Advanced Training

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Dynamically import events with an iCal feed.

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

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