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Article Page

Page template used for content with contributor and contact information that is often categorized using tags. This page is intended for news, story, article, notice, and any other such content that would be communicating information about the university to the public or an internal audience.

Article Info page properties

The Article page template has a unique Article Info tab in its page properties. This tab has two fields where Biography pages for content authors and contacts can be linked to an Article page.

The Authors / Contacts field is for the primary media contact for the content of the page. If there is more than one media contact, leave this field blank and add them to a text component at the bottom of the body.

NOTE: This and the By line field below are populated by linking to Biography pages for contributors to the site.

The By line field is for the primary author of the content. If there is more than one author, leave this field blank and add acknowledgement to a text component at the top or bottom of the body.

Article Info page properties
Article Info page properties

Article page versions

The Article page has two configurations, Has Right Column and Without Right Column. Depending on the configuration chosen there will be up to three drop zones for content on the page; main body, right column, and footer. The right column and footer drop zones contain Inherited Paragraph System areas.

The Article page template Page Information area contains site breadcrumbs, sibling and child page Explore menu, page title, page subtitle, contributor name and bio link, and page on time or last published date.

The Article page contains an embedded Image component above the main body.

The Article page will display contact information at the bottom of the body with page tags being displayed immediately below the body.

Example Article page with right column and no content
Example Article page with right column and no content
Example Article page without right column and no content
Example Article page without right column and no content

CSS Classes

  • vt-article
  • article-content
  • vt-articleImage
  • vt-authors-body
  • vt-article-contact-heading
  • #vt_article_authors
  • vt-article-contact
  • vt-contact-name
  • vt-contact-phone
  • vt-contact-phone-link
  • vt-article-byline-wrapper
  • vt-article-byline-heading
  • vt-article-bylines
  • vt-article-byline
  • vt-byline-name
  • vt-byline-name-link
  • vt-byline-name-separator
  • vt-social-icons
  • vt-social-icons-item
  • vt-social-icons-item-link
  • vt-social-icons-item-icon
  • vt-social-icons-item-label
  • vt-tags
  • vt-tags-body