{"id":63,"date":"2020-02-12T10:35:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2020-06-15T12:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T16:07:29","slug":"collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Collection is a group of articles with a common theme or subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Setting up a Collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"topic\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline\">Create a Topic:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Under Collections, select [publication name] Topics<\/li><li>Enter the name and slug of the Topic<\/li><li>Select &#8220;Add New Topic&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"\/bu-prepress\/files\/2020\/06\/create-topic.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"add-topic\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline\">Add Topic to articles:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>In the backend of WordPress, select the article you want to edit<\/li><li>In the settings on the right, under [publication name] Topics tab, select the Topic you want to add to the article<\/li><li>Select Update<\/li><li>Repeat this on all the articles you want to add the Topic to<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"\/bu-prepress\/files\/2020\/06\/add-topic-articles.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"create-collection\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline\">Create a Collection page that displays all the articles with the Topic:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Under Collections, select Add new Collection<\/li><li>Add the Title of the Collection<\/li><li>Under the settings on the right, under the Publication tab, select the publication<\/li><li>Select &#8220;Save Draft&#8221;<\/li><li>Refresh the page<\/li><li>You should now see the [publication name] Topics field under Collection Options<\/li><li>Select the Topic from the drop down<\/li><li>Be sure &#8220;Topics&#8221; is selected from &#8220;Associate Stories By&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"\/bu-prepress\/files\/2020\/06\/create-collection-page.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>To enhance your Collection page:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Add a <a href=\"http:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-blocks\/blocks\/leadin-block\/\">Leadin block<\/a> with an image before the listing of the articles<\/li><li>Add a <a href=\"#collection-type\">Collection Type<\/a><\/li><li>Add a Graphical Header or a Stylized Title <\/li><li>Set the Order Label Prefix and Count<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>Alternatively, you can create a Collection page using Tags or Manual selection of articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4>To associate articles by <em>Tag<\/em>:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Select <em>Tag<\/em> for <em>Associate Stories By<\/em><\/li><li>Select the tag from settings on the right under <em>Tag<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"\/bu-prepress\/files\/2020\/05\/tag.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>To associate articles by <em>Manual<\/em> selection:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Select <em>Manual<\/em> for <em>Associate Stories By<\/em><\/li><li>Select the articles from the post chooser below<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"\/bu-prepress\/files\/2020\/05\/manual.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"collection-type\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline\">Collection Types<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can create different types of Collections, for example, an&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/series\/nearby-neighborhoods\/\">ongoing series<\/a>&nbsp;that contains a large number of articles over a long span of time or a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/series\/big-data-big-impact\/\">special report&nbsp;<\/a>that only has a few articles over a short period of time. Each type specifies particular styling that best suites the amount the number of articles in the collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>To create a Collection Type:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Under Collections, choose Collection Types<\/li><li>Enter the name of the Collection Type and the slug, and then click \u201cNew Collection Type\u201d<\/li><li>Select a Collection page and specify the Collection Type<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"\/bu-prepress\/files\/2020\/06\/collection-type-2.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Collection is a group of articles with a common theme or subject. Setting up a Collection Under Collections, select [publication name] TopicsEnter the name and slug of the TopicSelect &#8220;Add New Topic&#8221; In the backend of WordPress, select the article you want to editIn the settings on the right, under [publication name] Topics tab, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13922,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/bu-prepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}