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News Website Template

The CLAS News website homepage utilizes features from our “News Website Template” plugin.

This plugin utilizes three page templates that will only load when the plugin is active.

Page Templates

  • Home Page Template
    • Each section on the home page is a post (including the Submit a Story and Ytori sections). If an image for these sections needs to be changed, go to that post in the WP dashboard and change the featured image.
    • Pulls in posts from these category slugs
      • featured-news
        • Pulls in the most recent post
      • recent-news
        • More News link is hardcoded to send the user to that page
      • alumni-spotlight
        • Pulls in the most recent post
      • clas-news
        • Pulls in 4 posts from this category.
      • research-news
        • Pulls in 4 posts from this category
      • clas-videos
        • Pulls in most recent post. ACF is used to create the URL field for the video. Video opens up using Bootstrap Modal.
      • awards-honors
        • 5 most recent posts are displayed
      • submit-news
        • Link to submit news
      • ytori
        • Link to Ytori page. Image can be updated by changing the featured image of this post.
  • Featured Article Template
  • Article Template
  • Archive Templates
  • Blog Page
    • Displays news from all the categories shown in the home page.
    • To add another category to the query, add ID number to query in all-news.php template

Custom Functionality

This plugin has some built in custom functionality:

  • Ability to share articles to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
  • Ability to add a donation button after the article with custom text and link.
  • Related posts are also displayed at the bottom of an article.
  • Pop up with Emma form embedded inside (iframe)
  • Hide author and/or featured image on articles (Checkbox shows up on right hand side)
  • Avoids duplicate posts from showing up on the home page
  • Displays a modal on the home page when user clicks on CLAS Video

Plugins Needed

  • Advanced Custom Fields
    • This plugin adds the custom fields that someone can fill out in the WP dashboard when looking at an individual post
      • Sub heading
      • Support Link
      • Support Text
  • News Website Template