Customizing Program Pages

Owned by Catherine Armstrong (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jul 23, 2020 by Peder Klockmann (Unlicensed)
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This article is about how to customize program pages on your college website. If you are unfamiliar with program pages, read Program Pages first to get an idea of what makes up these pages.

See an example program page (Login: Maricopa / Maricopa).

Instructions

Customizing an Existing Program Page

  • Go to Content > Programs

  • Search by title or filter by publication status to find the program you want to customize

  • Click Edit to the right of the program in the Operations column

  • Follow the instructions below to customize the left sidebar and college description as desired

If including contact, it is recommended to use distribution list emails and shared phone lines rather than individual contact info. It is a very poor student experience to contact an individual only to find they no longer work there or in that role. Even if you have a good process for updating contact information on your site, the old information may still come up in a Google search after you make the change to your site.

  • Click the Save program button

 

Adding Files to the Left Sidebar

  • Select Browse or Choose File and locate your file on your computer

Only files with the following extensions are allowed: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, and zip.

  • Click Upload

  • In the Label field, enter the text to be displayed as the download link.

  • Click the Save program button

 

Adding Buttons to the Left Sidebar

  • Under Blocks, enter a Title

  • In the Link field enter the URL for the button.

As soon as you start typing in the Link field, the Body field will disappear.

  • Click Add another item to add another button or accordion

  • Click the Save program button

 

Adding Accordions to the Left Sidebar

  • Under Blocks, enter a Title and Body for the accordion

  • Set the On page load state to Closed or Open to indicate whether you want the accordion to be expanded or collapsed when the page is first opened

  • Click Add another item to add another button or accordion

  • Click the Save program button

 

Adding a College Description

  • Optionally, you can add a College description with marketing information about your program such as points of pride for your college

 

Creating a New Program with Awards

New programs that offer awards are created at the district level. You can submit a request to create a new program page.

 

Creating a New Program without Awards

New programs that do not offer awards can be created at the college level. These program pages will only display on your college site (not maricopa.edu). Such programs will appear with an asterisk that indicates they do not offer an award, and they are designed for personal and professional enrichment. It is recommended that you create very few

of these unofficial programs so that you do not take away from the formal programs offered by your college.

  • Go to Content > Programs > Add program

  • Enter the program Title. Ensure Maricopa Community Colleges does not already offer a program with the same name.

  • Follow the instructions above to customize the program page