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Blog and News Display Options

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AEM offers a number of style options for displaying blog posts and news pages. Both the SFU Blog Post and SFU News templates offers a great degree of customization: the category tag, date stamp, Share & Print and comments components are automatically available to authors.

When selecting your display option, you'll need to decide if you want to include thumbnail images and/or comments. If you would like to display thumbnail images or give your visitors the opportunity to comment on your blog post or news story, you'll need to use either the SFU Blog Post or SFU News template.

If you would like to display blog posts or news items without thumbnails or comments, you can use any of the content page templates available. Simply drop in a Datestamp component to set an associated date with your blog post or news item.

To include one of the following list displays on your site, drag a List component onto the page and specify the source of the blog/news pages. Use the fixed list, child pages or search options to build a simple list. For more complex list types, an Advanced Search query may be required. See Advanced Queries for example code.

Below are samples of List components using different "Display As" options. Double-click the List component to access the display option. 

Display options for content pages

NEWS

  • July 13, 2011
    Alumni reunion
    On September 25th, our alumni will get together for an annual reunion dinner. The event will take place at 7pm at the Alumni Centre.
  • June 27, 2011
    Department hosts upcoming public lecture
    As part of our summer lecture series, we are pleased to invite you to this free public lecture. The event will take place on July 2, 2011 at our downtown campus.
  • April 15, 2011
    New program available this fall
    The department is now accepting applications to our new program, commencing fall 2011. Entrance into the program is competitive, so be sure to get your application in before the deadline.

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FULL TEXT

  • Alumni reunion July 13, 2011
    On September 25th, our alumni will get together for an annual reunion dinner. The event will take place at 7pm at the Alumni Centre.

  • Department hosts upcoming public lecture June 27, 2011
    As part of our summer lecture series, we are pleased to invite you to this free public lecture. The event will take place on July 2, 2011 at our downtown campus.

  • New program available this fall April 15, 2011
    The department is now accepting applications to our new program, commencing fall 2011. Entrance into the program is competitive, so be sure to get your application in before the deadline.

LINKS

DROPDOWN

Note: In the optional Dropdown First Value text box you may want to type in "Select One" or "Quicklinks" etc. This will be the first item that appears on the menu.

Display options for SFU Blog Post and SFU News template

SFU NEWS LIST

  • Alumni reunion July 13, 2011
    On September 25th, our alumni will get together for an annual reunion dinner. The event will take...

  • Department hosts upcoming public lecture June 27, 2011
    As part of our summer lecture series, we are pleased to invite you to this free public lecture. The...

  • New program available this fall April 15, 2011
    The department is now accepting applications to our new program, commencing fall 2011. Entrance...

TEASERS

  • Alumni reunionAlumni reunion
    On September 25th, our alumni will get together for an annual reunion dinner. The event will take place at 7pm at the Alumni Centre.

  • Department hosts upcoming public lectureDepartment hosts upcoming public lecture
    As part of our summer lecture series, we are pleased to invite you to this free public lecture. The event will take place on July 2, 2011 at our downtown campus.

  • New program available this fallNew program available this fall
    The department is now accepting applications to our new program, commencing fall 2011. Entrance into the program is competitive, so be sure to get your application in before the deadline.

NEWS FEED

The News Feed display option draws its image from the Thumbnail field of the Page Properties dialogue box. Images should be 115px wide by 115px high. (For different thumbnail dimensions, adjust your site-specific stylesheet.) The News Feed display can be used in conjunction with the SFU News template as it also shows the number of comments.

HEADLINE

The Headline display option draws its image from the Image tab of the Page Properties dialogue box. To select an image for this display, drag it from the Content Finder into the Image tab. Images must be 230px wide by 130px high.