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In The News Widget

In The News Widget Example
In The News widget as it appears on the vt.edu home page

The following component structure and classes applied to components will create the same type of appearance as the In The News section of the vt.edu home page. Although the classes are specific in name, they can be applied to the same structure and set of classes with different content.

The example shows the header and list.

User level: Basic

1. Drag and drop a Container component into place on a Homepage template page without right column

2. Click the Container component to show the component toolbar

3. Click the wrench icon to display the configuration dialog

4. Type or copy-paste the vt-in-the-news class into the CSS Class field

5. Check the Full Browser Width checkbox

6. Click the checkmark in the top-right of the dialog to save changes

In The News Step 01
In The News container component configuration options

7. Drag and drop a Text component into the Container component you just created

8. Click the Text component to show the component toolbar

9. Click the wrench icon to display the configuration dialog

10. Type or copy-paste the vt-in-the-news-title class into the CSS Class field

11. Click the checkmark in the top-right of the dialog to save changes

12. Click the Text component to show the component toolbar

13. Click the pencil icon to edit text

14. Click the Expand icon, third icon from the far right

15. Type the heading text you want

16. Select the text by dragging the cursor over the text

17. Click on the text formatting icon, second from far right in the toolbar and select Heading 2

18. Click the Collapse icon, far right icon in the toolbar

19. Click the checkmark to save the text changes

In The News Step 02
In The News title text component configuration options

20. Drag and drop a List component under the Text component you just created

21. Click the Text component to show the component toolbar

22. Click the wrench icon to display the configuration dialog

23. Type or copy-paste the vt-in-the-news-list vt-list-items-stretch classes into the CSS Class field

24. Select Build list using -> Fixed List

25. Populate two (2) items in the fixed list

26. Select Order by -> On Time

27. Set the Limit field to 2

28. Click the Include Hidden Pages checkbox

29. Click the Display Options tab

30. Select DisplayType -> Columns with the number of columns set to two (2)

31. Select Number of Columns -> 2

32. Select the Tag(s) -> Show option

33. Click the checkmark in the top-right of the dialog to save changes

In The News Step 03a
In The News list component list properties configuration options
In The News Step 03b
In The News list component display options configuration

You should now Preview your In The News to make sure it appears as desired before publishing the page.