Feeds are ways to display Articles, Events, WYSIWYGs, or links in a section on a page. There are multiple styles of feeds to choose from. On this page, you will learn how to create two different types of Feeds. 

Defining Feed Styles

There are two types of feed styles:

  1. "Top Stories" style
  2. "Tabbed" style

"Top Stories" and "Tabbed" feed styles appear differently on a page and require different steps. 

"Top Stories" feed style

A "Top Stories" feed style appears like this on a page:

top-stories.png

 

All "Top Stories" feed styles always have the following characteristics:

  • are 2/3-width
  • have "Top Stories" headings
  • filter in Articles based on the first page tag
  • only display 3 Articles

Note: You can choose an advanced configuration option to allow more than 3 Articles to appear in the feed. Instructions for both the simple and advanced configuration are below.

"Tabbed" feed style

A "Tabbed" feed style appears like this on a page

tabbed-feed.png

 

"Tabbed" style feeds support listing Events and Articles and should only be used when you have year-round Events maintained in Cascade; otherwise, the Events tab will be empty during certain times of the year.

Creating "Top Stories" Style Feeds: Simple

simple feed display only previews 3 articles and only has a 2/3-width grid cell. To create a simple feed display, follow these steps:

Step 1: Add a tag to the page
  1. On the page to which you are wiring a feed, select: Edit > Content tab
  2. Scroll down to "Tags" and select the appropriate tag(s) for the page
    • Note: If you have more than one tag, the feed will only use the first tag you choose; if you want the Feed to use more than the first tag, see the specified block and format for multiple tags in Step 2
    • Note: Remember you are not adding tags in the "Tags" section at the very bottom of the page; you are adding tags to the "Tags" field.
Step 2: Specify block and format
  1. On the page, select: Edit > Configure tab 
  2. Scroll down to an empty Region
    • Note: If this is the first block you are wiring to the page, remember to at least leave REGION-01 empty just in case you want other content to appear before the feed
  3. For Feeds using the first tag, select block and format: 
    • Click "Choose Block" and select: Browse > JMU >  _shared blocks > feeds > top-stories-feed > top-stories-feed-widget
    • Click "Choose Format" and select: Browse > JMU > _shared-formats > listings > news-events-feeds > feed-top-stories
  4. For Feeds using multiple tags, select block and format:
    • Click "Choose Block, and select: Browse > JMU > _shared-blocks > feeds > page-tag-feed > feed-from-page-tag-all-tags
    • Click "Choose Format" and select: Browse > JMU > _shared-formats > listings >news-events-feeds > feed-top-stories-all-page-tags

Creating "Top Stories" Style Feeds: Advanced

An advanced feed display previews more than 3 articles and allows you to change its grid cell's width. To create an advanced feed layout, follow these steps:

Step 1: Copy top-stories folder
  1. In the Site Content panel, navigate to the top-stories-feed folder
    • Select:  _shared-blocks > feeds > top-stories-feed
  2. Right-click on the top-stories-feed folder and select "Copy"
    • Note: Be sure to copy the folder; do not individually copy the contents inside the folder.
  3. Place the top-stories-feed folder in the nearest _blocks folder to the page to which you want to wire the feed block
Step 2: Specify block and format
  1. Navigate to the page to which you are wiring the feed and select: Edit > Configure tab
  2. Scroll down to an empty Region, click "Choose Block", and navigate to the _blocks folder in which you placed the top-stories-feed folder
  3. Within that folder, select the top-stories-feed-widget block
  4. Click "Choose Format" and select: Browse > JMU > _shared-formats > listings > news-events-feeds > feed-top-stories

Creating "Tabbed" Style Feeds

Step 1: Copy tabbed-feed folder
  1. In the Site Content panel, navigate to the tabbed-feed folder
    •  Select: _shared-blocks > feeds > tabbed-feed
  2. Right-click on the tabbed-feed folder and click "Copy"
  3. Place the tabbed-feed folder in the nearest _blocks folder to the page to which you want to wire the feed block
Step 2: Edit folder's blocks
  1. In the tabbed-feed folder, select the "tabbed-feed-widget" block and choose "Edit" in the top toolbar or right-click on the block and select "Edit"
    • Choose the width you would like your feed to be (2/3 and 1/2 are recommended)
    • Choose whether or not you want the feed to be a fixed height (example: the news feed on the JMU homepage)
      • If you choose "No", its height will be determined by how many articles and/or events you have in your feeds
  2. Return to the tabbed-feed folder and edit the "tabbed-feed-article-config" block
    • Scroll down to the "Tags" field and change the "_tags/JMU Home" to your tag(s)
      • If you select "Yes" for "Fixed Height," we recommend setting the number of dispayed Articles/Events to 3 
  3. Return to the tabbed feed folder and edit the "tabbed-feed-events-config" block
    • Scroll down to the 'Tags" field and change the "_tags/JMU Home" to your tag(s)
    • Change the "Number to display" field to the number of Articles/Events you want to display.
      • If you select "Yes" for "Fixed Height," we recommend setting the number of displayed Articles/Events to no more than 10
Step 3: Wire blocks to the page
  1. Navigate to the page to which you want to put the Tabbed Feed and select; Edit > Configure tab
  2. In an empty Region, click "Choose Block" and choose the tabbed-feed-widget block
    • Select: Browse > JMU > _shared-blocks > feeds > tabbed-feed-widget
  3. In the same Region, click "Choose Format" and choose the feed-tabbed format
    • Select: Browse > JMU > _shared-formats > listings > news-events-feeds > feed-tabbed

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