Basic template: Of Note

The Of Note component puts Of Note items (announcements) in the center of the webpage.  Of Note items have a title, description and optional url and image.  The items can be added with a scheduler which allows the item to be displayed during a specific time-span.

Any webpage requiring a centrally located Of Note should at minimum use:

  1. Text Editor Component (or Text Editor with Of Note)
    • should contain the page title (using Heading 1)
    • should contain an introduction to the Of Note
  2. Of Note Component
    • contains the ofnote items

Example Of Note Pages

  • using 2 rows
    • first row: Text Editor — contains Page Title (Of Note) and opening description
    • second row: Of Note — contains ofnote items
      basic-component-ofnote-example
  • using 2 rows
    • first row: Text Editor with Of Note
      • contains Page Title (Welcome) and opening description
      • ofnote section in the right sidebar (in this case containing the address)
    • second row: Of Note — contains ofnote items
      student accounts

Editing an Of Note Page

Of Note Video Documentation

  • Click Add Content from the left side of the top bar in Cascade.
    Add Content
  • A dropdown will appear, allowing you to choose what type of content you want to add to your website
    • Select New Page
  • The Page Name is part of the url
    • use all small letters
    • don’t have any spaces
    • you can use underscore (_) or dash (-)
  • In this example the name of the page is “stafflist”
  • In this example the URL will be :
    http://www.wesleyan.edu/its/stafflist.html
  • Editing Metadata:
    There are two main fields in the metadata that you should edit

    • Display name: what shows up in the navigation bar, if indexed
      • in this example we put Staff List — that will show up in the navigation
    • Title: browser tab name, default book mark name, very good for searchability
      • in this example we put Staff List (the Information Technology Service was already there — you should leave your department name in the title field)
  • go back to the Content tab
  • add your content to the Component section
    • Select the Text Editor radio button
      • Put a Title on the page using Header 1 formatting
      • include an introductory paragraph(s)
    • Use the green plus sign to add a new Row
      • use a new row to add a new component to the page (in this example we will add an Of Note component)
    • Select the Of Note radio button
      • give your Of Note section a Title (optional)
      • Each Of Note Item has optional fields:
        • Header
        • Description
        • Header URL
        • Thumbnail
        • Scheduler Parameters
      • use the green plus sign in the Item section to add new Items
      • use the up and down arrows to re-order Items
  • when your edits are done
    • Press the Preview Draft button
    • if the draft looks good in Cascade
    • press the Submit button to save your changes to the database.