Contributor role
People
The People feature in Berkeley Web Builder allows you to create content for individual people, which can then be featured using dedicated People widgets on Custom pages. A "Person" content item includes fields for a name, role, job title, bio/CV, research interests, a photo, and contact information. Many of these field labels are configurable to suit your site's...
Image crop options
Coming soon
Featured image
Coming soon
Theme and branding
The Berkeley Web Builder theme comes from the UC Berkeley Brand guidelines , developed and maintained by Strategic Communications.
If you have questions about the UC Berkeley Brand design elements and the Berkeley Web Builder theme, please contact the UC Berkeley Brand team at brand@berkeley.edu.
Brand theme and optionsThe theme refers to the "look and feel" of the website: The fonts, colors, and other structural elements (i.e., the UC Berkeley wordmark, site name/banner region, main menu, and footer). There are a few theme settings available to Site Builders and Site Managers; see Setti...
Hero image and color band
The Berkeley Web Builder "Hero" feature allows you to display text in the page title area of a Custom page with either a full-width image or background color or as a color band. Hero images can also be displayed without text.
A Hero or color band can only be used on Custom pages and can be added and configured from within the "Edit" tab of a Custom page. See Figure 1, below, of the Berkeley Web Builder homepage for an example of a Hero image on a Custom page.
Additional features
As covered on the Content types page, you will build your Berkeley Web Builder site by utilizing the generic Basic page and Custom page types for the foundational architecture, and then you will use some of these additional features for data-specific structures and content integrations and display options.
These additional features often include unique content types, categories, and/or fields, while...
News
The News feature in Berkeley Web Builder allows you to create time-sensitive content and display it on Custom pages using dedicated News widgets, which can be optionally organized by categories. See Figure 1, below, for an example of a Custom page on the Berkeley Web Builder site displaying News content via a "text cards" News widget.
Creating News itemsTo create or edit News articles, navigate to the Manage Content page on the dashboard an...
FAQ
The FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) feature in Berkeley Web Builder allows you to create individual questions and answers, organize them into categories, and display them on Custom pages using dedicated FAQ widgets.
FAQ workflowFollow these steps to set up and manage your FAQ content:
Categorize FAQs: FAQ items must be assigned to a category. Create your categories first on the Categories page of the dashboard. Create FAQs: Add new FAQ items and assign them to...Publications
The full written documentation page for this feature is coming soon.