Learn how to manage notices and alerts on your colorado.gov website.

 

Glossary of Content Types

  1. Blog – Blog entries are a content type used to highlight timely information that is relevant to the entity. The three most recently published blog entries will populate in the Blog View Card that can be added to any page, with older entries being accessible via the view all link.

  1. Custom Block – A block is a region of space on the site. By creating a block, Users can highlight a specific paragraph, links, new information, events, videos, and more.

  1. Entity Header – The Entity Header is one of the most visible regions of the website; it appears above the top navigation menu across the entire site. The banner can consist of logos, slogans, and/or contact information.

  1. Event – An event is an occasion that will take place on a specified date/time. Events that are created will automatically populate the Events page and the Events Calendar. The events calendar is accessible through the View Card and Mini Calendar View.

  1. Footer – The footer region displays across the entire site. Popular links for the footer region includes; contact information pages, career information pages, About Us pages, and other entity sites. Custom Footer regions can be created using Custom Blocks – Row Blocks.

  1. Icon – An Icon is call to action button that can be created using an Icon Card.

  1. Jumbotron – The large image the stretches over the landing page of the site.
    1. Alternate Jumbotron – Alternate Jumbotrons can be created that can be used on additional site landing pages.

  1. Link – Links lists highlight featured internal and/or external links within a homepage block of the site.

  1. News – News entries are a content type used to highlight timely information that is relevant to the entity. The three most recently published news entries will populate in the News View card on any page, with older entries being accessible via the view all link.

  1. Page – Pages make up much of the content on the most sites. They provide information on a specific topic to end users and can contain images, links, iframes, and more.

  1. Press Release – A press release is an article type that can be isolated and sorted from both other kinds of articles (blogs, and news).                                                                                                                        
  2. Social Icons – These links help increase referral traffic from the site to the entity’s social media pages. If utilized, these icons display in the bottom right across the entire site.                                                          
  3. Webforms – Webforms allow end users to contact the entity directly through the website, complete website surveys, or provide other information using these customizable forms.

  1. Open Embed – An Open Embed is a card that allows the entity to add custom code to a page without accessing the source code. One example of how Open Embed Cards can be used is for social media feeds.       
  2. View – A view is a sorted collection of content. The view card allows entities to insert cards with recent blog posts, articles, or the mini calendar to a page.