Venues & Facilities
Venues & Facilities is a custom post type that contains information about various CFA venues and facilities on campus such as theaters, galleries, and studio spaces.
Post features
“More Like This” button
This button is automatically added to a post and will take a user to the Filter/Listing page designated for the post type. If there are taxonomies/terms selected on the post, they will be already selected on the Filter/Listing page to show similar posts.
Block editor
The content area for Venues & Facilities posts uses the new block editor from WordPress. See examples and learn more about each block below:
- Aside ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Audio player ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Button ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- BUniverse ( Examples )
- Collapsible ( Examples )
- Drawer ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Event Details ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Headline ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Intro Paragraph ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Leadin ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Modal ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Parallax ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Photo Essay ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Pull Quote ( Examples | Documentation Site )
- Spacer ( Examples )
- Stats ( Examples | Documentation Site )
Social Share
Towards the bottom of the page under “Sharing” you can enable or disable the social share icons.
Info Block
Towards the bottom of the page under “Info Block” you can include additional info about a Venue or Facility. To add a map, copy the location link from BU Maps and paste it into the field. (See documentation under “Link to BU Maps” on BU TechWeb.)
Related Content
The related content (Featured Work, Interests, Degrees & Programs, Venues & Facilities, and News) will be powered by YARPP and should auto populate with related content.
Section Overrides
Towards the bottom of the page under “Section Overrides” you can disable any section of related content you don’t want to show on a post.
Event Topics
Towards the bottom of the page under “Event Topics” you can choose what type of events to show on a post by choosing one or multiple event topics.
Featured Image
On the right side of the page add a Featured Image to the post. This image will show as the thumbnail image for the post on listing pages and related content sections.
Taxonomies
The post type has been set up with the taxonomies requested by the CFA team. You can add as many terms as you need to each post within the relevant taxonomies.
Primary Term
On the right side of the page under “Primary Term” select a primary term for the post that will show as the term for the post on listing pages and related content sections.
Customize the Related Content Titles
You can customize the titles that precede the related content and events. Please note, this will change the titles for all Venues & Facilities posts.
- To customize the titles go to Settings > Theme Settings.
- Scroll to where it says Venues & Facilities.
- Enter the custom titles.
- Save your changes.