Specialized Content

9.1) Site Settings

All websites have Site Settings that allows you control the global settings of the websites, including:

• The Contact Block - Edit a departments address, phone, fax, email, hours of operation, and social media links

• Shared Site Content - The Shared Site Content Zone allows editors to instantly add a component to ALL the pages of your site from one action. It should be used strategically and sparingly depending on the specific needs of your site.

9.1.1) Accessing Site Settings

Once you have logged into on your Drupal website, you will see two links to get to Site Settings:
1) One link appears in menu bar at the top next to your name
2) The other link to site settings will appear next to the Edit Page | Page Revisions functions.

9.1.2) Editing Contact Block

9.1.3) Editing Shared Site Content

9.2) News

Some departments include a News Feed Component on their website. The content that appears in news feed component is produced by the Communications Office. Whenever a news story is written for the Swarthmore website, it is also tagged by the Communications staff to automatically appear on the appropriate websites that also have a news feed component.

Some departments also choose to write their own news stories. If a department writes their news stories that they wish to appear in their News Feed Component, then they would need to follow these two steps:

• Create a NEWS page in Drupal. Write the story using the News page template.

• When your news story is ready for publication, contact the Communications Office at webeditor@swarthmore.edu. Communication's editors will then tag the news story so that it appears in the correct news feeds component.

Any questions about news that appears (or doesn’t appear) in your department News Feed Component, should be directed to Communications Office at webeditor@swarthmore.edu.

9.3) Events

Many departments also include a Events Calendar Feed Component on their website. The content that appears in the Events Calendar Feed Component is pulled directly from the Campus Calendar (SwatCentral/25Live). Whenever an event is entered into Swat Central, it can also be setup to appear on the appropriate Events Calendar Component in Drupal. Having an Events Calendar component on your site is great way to promote upcoming events on both your website and Campus Calendar.

• For any questions about reserving space or using Campus Calendar (Swat Central/25Live) system, please contact the Events Management office at space@swarthmore.edu.

• For any questions about particular events that appears (or don't appear) in your Events Calendar Feed Component, please contact the Campus Calendar administrators at calendar@swarthmore.edu.

9.4) Acalog

Academic departments manage course data through the Acalog system by the Registrar’s Office. Questions about Acalog should directed to the Registrar’s Office. The course data in Acalog is then syndicated to each department’s corresponding courses page in Drupal (Example: History).

Questions about how the content appears on the Drupal page should be directed to the web team at web-update@swarthmore.edu

9.5) Videos

Drupal supports both Youtube and Vimeo videos. Several components allow videos. These include: Feature, Feature Link List, Slideshow/Gallery, and Video Only components. Learn more about adding videos to specific components by clicking on any of the links listed above.

9.6) Forms

There are three options for creating online forms. Which option is most appropriate will depend on the specific needs of the project.

• Google Forms - is a simple and easy way to create an online form, online surveys, and quizzes.

• Qualtrics - is a full-featured online survey tool that can be used to create and distribute online surveys. Qualtrics is supported by most of the top colleges and universities in the country and offers a simple, easy to understand interface, along with the power and flexibility of the best online survey tools. Qualtrics is available to all members of Swarthmore community and has been used for faculty and student research, informal polls, online voting for committees, order forms, and course evaluations.

• Drupal Forms - is an online form that is built directly in Drupal. Drupal forms must be created by the Web Team. Contact us at web-update@swarthmore.edu for more information on building Drupal forms.