[News Home]
The [News Home] components may only be used on pages built using the News Homepage page template. The availability of this page template and the associated components will be limited until the NewsCenter migration is complete. In order to feature the components accurately, this page was built with the News Homepage template. However, since this site's news feed is used for the Changelog, the site's content may not provide the best representation of these components.
[News Home] Category 3x
The [News Home] Category 3X component provides a three-column news feed filtered by a tag. For each article in the feed, the thumbnail, title, and summary are displayed, with the thumbnail and title linked to the article.
- Tag [Tag Chooser]: The tag used to filter the news feed.
- Exclude Tag [Tag Chooser] (optional): If provided, articles which include tag(s) specified in this field will not be displayed by this component.
- Heading [Short Text] (optional): If provided, replaces Tag as the heading displayed above the three columns.
Modern Campus CMS
Crimson Menu V2 Deployed to Production and How to Preview on Your Site
Crimson Menu V2 has been deployed to the production environment. Follow the steps below to install and preview the new design on Crimson websites. The live preview feature allows site owners to test the design and functionality of the menus on a website before switching over to the new version.
Focus Behavior Fixed on Components/Snippets with IDs and the "Skip to content" Link
A manual accessibility evaluation of the SDSU homepage conducted by a firm contracted by the CSU found an error in the behavior of the "Skip to content" link included on all pages in the Crimson templates. While fixing this issue, we found a related issue with all components and snippets which have an ID assigned to them, so we have fixed both issues.
Merged Link Grid Components and Added IDs
The Link Grid and Link Grid - Set Columns components have been merged into a single Link Grid component. Ten components have been updated to support adding an ID to create a link target.
[News Home] Category Alternate
The [News Home] Category Alternate component provides a 2x2 news feed and displays an image and CTA button in the third column.
- Tag [Tag Chooser]: The tag used to filter the news feed.
- Exclude Tag [Tag Chooser] (optional): If provided, articles which include tag(s) specified in this field will not be displayed by this component.
- Heading [Short Text] (optional): If provided, replaces Tag as the heading displayed above the three columns.
- Image [Image Chooser]: The image displayed in the third column.
- Image Description [Short Text]: Describe the image (alternative text).
Changelog
ID and Heading Level Support in Calendar Feeds
The Feed: Calendar Events - Omni Calendar and Feed: Calendar Events - Manual components have been updated to support adding an ID and changing the Heading Level for the main Heading. When the Large Heading option is enabled, the change in Heading Level will not affect the appearance of the component. If the Large Heading option is not used, the heading will take on the appearance of the selected Heading Level. The appearance of the headings used for the individual event titles will not change, though they will be set to the appropriate heading level one higher than the selection.
ID Support Added to Components and Snippets
Added support for an ID to use as a link target in multiple components and snippets.
Editor's Note Snippet
A snippet has been added to the CMS to allow content editors to leave notes in the editor which will not be included in the Preview window or the published page.
Change Heading Levels in Featured Items + Large Image Component
In the ongoing series of feature improvements, the Featured Items + Large Image component now has options for setting the heading levels and an ID.
[News Home] Category List
The [News Home] Category List component provides a three column list of links to the site's News List page filtered by tag. The component uses a group for the three tags, so multiple rows of links may be specified using one component.
- Heading [Short Text]: The heading displayed above the three columns.
- Categories [Group]:
- Category [Tag Chooser]: The tag used for the link in the first column.
- Category [Tag Chooser]: The tag used for the link in the second column.
- Category [Tag Chooser]: The tag used for the link in the third column.
[News Home] Featured Story
The [News Home] Featured Story component allows the editor to select a featured story and (optionally) a tag to filter a list of recent articles. The featured story's image, title, and summary span the first two columns and the recent news listing is displayed in the third column (using only the title of each article).
- Featured Story Heading [Short Text]: The heading displayed above the Featured Story.
- Featured Story [File Chooser]: Choose the story to be featured.
- Recent News Heading [Short Text]: The heading displayed above the recent articles listing.
- Recent News Tag [Tag Chooser] (optional): If provided, filters the list of recent articles.
- Recent News Exclude Tag [Tag Chooser] (optional): If provided, articles which include tag(s) specified in this field will not be displayed in the list of recent articles.
Featured Story
NewsCenter Article Changes
The Minimal heading style for news articles was updated to decrease the vertical whitespace. Additional changes include: featured video, social media share links, fixes for image alignment, improved appearance for the More From and Next Story features, and updates to the appearance of the News Pre-Footer.
Recent News
- Academic success, employability drive SDSU into top 3% of global universities
- SDSU football receives TV details and kick times for 2025 season
- SDSU to receive part of Prebys Foundation $7M emergency support for biomedical research
- CSU Board of Trustees approves SDSU’s Evolve Student Housing
- William Tong named permanent provost of SDSU
[News Home] Quote
The [News Home] Quote component allows the editor to feature a quote from a story. The article's thumbnail will be displayed in the first column while the provided quote spans the remaining two columns.
- Heading [Short Text]: The heading displayed above the thumbnail and quote.
- Article [File Chooser]: Choose the story to be featured.
- Quote [Long Text]: Specify the text to be featured (quotation marks will be added by the component).
- Attribution [Short Text] (optional): Specify who the quote should be attributed to.
Quote
Created a new section template which uses the Blank Page template for the section's index.
[News Home] Showcase
The [News Home] Showcase component allows the editor to specify articles (in groups of three) to be featured in a format similar to that provided by the [News Home] Category 3X component. In this component, the editor must specify each article to be displayed, as opposed to pulling the articles from a feed. The component allows groups of three articles to be specified, allowing the editor to display multiple rows of articles. It is recommended that all three articles be specified in each row to avoid large empty spaces in the desktop view of the page.
- Heading [Short Text]: The heading displayed above the three columns.
- Articles [Group]:
- Article [File Chooser]: Specify the article to be displayed in the first column.
- Article [File Chooser]: Specify the article to be displayed in the second column.
- Article [File Chooser]: Specify the article to be displayed in the third column.
Showcase
YouTube Hero Video Fixes
Two issues identified with using YouTube videos in the hero region of the page were fixed. Sometimes the YouTube video would fail to autoplay when the page loaded and the user would be faced with conflicting play and pause buttons. At certain browser widths on some videos, related video links would be visible.
NewsCenter List Changes
Adjusted the appearance of the News Listing page and the News Pre-Footer. The most prominent change was to make the News Filter button red instead of black. Most of the other changes were related to margins and flex alignment at different breakpoints.
Added Size Guidance to Image with Caption Component
Added helper text to the Image with Caption component which indicates the recommended size of the image to be used.
[News Home] Videos
The [News Home] Videos component features articles which utilize the Featured Video parameter in the article's MultiEdit fields. The video for the Featured Article will be displayed spanning the first two columns, while a list of additional videos is displayed in the third column. When the user selects a video from the list, it will replace the video in the first two columns (the Featured Article's video is also the first video in the list).
- Heading [Short Text]: The heading displayed above the Featured Article's video.
- Featured Article [File Chooser]: Select the article to be featured in this section. The selected article must use the Featured Video parameter. Unfortunately, the File Chooser can not determine which articles use this parameter. The article must also specify a thumbnail to be used in the list and as a video cover image.
- Tag [Tag Chooser] (optional): If provided, this tag will be used to filter the list of videos.
- Exclude Tag [Tag Chooser] (optional): If provided, articles which include tag(s) specified in this field will not be displayed by this component.
- Number of Articles [Short Text: Numeric] (optional): Specify the number of articles to retrieve for the list of videos (not counting the featured article). If not specified, the limit will be five.
Videos
SDSU marketing professor named Zahn Professor of Creativity and Innovation
College of Engineering students are over the moon with team’s success in lunar mining competition
Nilou Shahryari: From farmers market to nationwide brand
EOPOS creates community and empowers SDSU graduates
The magic behind Rubio’s menu
Steve Hawk, former editor of SURFER Magazine, gives guest lecture at SDSU
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