This plugin enables you to edit and display Content Blocks in a sidebar widget or using a shortcode. Custom Post Widget documentation page. Very versatile – use anywhere you need a bit of content to be repeated on several pages. On InsideLaw, the Student and Faculty quick links boxes are built as a Content Block… Read more »
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Video embedding
Video embeds are automatic with recent version of WordPress. For Vimeo, YouTube, etc., just paste in the URL – WordPress takes care of the embedding. List of compatible video embeds at: codex.wordpress.org/Embeds We can also do galleries of videos with: the Video Gallery plugin [KGVID] shortcode For a playlist of videos, the [KGVID] or… Read more »
Announcements on InsideLaw
Announcements are placed on the homepage of InsideLaw by creating a post in the category “Announcements” To create On the dashboard admin menu, Posts / Add New – enter a concise title, content in the editor, and select “Announcements” and other relevant categories in the Categories select box. The listing of announcements will include an excerpt from the… Read more »
Buttons shortcode example – CoL Theme
The buttons are (unfortunately) defined in the CoL theme shortcode: [button type=”type” size=”size” url=”address” text=”button label text”] Since this site has all shortcodes disabled in Posts, the “live” example is on a page located at insidelaw.gsu.edu/documentation/buttons/
Admissions events
The Admissions office has a separate WordPress site for their prospective student events https://insidelaw.gsu.edu/admissions/ It is a fairly standard installation with a few special configuration changes to the Events Manager, most notably, the Default event list format: <tr> <td> <p>#_EVENTDATES</p><p>#_EVENTTIMES</p> … Read more »
InsideLaw Widgets
The gsu-look-alike theme[1] has 5 widget area, Main Sidebar Homepage Sidebar Footer 1 Footer 2 Footer 3 The Homepage template has a full-width “hero” unit (?slider?) that I know little about, and is not used much, if at all. Footer 1 is the main footer text (copyright, etc.). It has been altered to be full width…. Read more »
Event management
The plugin is Events Manager Pro and more documentation is available on their site Events are submitted via InsideLaw by anyone. Unless submitted by someone with “event_publish” permissions, the event is placed in “pending” awaiting approval. General information about tagging and categorizing can be found in our Best Practices. Note that “College Events” is intended only for… Read more »
Hiding pages from search results
Hiding pages from search results On InsideLaw, pages can be hidden from appearing in the built-in WordPress search results by adding the id# of the page/post to a comma-separated list in the site settings. First, you need the post number (post=####) that can be found in the URL of the edit page for that post…. Read more »
Document Repository management
Document management is difficult, and past strategies (de facto, not well-thought-out) have not worked for more than about 3 years at a time. To avoid future problems: Use PDF files only when: the document is intended to be printed, and the printed version needs to be in the same layout format as the original document, or, the document… Read more »
Externships system
WordPress Externships system Working version now at https://insidelaw.gsu.edu/externships/ Admin page “Externships” on dashboard, allows “Bulk Actions” of “Edit” to set (but not reset[a]!?!) categories, type and semesters. Bulk edit can also place selected Externships into “Draft” status to hide from listings Two complete systems – the “default” posts listings and the “shortcode-implemented” “selector” Opportunities listing. Default system:… Read more »