Sample content
The page demonstrates some of the features you can use to start building high-impact content. The new Layouts tool allows users to create and edit web content using a visual, drag-and-drop editor. You can see your page take shape in real time, preview layout ideas, and easily adjust and move blocks of content.
Using Layout Builder
To use the Layouts tool, simply log in to the site from the user login, visit any content page, and click "Layouts" in the top menu. This will bring you to the Layout Builder editor. From there, you can click "Add section" anywhere on the page, choose some basic configuration options, and start adding content.
If you see something you like, you can use this page as a reference and recreate that layout anywhere on the site. From the Layout menu, hover over a content block you'd like to use, click the gray pencil icon that shows in the top right, and then "Configure". This will bring up a menu that contains every setting required to create this content.
Everything on this page can be built without coding knowledge or web design expertise. All of the styling and formatting are pre-configured.
Typography styles
Here are some headline and typography options that you can use in copy. Click the "Configure" link at the top right of this block, copy your preferred style from the editor, paste to the page you're working on, and edit the text to suit your message.
Bold Headline
Bold headline serif
Bold headline serif underline
Light intro type for body and paragraph text
Bold intro type for body and paragraph text.
Cards, columns, and calls-to-action
Cards are a very flexible content block. They can call out featured content, make lists of links more appealing, and help organize content. They can even serve as a call-to-action.
Card example 1
You can use the Card block with an image and headline, using the "Excerpt" field to introduce the destination page's content and "Link Text" to add a clickable link button.
Card example 2
Or, you can introduce feature or blog content with a full image, headline, byline, and teaser.
Card example 3
Or, you can introduce feature or blog content with a full image, headline, byline, and teaser.
Call to Action
The Call to Action block can be used to more directly drive your users to interact with a link.
Bad use of cards
It is not best practice to use the card content type to link out to other articles. Instead, you should opt for using the article content type.
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Events and news feed
You can use the Events block to pull a feed of events directly from events.uiowa.edu. Use the Configure menu to select content tags you'd like to use to filter content, how many events you'd like to display, and how you'd like them presented.
Events
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Articles
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Harnessing the power of images for your website
Writing content that matters
Adding a blockquote
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People content type
You can add this content type to your SiteNow v3 website. You can use content type to feature faculty, staff, or students.
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Celeste Owens
Megan Yoder
People Content Type
Megan Yoder
Celeste Owens
Megan Yoder
Celeste Owens
Centering and left-aligning content
Best practices
Be consistent. If your heading is left-aligned, keep the content and button left-aligned too. Avoid centering and left-aligning content within the same section.
When should you left-align your content?
- Left-aligned designs are the default alignment pattern in SiteNow.
- Left-aligned content provides consistent readability.
When should you center your content?
- Centering short areas of text can create a useful contrast against a mostly left-aligned page.
Keep your heading, content, and button all left-aligned.
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If you can’t center all of your content, separate the section into a different background color to create separation.
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Adding a video
You can easily add video to your University of Iowa website.
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Bad use of images within a text block
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Slider Example
Adding a file
File as a hyperlink
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You can easily hyperlink a file on your SiteNow v3 site by highlighting the text and inserting your file.
Adding a PDF file
This is an example of a PDF file type on a SiteNow site.