{"id":24,"date":"2023-10-16T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T17:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cutheme-docs\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-07-14T07:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:35:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cutheme-docs\/introduction\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About cutheme Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        About cutheme Training\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>An overview of cutheme training and how it is structured<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to our cuTheme training. We are excited to show you around our latest theme! There are lots of exciting new things to explore but much will still be familiar to you if you have worked in our Carleton CMS sites before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#training-structure\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Training Structure\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.1\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#getting-started-cutheme-essentials\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Getting Started: cuTheme Essentials\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.2\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#advanced-training\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Advanced Training\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.3\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#cutheme-mastery\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        cuTheme Mastery\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        2.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#how-it-works\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        How it Works\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        3.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#resources\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Resources\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        3.1\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#cutheme-sandbox\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        cuTheme Sandbox\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        3.2\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#block-library\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Block Library\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"training-structure\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Training Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>cuTheme Training is divided into three parts:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Getting Started<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advanced Training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cuTheme Mastery <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"getting-started-cutheme-essentials\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Started: cuTheme Essentials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Getting Started section is designed to introduce you to the foundational workings of cuTheme and enable you to jump in straight away. Learn how to do basic editing, create pages and posts, work with key blocks, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"advanced-training\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advanced Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The advanced series&nbsp;will teach you to work with next-level content types (such as people and events). You will also learn how to pull information onto pages using card and listing blocks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"cutheme-mastery\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">cuTheme Mastery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Become a cuTheme Ninja! Learn the more advanced functionalities of cuTheme, such as how to use specialized blocks, including quotes, columns, and description lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-it-works\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each training topic consists of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step-by-Step:<\/strong>&nbsp;step-by-step instructions for each topic, formatted in bullet points.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Video and Transcript<\/strong>: narrated videos that provide a walkthrough of the topic. A transcript is also provided.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Try It Out!:<\/strong>&nbsp;a series of tasks designed to test your knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are looking for a specific topic, use the search bar or <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cutheme-docs\/#topics\">visit cuTheme Training Topics<\/a> on the homepage where you will see everything listed out index style. Click to jump to the specific info you are interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"resources\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"cutheme-sandbox\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">cuTheme Sandbox<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sandbox\/\">cuTheme Sandbox <\/a>is a site where you can practice and test things out in cuTheme without worrying about making changes to your own site. Feel free to test out features, move things around, and generally just explore the tools cuTheme has to offer. Access the site by signing in with your Carleton credentials (Note &#8211; you must be on VPN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/sandbox\/\">cuTheme Sandbox<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"block-library\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Block Library<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cutheme-docs\/block-library\/button-block\/\">Block Library<\/a> for design examples and ideas on how to use all of the different blocks in cuTheme. And be sure to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cutheme-docs\/resources\/\">Resources section of this site<\/a> to see what else we have to help you along your training journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cutheme-docs\/introduction\/changes-cutheme\/\">Next: New in cuTheme<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our cuTheme training. We are excited to show you around our latest theme! There are lots of exciting new things to explore but much will still be familiar to you if you have worked in our Carleton CMS sites before. 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