{"id":641,"date":"2020-05-05T15:19:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T19:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/?page_id=641"},"modified":"2021-01-26T10:44:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T15:44:43","slug":"about-responsive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/about-responsive\/","title":{"rendered":"About Responsive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Responsive<\/h2>\n<p>Responsive is Boston University Interactive Design&#8217;s suite of theme frameworks and plugins &#8211; our <strong>product.<\/strong> When you build a website on Responsive, you have access to a number of features out of the box.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-primary\" href=\"http:\/\/id-demos.cms-devl.bu.edu\/responsive-framework\/\">Check out the Responsive Framework demo<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Supported Features<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile-first, <strong>responsive design<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Easy to use interface for editing <strong>main navigation<\/strong> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/customize-nav-bar\/\">BU Navigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excellent <strong>training and documentation<\/strong> for first-time WordPress users on basic WordPress and BU WordPress to ensure site admins are prepared for editing and updating their site, which covers basics such as <strong>news, categories, page editing, and design options in Responsive<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/\">Browse the How-to section of TechWeb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/training\/\">Attend an upcoming training session<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Easily build landing pages for home and section pages using <strong>BU Landing Pages<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/bu-landing-pages\/\">Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/id-demos.cms-devl.bu.edu\/bu-landing-pages\/\">See a live example<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Manage profiles and <strong>display lists and groups of profiles<\/strong> (such as by department) using BU Profiles\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/profiles\/\">Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/template-and-content-examples\/profiles\/\">See a live example<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add <strong>banners with text and multiple layout options<\/strong> using BU Banners\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/template-and-content-examples\/banners\/\">Documentation and Examples<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nm.cms-devl.bu.edu\/bu-banners\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Easy to edit, <strong>custom forms<\/strong> using Gravity Forms\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/comm\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/create-online-forms\/\">Documentation<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/responsi.cms-devl.bu.edu\/kitchensink\/forms-oh-how-i-love-forms\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add <strong>slideshows<\/strong> using BU Slideshow\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/departments\/print-design\/\">Documentation<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/responsi.cms-devl.bu.edu\/kitchensink\/images\/slideshow\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Easily add<strong> live course information<\/strong> from the BU course catalog with the BU Course Feeds plugin\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/embed-course-feeds\/\">Documentation <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/template-and-content-examples\/course-feeds-test\/\">See a live example<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add &#8220;<strong>collapsibles<\/strong>&#8221; 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