Front Page
For basic informational and marketing sites.
Components
- Hero - Call attention to the most important user need. Contains a call to action.
- Featured Pages - Highlight pages on your site that correspond to your most important user needs. Uses the Page Collection component.
- Calendar Events - Pull events from the WVU Calendar into your website.
- Quicklinks - List resources your audience will find useful.
Frontpage - College or Department
For college and department websites.
Components
- Hero - Call attention to the most important user need, usually a link to academic programs and majors.
- Academic Programs - List program types e.g. “Bachelor’s Programs,” “Master’s Programs,” “Online Programs,” etc. Uses the Page Collection - Colored Boxes component.
- Calendar Events - List upcoming events.
- Action Hero - Promote a specific program or initiative in your college, or prompt users to apply to WVU, Visit, or request info.
- News - Pull in news stories highlighting important news around the college.
- Profiles - Highlight faculty members and student success stories.
- Quicklinks - List resources your audience will find useful.
Frontpage - Conference or Event
For major conferences or events that have individual sessions and speakers.
Components
- Hero - Call attention to the most important user need, for example to register or see a listing of conference speakers or events.
- Calendar Events - Pull in specific conference events from the WVU Calendar.
- Speakers - Highlight event speakers. Uses the People Collection component.
Frontpage - Faculty Member
For WVU faculty members who want to highlight their research.
Components
- Faculty Member Hero - Show a photo, contact info, and CV.
- Back Page - List bio information or research content.
Frontpage - Magazine
Show featured articles and categories for a magazine website.
Components
- Featured Story - Highlight the latest featured story from your online magazine. Uses the Hero component.
- Featured Stories - Highlight featured articles from the latest issue. Uses the Article Collection component.
- Category Pages - Show categories for your articles. These link to landing pages with articles tagged with a certain category. Uses the Page Collection - Colored Boxes component.
Back Page
For pages that contain general information.
Components
- Back Page - A main content region and a sidebar for a submenu and ancillary information.
Article
A blog article, news article, or magazine article. These usually have an author, and are organized by publication date from newest to oldest, and come in two forms: a standard article and a magazine article that contains a hero section.
Components
- Article - Write up a news story, a blog article, or a magazine article.
Articles Index
Display a listing of the most recent articles. These can be blog articles, news articles, or magazine articles.
Components
- Articles Index - A vertical list of articles displaying a thumbnail, headline, and blurb for each.
Contact Us
Display an address, location, and embed a contact form.
Components
- Contact - Display contact info and embed a form.
Contacts Index
Display relevant contacts for your organization.
Components
- Contacts Index - Display a vertical list of contacts with names, titles, contact info, and an optional link to a bio.
Directory
List your organization’s faculty and/or staff.
Components
- Directory - A table listing persons, along with their contact info.
Faculty Member
Highlight a faculty member and their involvement in a WVU program or initiative.
Components
- Profile - Feature a headline for the faculty member, along with some info (like their name, title, and organization), along with an optional quote and an interesting story.
Landing Page
Introduce the content in a specific section of your site.
Components
- Hero - Introduce the section and/or call attention to the most important user need.
- Page Collection - Highlight important pages in your section.
Photo Gallery
Display a photo gallery.
Components
- Photo Gallery - A grid of photos. The user can click through to see a larger version of each photo.
Profile
Highlight a person from your organization and their involvement in a WVU program or initiative
Components
- Profile - Feature a headline for the faculty member, along with some info (like their name, title, and organization), along with an optional quote and an interesting story.
Program Listing
List your college or school’s programs, along with links to specific content e.g. Cost and Aid, Careers and Outcomes, etc.
Components
- Program Listing - A list of programs that can be filtered by degree type and delivery option.
Student
Highlight a student and their involvement in a WVU program or initiative.
Components
- Profile - Feature a headline for the student, along with some info (like their name, major, and graduation year), along with an optional quote and an interesting story.
Get ahold of us if you need something custom.
If our standard templates don’t do what you want, contact University Relations - Digital and let us know what you need. One of our designers will help you pick the right template, or make customizations upon request.
Template Configuration
For each of these templates, you have the option to disable individual components on a per-page basis. Just go into the page properties, click on the Custom Data tab, and select any components you want to hide. You can also configure options for individual components, for example the alignment of a hero component, the number of items that display in a collection component, whether to display an article author in an article component, and so on.