TABLE OF CONTENT
Hero
This is a widget used to communicate a small text (tagline) with a big picture, sometimes also with a call to action. It's usually placed at the top of the page, just under the main menu.
- The field Title is the main title of the widget; it's the only visible element when the widget is closed.
- The field Description is a standard text editor with typographical functionalities (text level, bullet list, bold, italic, quotes, etc.)
- The button Add an image allows you to upload the main picture of the widget (plan a minimum size of 1000px wide).
- The button Add a Call to action allows you to add an unlimited number of buttons in the hero.
Text & Image
Text & image is a widget displaying a picture on one side and a text on the other side. You can have either the image on the right with the text on the left, either the image on the left and the text on the right.
- The field Title is the main title of the widget, visible when the widget is closed.
- The field Description is a standard text editor with typographical functionalities (text level, bullet list, bold, italic, quotes, links, etc.). It appears opposite to the image, either on the left or on the right following the chosen option.
- the buttons image on the left side or image on the right side allow you to position the image in relation to the description text.
- The button add an image, placed under the two radio buttons, allows you to choose an image from the WordPress library.
Columns
Column is a widget that split content into columns.
Like the other modules (see above), there is first a series of introduction fields (title, description, button).
For this widget, you'll have to precise how many columns to display in a row. If you create more columns, they'll just appear on several lines.
To add more columns, you can either duplicate the existing columns (and its content) via the icon at the bottom right of the block, either Add a column by clicking on the button in the below block.
In each column, you can fix:
- A title
- A text via a text editor
- An image to upload or to choose from the WordPress library
- An URL: depending on your website configuration, this will either create a clickable image or add a Read More button/link
Editor
This is a simple text editor with all required functionalities.
Video
The widget Video allows you to add a video within your page.
Its components are:
- A title
- An introduction text
- A title linked to the video ('Subtitle')
- The video description text (in some cases, it can be used as a transcription of the audio or visual content of the video for accessibility reasons)
- The most important thing, the video itself: just add the link from your favorite video platform : YouTube, DailyMotion, Vimeo.
- The image is used to define a placeholder picture that appears before the video starts (when you click on the play button).
Images
The module Images is very similar to the Video one: it allows you to add an image within your page.
Its components are :
- A general title
- An introduction text ('Description')
- The image title ('Subtitle')
- The image description text
- The most important thing, the image itself : simply add the image from the WordPress media library or upload it by clicking on Add an image.
Form
This widget adds to your page a form previously created via the specific content module installed on your WordPress.
Like the other widgets (see above), there is first a series of introduction fields (title and description).
Then select the form you want to display here on the page - by clicking on the drop-down menu at the bottom of the block.
Title and Description fields allow you to add a specific description to your form, for instance a data collection warning (GDPR).
News
The News widget allows you to display in columns the articles written and published within WordPress from the content module of the same name.
Like the other widgets (see above), there is first a series of introduction fields (title and description).
Then there is a series of parameters that define which articles to display here:
- The order allows you to define the chronology: from the most recent one to the oldest or the opposite.
- In automatic mode, the number of articles (number of columns also)
- In automatic mode, a display following articles categories (only if you first have defined categories and linked your articles to them).
- In automatic mode, the selection allows you to start from the last published articles or to randomly choose articles from the complete list
- In manual mode, you access to a small search engine that allows you to select yourself the desired items.
Profile
This widget puts somebody from you team in the spotlight.
For instance, on one page you'll be able to write "for more info on this or that, please contact our expert". And there you'll have picture, contact details and even more info on the said person.
Note that the information displayed in the module are not to be written in the module directly. They are linked to the User profile first created via the dashboard of your website.
For this part, go to the left menu of WordPress, click on 'Users', then on 'All Users' (if you have already created the said person); or on 'Add new' if it's not the case.
On the user's page, you can enter an email address, a picture, a biography, a social network profile, a phone number, etc., whatever you want / need.
After that, once adding the widget Profile in your page, you'll just have to select the right person in the drop-down menu. All the provided info will automatically appear.