How to add content to Derby on Demand

Owned by Peter Briers (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jul 22, 2021 by Justin Parsons (Unlicensed)
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Before starting

Please ensure you keep to the naming conventions and recommended guidance in this document. Consistency and naming conventions will ensure the content is easier to manage, maintain and add to going forward.

Each piece of content will be created as a section in its own right, but will pulled into a single feed. Video and 360 content will display in a modal be and consumed by users on the feed. Blog content will be housed on sub pages, and promos blocks will take users to the relevant link (eg Campus Tours booking form, or UniBuddy).

Content

Content is set to show in the correct group by tagging using the section config. If any subjects are tagged the content will automatically show in the subject group. If no direct subject(s) apply one option can be tagged from the blog category list.

Blog categories being used for Derby on Demand are:

  • Facilities

  • Advice and guidance

  • Accommodation

  • Student Life

  • Careers

  • Teaching

  • Sport and Fitness

Creating sections – moderators only

Create a section for your content under  – Home » www.derby.ac.uk » Test section » Derby on Demand with options:

  • Give the section a unique name with the type of content first in the format:
    Video – [name] eg Video – Student Support
    Vlog – [name] eg Vlog – Life in halls
    VOD – [name] eg Virtual Open Day Derby - Careers and Employment
    360 – [name] eg 360 - Bloomberg
    Blog – [name] eg Blog - How has my own Personal Academic Tutor challenged me?
    Promo – [name] eg Promo – Campus Tours

  • Set status to pending

  • Set Exclude from search to yes

  • Set Hide section navigation to yes

  • Set the output uri to follow the name format eg ­video-student-support.
    For blogs use the last part of the URL from the current blog eg https://blog.derby.ac.uk/2020/03/marketing-internship-crocstar/ would be
    blog-marketing-internship-crocstar

Adding content

Four types of content can be added to Derby on Demand, see each guide:

How content is ordered

Content is ordered by the category it belongs to. The order of categories is decided by the Campaigns Team and set across the board in T4 by a Web Developer.

Within each category the content is ordered by date, which is set in the Start or Publish date field on the Section config of each content item.

These rules can be overridden using the DoD custom config content type which the Digital and Campaigns Teams have access to. Using this a custom weight can be set for a content item for each year of entry. Please contact digitalsupport@derby.ac.uk for further advice and guidance.

 

Trending content

By default, all content in the “Student life” category is set to “Trending”. If Campaigns wished to change this, they should notify a Web Developer.

Individual pieces of content can also be set to “Trending” if “trending” is added to the name of the section config.