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- Use the style guide index to reference documentation on all of the shortcodes.
- Log into the Widen photo galleries using your NAU credentials to download Marketing-approved images.
- Use a Lorem Ipsum generator for filler text.
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Sandbox requirements
Sandbox sites must contain the following elements before they are considered complete and can be submitted for review.
Global requirements
These requirements must be met on every page and post within your Sandbox site:
- A Heading 1 title for the page
- A featured image from the NAU photo library’s approved banner images
- Headings used in appropriate order for accessibility and SEO
Page requirements
Create the following pages within your Sandbox site with all of the bulleted elements:
One Homepage Accordion Closed
- Fill out the Contact Information panel so it populates a complete contact block and footer
- Use at least one social media account, even if your site doesn’t have one
- Use one or both of the Person and Info fields
- Use at least one of specific panels, either Academic Program Levels or Departments
- Use the Posts shortcode to highlight a post from your site (requires publishing at least one Post first)
- Use the Events shortcode to highlight an event (requires publishing an Event View first)
One page for Images Accordion Closed
- Add at least 2 images from the NAU photo library
- Images should be inserted as an image callout or image caption shortcode
- If using the image callout, you can use the title and description, title only, or description only
- Apply hyperlinks to all image shortcodes
- Utilize the two-column layout
- Either insert the image callouts in each column or one image in one column and associated text in the other column
One Page for Links and Lists Accordion Closed
- When possible, include links that are appropriate for your site. Links should be added according to current usability and accessibility guidelines.
- Include a link to an external page
- Include a link to a page within your site
- Add a .pdf from your media library
- Add a button
- A linked email address and phone number
- An ordered list (ex: steps that must be completed in order)
- An unordered list (ex: bullet points)
- Optional: Embed a youtube or vimeo video embedded into the page
- Optional: add links using the dropdown list shortcode
- Optional: incorporate anchor links into the page using the anchor link guidelines
One Page for the following elements Accordion Closed
- A permalink for the page that is different from the title
- Often used for departments with abbreviations
- Example: Permalink = COE, page title = College of Education
- A right column with a contact shortcode
- Two accordions
- Set of tabs
Post requirement
Create the following post within your Sandbox site with all of the bulleted elements:
One Post with the following elements Accordion Closed
- Add one category to the post
- Add at least one tag to the post
- Use the Post shortcode to feature the post on any page
Submit your Sandbox site for review
Upon completion of the requirements above, submit your Sandbox site for review.