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Moving From Hale/Prudence to Sherman/Hale 2015/Prudence 2018

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So what's different if you're converting a Hale or Prudence site to Sherman, Hale 2015, or Prudence 2018? Here's a few quick points:

UC Slideshow

UC Slideshow does not work with the newer Cornerstone based themes.  You can use the same images, but you'll have to load them up with Meta Slider.

Navigation

The Primary Navigation menu needs to be set in Appearance > Menu; in Hale there was an option to set it in Appearance > Customize.

Bootstrap

If you had pages built with Bootstrap, you'll have to redo them because the new themes use Bootstrap 3.

User Profiles

User Profile Pages will need to have their page template reassigned. Go to pages, and use the checkboxes and the Bulk Action > Edit feature to do many of them at once.

UC Slideshow

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Note: If you’re using Hale 2015, Sherman, or any other Cornerstone based theme, use Meta Slider instead of UC Slideshow.

UC Slideshow is a custom widget developed by UITS to create basic image slideshows for your homepage.

Setup

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  • Log in and go to Appearance > Widgets.
  • Drag UC Slideshow into one of the Home sections.
  • Click the Save button.

Using UC Slideshow

Use the Add Images button to select up to 5 images from your media library. If you haven’t yet added the images to your media library, cancel. Look for Media > Add in the main system navigation, upload your images, and then return to Add Images.

Text

If you’d like text to appear with the image, fill in the ‘Caption‘ field.

Links

To add a link, paste a web address into the ‘UCS Link‘ field, and the entire image will be clickable. For example: http://aurora.uconn.edu/

Ordering

To change the order of the slides, click and drag the thumbnails along the bottom of the window.

Removing Slides

As you select an image, you’ll see a checkmark appear in the top right corner of the thumbnail. To remove the slide, click the checkmark again.

Additional Features

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Effect

Choose what kind of animated transition will occur in between the slides.

Speed

This determines how much time each slide will remain on the screen before moving to the next.

Theme

This will influence how the display controls will look.

Formatting Your Images

If you don’t crop your images, they may not fit quite right into your slideshow.

Depending on which section you place your slideshow in, the maximum width and height will change. If you want a simple rule, just clip your images to the ‘Full Width’ measurements below. That will also give you the greatest degree of flexibility in deciding where to place things.

Homepage Column Type Width (px) Height (px)
Full Width* 1170 456
Two-Thirds width 770 300
Half width 570 221
Third width 370 144
Quarter width 270 105

* If you save it at this size, it will size down correctly to any of the other configurations. If you’re not sure what layout you want to use, sizing your photos to these dimensions is a good option.

Homepage Customization in Hale or Prudence

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Layout and Other Theme Options

Go to Appearance > Themes and select the Customize link. From here, you have the following options:

Site Title & Tagline

Here, you can change the name of your site as it appears in the top bar. The tagline is not currently used in the system.

Template Options

Here, you can choose what kind of homepage layout you’d like, and choose to include a School, or College in your top bar.

Navigation

Here, you can choose which Menu will appear as the main navigation for the site. You can probably leave it as is. To edit your navigation, see the Navigation guide.

Static Front Page

If you’d like to switch from a traditional site layout to a blog, select “Your latest posts”.
After you’ve finished customizing, hit save in to top right corner of the side panel, and those changes will appear on the site.

Homepage Content

Go to Appearance > Widgets. From here, you have the following:

Available Widgets

This is the library, the repository of possible widgets you can use in your site. To add widgets to the Sidebar, or a Home section, drag it in. The change happens immediately. Some widgets will need to to have some settings configured before they work fully.

Widgets Page
Widgets Screen

Inactive Widgets

Located below Active Widgets, you can use this to “save” a widget and it’s settings. If you switch themes, some of your widgets may end up here.

Sidebar

Widgets placed in the Sidebar will appear on the “News” page, the search results page, the archives page, and pages that use the ‘Default w/Sidebar’ page template.

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These sections correspond to the different areas of a homepage layout. They will always start form the top left, and then wrap down to a second line.