Creating Topic Blocks

Topic blocks are designed to be added to either your homepage or another landing page, and are a great way to present groups of content with multiple links to either internal Stacks pages or external webpages. 

Only users with the Moderator or Administrator role have access to create, edit, or delete topic blocks, groups and entries.

Adding Topic Blocks

1. From the Dashboard, click Topics, then click Topic blocks
2. Click Add New
3. Complete the fields in the window that opens
   1. Title - enter a title for the block
   2. Body - enter a description of the topic block in the Body field
      1. See the WYSIWYG editor article for more information on formatting options and functionality  
   3. Adjust the publishing workflow options if applicable
4. Click Save

Adding to your Homepage (or another Landing Page)

To add a topic block to a landing page:

1. Navigate to the page you wish to add the block to
2. Click the Layout tab just below the header
3. If needed, add a new section to the landing page, otherwise go to step 4
   1. For more information on adding new sections, see the Creating Landing Pages and Adding Content article
4. In the desired section, click + Add block
   1. A window will open on the right listing the content that can be added to the section
      1. Content will be organized by feature type, scroll to the Topic Block section or filter by the block's name in the filter field at the top
   2. Once found, click the block's Title
      1. A window will open displaying the current Heading
         1. By default this will be the Title value entered when the custom block was created, you have 3 options
            1. Leave the heading as is, by default this will be visible to your users/patrons
            2. Change the heading name, click into the field and type in a new heading name
            3. Hide the heading, if you do not wish to show any heading, click the eyeball icon to the right
               1. The field (and helper text field below) will then be "greyed-out" and cannot be edited
         2. Helper Text, if applicable, enter a short description or instructions to provide guidance to the user/patron
            1. This will appear as an 'i' icon to the right of the heading, users/patrons can click or hover over the icon to view the helper text
         3. Subheading, if applicable, enter a value to display as a subheading
            1. Sub-Title URL, if applicable, enter the full URL to the page you wish to direct users/patrons to when they click the displayed subheading
            2. Open in new tab/window, if adding a Sub-Title URL, check this box to open that page in a new browser tab/window
      2. Click Add Block
5. Scroll to the top of the page, then click Save Layout to save your changes