Articles - from A to Z

TABLE OF CONTENT

• Articles block
• Create an Article
• Settings in Minotaure ‣
• a - Block
• b - Page
• c - Index

Articles block

A block for displaying—usually in columns—articles written and published in WordPress from the content module of the same name. You can choose the number of articles displayed. They appear in the form of three-column rows.

The Articles block consists of the following:

• a Title field
• an Introduction field - a text editor with basic typographical enhancement features (bulleted lists, bold, italics, etc.)
• a Posts or Articles selector that allows you to control the display of articles automatically or manually
• automatic: the block will only display articles from the categories or tags you have selected
• manual: you select the articles you want to display one by one from the list of existing articles
• you can refine the selection by choosing testimonials with tags A, and/or B, and/or C, etc.
• Articles can be displayed in alphabetical order or by date, ascending or descending. You can choose the number of articles displayed. They appear in the form of three-column rows.

Create an Article

The first thing to do is to create Articles, so that you can then call them up in Minos Blocks called ‘Articles’.

Go to the menu on the left-hand side of your dashboard, under Articles > Add an Article.

1. Start by giving it a title by clicking on this call-to-action phrase: ‘Enter title’. This title will be the event title and will be visible in the slug (= URL).
2. Click on the + to add the desired blocks (in the example, we used the Columns block).
3. Click on the small pencil icon at the top right of the block to enter and edit it.
4. Arrange the blocks, their text and images as you wish.
5. Enter the practical information about the event.
6. Assign one or more categories to your article (e.g. News).
7. Add an excerpt (‘Edit excerpt’ in English).
8. Add a featured image.
9. Publish!

Once this article has been created and assigned to a category, we can call it up using the complex ‘Articles’ block within another page.

This ‘Articles’ block will call up the articles created previously and display them according to the configuration settings in Minotaure that you have decided on beforehand (see next section).

Settings in Minotaure

The way Articles are displayed visually depends on the configuration settings in the Minotaure space (at the bottom left of your dashboard). There you will find all the display settings for complex blocks: with a block view, Page view and Index view.

a - Block

General

• Variant selector → position of text, image and buttons. Depending on the option chosen, you will define the rounding of the container
• Selection of the container type (for the entire block), and depending on this, definition of the thickness and rounding of the container border

Header

• Choice of title alignment
• Choice of title typography (from those created previously)
• Choice of description typography (from those created previously)

Box

• Choice of box type (for each item in the block). Depending on the definition of the image rounding and/or the thickness and rounding of the box border
• Choice of typography style for the title and article information (author, date, etc.)
• Choice of typography style for the extract
• Selection of information to display in the block (extract date, categories)

Colours

• Choice of border and background colour for the information container
• If there is a box, choice of border and background colour for the box
• If there is a container, choice of border and background colour for the container
• Choice of background colour for the block

Buttons

• Primary → choice of primary button style from the list of those created previously
• Secondary → choice of secondary button style from the list of those created previously
• Tertiary → choice of tertiary button style from the list of those created previously
• Basic link → choice of simple link style from the list of those created previously
• Choose the button style for ‘Read more’ (which will lead to the article single)
• Choose the button style for ‘See all articles’ (= archive button, which will lead to the index page listing all published articles)

Add a new composition = repeat the whole process for a new block style, to create a different Articles block that you can reuse as often as you like.

• Name your new composition and repeat the above steps one by one!
• You can delete or duplicate these new compositions (useful for quickly making small variations!)
• At any time, you can reset each group of elements: the group will revert to the default block settings (if you have saved in the meantime).

b - Page

→ ARTICLE

General

• Variation selector: position of elements on the page

Content

• Choice of image rounding
• Choice of typography for the article title
• Choice of typography for article information (text, author, date, categories, etc.)
• Choice of information to display on the page

Colours

• Choice of page background colour
• Depending on the variant, choice of secondary background colour

→ SIMILAR ITEMS

General

• Variant selector, and where applicable, definition of border thickness and rounding

Content

• Choice of typography style for listed items
• Entry of the ‘read more’ label (which leads to the single page for these similar items)

Colours

• Choice of background colour and border colour for the similar items container
• Choice of background colour for the section

c - Index

→ GENERAL LAYOUT

General

• Variant selector → presentation and layout on the page listing published articles (index). Depending on the choice, definition of the thickness and rounding of the border

Header

• Variant selector → choice of position of elements in the header.
• Entry of the index page title.
• Choice of typography for the index page title.
• Choice of typography for search results.
• Filters:
• Choice of search filters displayed on the index page. For each filter, enter the name of the element and the title if none is found
• Choice of font for filters
• Definition of the thickness and rounding of the filter border
• Choice of filter reset button style

Content

• Enter the text for the ‘read more’ button for articles

Colours

• Filters: choice of border and background colour for filters and the colour of active filters (= checked)
• Container: choose the background and border colour of the container, if any
• Choose the background colour of the page

→ PAGINATION

General

• Variant selector: choose the pagination style. Depending on your choice, define the thickness and roundness of the border of the elements
• Selection of the pagination font style

Colours

• Choice of text colour on hover
• Choice of pagination border colour, standard and on hover
• Choice of pagination background colour, standard and on hover
• Choice of pagination arrow colour, standard and on hover