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How to...Use the Blockquote Style to Format a Fact Box

Kelly Hansen — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:48:57 +0000

How to...Use the Blockquote Style to Format a Fact Box Kelly Hansen Fri, 04/08/2022 - 11:48

Keep Mason accessible with expressive alt text

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Blockquote styling is the unsung, and versatile, hero of a reader-friendly page or news item.

If you aren’t using the blockquote styling feature to add a visual POP to news items and pages, you should be! Use the blockquote styler with the attribution line to highlight a compelling quote. Or, create a fact box, like the one below, by formatting a bulleted list within a blockquote.

Tips to Improve Readability:

List the sizzle and key facts
Use concise language, short sentences
Break up articles with intro text, headers, fact boxes, and smaller images
Place large images and videos at the end

Watch the video below shows how to create a fact box in less than 26 seconds using the blockquote style. The same instructions apply to a text block placed on a landing or basic page.

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How to...Create a Profile in Content Hub

Kelly Hansen — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:16:26 +0000

How to...Create a Profile in Content Hub Kelly Hansen Mon, 11/22/2021 - 15:16

A snappy, robust profile is a great way to show off a Mason community member's accomplishments.

Best Practices Reminder:

Write, but don’t format your content, in Word or a note pad. If you are writing in Word, you will need to ‘clean’ your text before pasting in the text into the Profile screen to avoid formatting issues.

There are several ways to clean your text. Pasting text into a generic notepad application, then use the ‘remove formatting’ option workds fine. The Digital Communications staff likes Word to HTML to clean text. Here's how to remove formatting with Word to HTML:

Go to Word to HTML

Paste the Word text into the ‘Word Editor’ window

Hightlight the text

Click the ‘Clear Formatting’ button (big T with a small x)

Copy the text, paste into the SiteMasonry browser

After content is cleaned, create the profile:

Click the ‘Content’ button in the admin bar

From the Content List screen:
Click the blue ‘add content’ button
- From the Add Content Screen:
- Select ‘Profile’
On the ‘Create Profile’ screen, fill out the fields with as much detail as possible.
- Required, or very important fields are:
- Display Name: Will be the profile title
- Email: Must be a Mason email (this field does not display on the public profile)
- First Name Last Name Contact Information: Space for phone numbers, fax numbers, email and/or addresses. Remember to make phone number links click-to-call.
- Titles and Organizations: Highlight organizational memberships and held offices.
- Headshot: Show off that beautiful face! Keep the image cropped to shoulders and up, no larger than 256MG
- Personal Websites: URL: where the linked text sends the user
- Link Text: text the user clicks to follow to the personal website link
- Summary: Write a short, information-dense hype paragraph, as this text will appear as the search and social media snippet when the profile pops up in a search return or is shared on social media.
- Bio: The full bio goes here. All typical WYSIWYG styling options are available.
- Click the 'Save' button!

Please wait 15 to 20 minutes for the Profile to export to the subscribing (sites the profile is shared with) sites.

To edit an existiing profile:

Profile copies are distributed to shared-with sites. In order to keep profiles on all sites sychronized, profiles can only be edited in Content Hub, and only within the 'Edit Settings' screen.

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How to... Login to Content Hub

Kelly Hansen — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:49:51 +0000

How to... Login to Content Hub Kelly Hansen Mon, 11/22/2021 - 12:49

SiteMasonry's distributed content library, Content Hub, allows editors to add and share stories, profiles, and program descriptions to SiteMasonry sites.

To login to Content Hub:

In a web browser window, go to: https://content.sitemasonry.gmu.edu/user/login
Click 'Login with your Mason Credentials'link to be taken to Mason's standard login screen.
Enter your MasonID and password, and approve the 2-Factor authentication check.
You should be returned to the website's homepage once done. Click 'Content' in the admin navigation bar (top left) to get to the Content List.

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