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Stories

Module 1.6 – Advanced: Advanced Content: Stories 

Stories are a dynamic post type in cuTheme designed to share important updates and news, with a unique visual flair. Each story has a branded banner featuring the Carleton Wave.

Step-by-Step

Add and Edit a New Story

1. From the dashboard, go to the left side of the screen, hover over Stories, and click on Add New.

Add Story

3. Add an image by clicking within the banner and then Select Image at the right under block options.

Select Image

The image will appear with the Carleton wave overlaid.

4. Give your story a title by clicking Add a Title.

5. Add text to the post by typing where it says “Type / to choose block”. This is a paragraph block.

6. Save a draft or publish your story.

In the top right corner of the content editor screen, you will see buttons that allow you to save draft or publish your content.

Save draft and Publish buttin

Once a story is published, this will change to Update. Use the update to save any changes you make to your page.

7. Preview your story.

Click the icon beside the Update button to preview your page.

Preview button

Categorize Stories

8. Categorize your post by clicking the “Add New Category” link, giving your category a name, and then clicking the Add New Category button.

9. Set a featured image for your story. This will show up as a thumbnail when stories are listed on a page:

Click Set featured image and then choose an image from your media library or upload one from your computer.

Set featured image

Excerpt

10. Add a one to two sentence description of the post by typing in the excerpt box. It will be used to preview the content wherever your stories are listed.

Note this is optional. If the excerpt is empty, one is created automatically using the first 55 words of the Post.

Post excerpt

Video Tutorial

Try it Out

Now that you have learned how to save a draft, publish, and preview your content, it’s time to try it out!

  1. Add a new story.
  2. Add an image to the banner.
  3. Give it a title and some content.
  4. Save this story as a draft.
  5. Publish this story and view it on the front end.
  6. Add a category.
  7. Add a featured image to your story.