Data Table | Data Tables are created with a CSV file upload. | Web Manager |
| Event | How to create an Event content type. | |
| Image | Choosing between JPG and PNG image formats. | |
| Landing Page | How to create a Landing page and add blocks into bands. | |
| Tab or Accordion | Create a link to content that is hidden on a page by Tab or Accordion. | |
| Main Image | The Main Image appears at the top of a site page. | |
| Managing Content | How to manage content on the Digital Commons platform. | |
| NC Map | The NC Map block is a responsive, interactive map of North Carolina counties which can display information and link to other web pages. | |
| Press Release | How to create a Press Release page content type. | |
| Profile | A Profile features a biography of senior leadership or committee members. | |
| Profile Card | A Profile Card highlights an individual. It displays a photo, name, job title, phone number, and email address, and can be linked to a full Profile or biography. | |
| Quick Links | The Quick Links block is a compact way to present a list of related links. Two styling options are available. | |
| URL Redirects | Web Managers can create a friendlier, shorter URL, which can be used in press releases and newsletters. | Web Manager |
| Site Page | The site page is the most basic and most often-used content type. | |
| Statistic Card | Statistic Cards provide statistical information about your content. | |
| Summary Field | The Summary field displays a deliberate description of your blogs and press release pages rather than a default description. | |
| Tabs/Accordion | Accordions and Tab Accordions allow you to organize information on a page so that only the first entry is visible, and the other entries are visible when the user clicks on the tab. | |
| Taxonomy | Taxonomy is used to classify website content, such as tags used to classify or categorize posts in a blog. | Web Manager |
| Text Editor | Enter content in a text editor - WYSIWYG. | |
| Upload a File | There are two methods of uploading files, which behave differently. This article also specifies how to replace and delete files. | |
| User Accounts: Adding a New User | Web Managers have the ability to add new users to their Digital Commons website. | Web Manager |
| User Accounts: Canceling or Blocking | Web Managers can cancel user accounts or block users from accessing a website. | Web Manager |
| Video Card | Place and play videos on your website. | |
| Viewing Webform Submissions | Web Managers can view all submissions from a webform, and save it as a CSV file. Editors and Publishers can view submissions from forms they created. | Web Manager |
| Webforms | The Webform content type contains a form or questionnaire accessible to users. | Web Manager |
| Workbench | How to navigate My Workbench. | |
| Media Library | Uploading Media items: Audio Files, Documents, Icons, and Images. | |
| Color Palettes | Six accessible color palettes are available for Digital Commons websites. | |
| Mobile Responsive iframes | How to make iframes responsive for mobile | |
| Moderation Dashboard | View and manage moderated content submitted by users. | Web Manager |
| Views | Create a Custom View (for Events, Press Releases, Blogs, etc.) and embed the block on a Landing Page or Site Page. | Web Manager |
| Event Card | Event Cards help raise awareness, improve visibility, and increase attendance for scheduled events. | Web Manager |
| Spotlight | Spotlight paragraphs can be used to highlight press releases, events, featured articles, and links. | Web Manager |
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This page was last modified on 12/07/2023