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Insert a calendar of your events by month, week or day.

Add a list of all upcoming events, or events from one or more categories.

After you’ve launched your site, you may want to add a new top-level page with subpages, but this can be a little tricky with a live menu.

Feature an individual event on a page.

Make a critical call to action stand out from other content on the page using a button.

Use categories to add filters or display a subset of posts on a page.

Create event locations separately from the event itself — and before you create the event.

Add a single event to a page, or a list of events from a specific category.

Set up Google Analytics as soon as your site launches to start collecting data right away.

Insert photos or graphics into the body of a page or post.

Use pages for relatively static content that makes up the architecture of your site.

Posts can be used for dated content like news, announcements or blog posts.

Give people access to edit your website.

Choose whether all of your place posts will display with an image or a map.

Remove your site from public view without permanently deleting the content.

If something on a page doesn’t appear quite right and you understand the basics of HTML, the easiest solution can be to look for rogue tags in the code.

Use the billboard block to add text and other content to a large banner.

Condense content into rows that visitors can click to expand.

Convert pages, posts and PPI created with the default WordPress editor to the new block editor.

Add people listings to your site by creating a separate post for each person.

Create a post that includes an address and link to get directions.

Add an event post that you can highlight by itself or as part of a calendar.

Add individual items that you can use to create a filterable list.

You can override your site’s automatically generated menus if customization is needed.

Use columns to bring visual balance to your layouts.

Display multiple photos at once as a thumbnail grid.

Insert a carousel-style photo gallery on your page or post.

Let users know they’ve successfully submitted a form and that someone will be in touch.

Clone or rewrite an existing page, post or other content type.

Update pages or posts you’ve already saved as drafts or published.

Rearrange the order of pages in your site’s menus.

Visitors to your site will expect to find contact information in the footer, which appears at the bottom of every page.

Your site name appears at the top of every page and is the same on every page.

Manage existing user roles or remove users from your site.

See the workflow for users to email supporting documents along with their form submission.

Share a map or directions from Google Maps.

Embed a feed from another website using the RSS block.

Easily embed video, audio, social media and other third-party content.

Inserting video from other websites is as simple as clicking copy and paste.

Add subheadings, body text, links, bulleted lists and more using basic formatting blocks.

Images in the WashU Web Theme require specific dimensions to display properly.

Use separators and spacers to enhance scannability and understanding of your content.

Use the PPI List block to create a dynamic list of staff, labs, publications and more.

Organize parallel types of information in a grid to enhance scannability and comparison of data.

Use the PPI Individual block to display a single faculty member, office location, research project or other post.

Display a snippet of R or other code, or embed media using HTML.

Use the Latest Posts block to customize how news or blog posts are embedded and displayed on any page of your site.

Link to files by uploading them to WUSTL Box or your website’s media library.

Use your WashU Key to log in and make edits to your site.

To publicly “launch” a site, change the visibility settings so search engines can find it. 

Stage new content or mock up edits to existing pages.

If your new WashU Site is replacing an existing website, you’ll need to take a few additional steps to get ready for launch.

Customize your settings for a better editing experience.

Once a page is live, saved updates are publicly visible. Know your options for controlling the visibility of pages.

Use the cards block to highlight and group related bits of information.

Use the cover block to add readable text over an image or mimic a parallax effect.

Use the tool for people, places or items to create directories, filterable lists and more.

If you already have a website, launching a new site will break many or all of the links and bookmarks to the pages on your old site.

Share timely content from other sources, including The Record, journal publications and media outlets.

Adjust your spam protection settings in Formidable Forms.

View the revision history and restore an earlier version of a page or post.

Crop and optimize your photos before uploading to your site for crisper, faster-loading images.

On pages, the featured image spans the full width of the page and requires special consideration.

Set up submission notifications for admins and confirmation emails for submitters.

Use the Posts Page setting or the Latest Posts block to automatically list every news or blog post published on your site.

Change the author of a post or add multiple authors to a single post.

A redirect automatically forwards a website’s visitors from one URL (web address) to another.

Edit the default homepage, or set a new page as Home.

The site’s header displays on every page of your site, assuring visitors that they are in the right place.

Use the quote and pullquote blocks to offset longer passages or highlight short excerpts that draw readers in.

Dynamically import events with an iCal feed.

Something off? Check these tips when saved changes don’t show, images aren’t quite right, or extra spacing appears.

Block People, Places or Items tiles from linking to post detail pages.

Insert a featured image to highlight the main theme of a page or post. Include additional images in the page or post body.

By default, a page’s URL matches its title. You can edit the URL by changing the slug.

Insert a simple audio player onto a page to upload an MP3 or embed audio from other websites.

Add multiple images or documents to the Media Library at once.

See the workflow for users to upload supporting documents to WUSTL Box after filling out the form.

See the workflow for users to upload supporting documents to WUSTL Box before filling out the form.

Use the video block to upload an MP4 and insert a video player.

An anchor link, also called a jump link or in-text link, takes users to a specific section of a page.

Laying out pages and editing content is a snap with your site’s block editor.

Forms that have files uploads are a target for spam. Instead, ask your users to submit supporting documents like CVs and writing samples via email.

Put your most important message front-and-center where it can’t be missed.

WordPress widgets are small modules that appear on every page of your site containing text, categories, HTML or other content.

Forms that have files uploads are a target for spam. Instead, ask your users to submit supporting documents like CVs and writing samples via WUSTL Box.

Look at your form submissions individually or export them as a spreadsheet.

From style guides to Google rankings, get tips to step up your web game.

Check through these high-level best practices and content needs to prepare, launch or audit your site.

Use a shared @wustl.edu email address for Analytics, Maps and YouTube.

When editing blocks that contain other blocks – like accordions, cards, columns and groups – it helps to have a few tricks up your sleeve.