Your college’s homepage is usually the first page new visitors see when they come to your website, so it is important to make it visually appealing as well as informative about the main goals of your site (e.g. Admissions, Community Engagement, etc.).

There are several content types that work together to populate the homepage. While there are many things you can do to customize this page, this article will provide general guidelines to ensure consistency between college sites on the Common Framework.

See an example of a Common Framework homepage

Instructions

Frontpage Feature

These are the large banner images in the carousel beneath the main menu of your site. You can add as many of these as you like (though, generally, no more than five are recommended), and you can set their start and end dates.

Learn how to build a Frontpage Feature
See an example of a Frontpage Feature

Frontpage Promo

These are smaller promotional items that are often used to get users to key sections of your site. You should have three of these at a time, and, like Features, you can set their start and end dates.

Learn how to build a Frontpage Promo
See an example of a Frontpage Promo

Landing Page Elements

Your homepage is also built using Landing Page elements. These elements have enhanced functionality to help you build beautiful web content.

Learn how to build Landing Page elements
See an example of Landing Page elements
See another example of Landing Page elements

News +
Events

When you create News stories and Events, they will feed into your homepage. The most recent of each will always display at the bottom of your homepage.

Learn how to create News stories
Learn how to create Events
See an example of News
See an example of Events

Secondary Menu (Main)

The Secondary Menu is the main menu of your site and leads to all interior content.

Learn how to build a Secondary Menu
See an example of a Secondary Menu

Footer Menu

The footer menu lives at the bottom of your website – sitewide – and consists of links, social icons, and an athletics logo.

Learn how to build a Footer Menu
See an example of a Footer Menu

Top Menu (Utility)

The Top Menu has two parts: the links on the left and two call to action (CTA) buttons on the right.

Learn how to set up a Top Menu
See an example of a Top Menu

Frontpage (Homepage) Quick Links

Frontpage Quick Links are links with icons to the most important – and often highest-trafficked – student pages and tools on your website.

Learn how to set up Quick Links
See an example of Quick Links

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