Columns Snippets
Our website is built with many column options to help display content better. When creating a new page, the default will be one column so to break content into more than one column, you'll use snippets.
Note: This tutorial is for those that already understand the basics of the OU content management system.
Two Columns
1. Place your cursor in the place where you want the snippet to go.
2. Click the snippet button
3. Click "Column - Two" and pressed the blue "Insert" button.
4. These columns can be filled with text, photos, and other snippets like a quote snippet.
Save and publish the page. The table look will go away. Here is what the above will output.
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Three Columns
1. Place your cursor in the place where you want the snippet to go.
2. Click the snippet button
3. Click "Column - Three" and pressed the blue "Insert" button.
4. These columns can be filled with text, photos, and other snippets.
Save and publish the page. The table look will go away. Here is what the above will output.
Open House Days
- February 19: Intro to Skidmore for Juniors and Sophomores
- March 2: Transfer Open House
- March 23: Intro to Skidmore for Juniors and Sophomores
- April 9: Intro to Skidmore for Juniors and Sophomores
- April 18: Intro to Skidmore for Juniors and Sophomores
Four Columns
1. Place your cursor in the place where you want the snippet to go.
2. Click the snippet button
3. Click "Column - Four" and pressed the blue "Insert" button.
4. These columns can be filled with text, photos, and other snippets.
5. Save and publish the page. The table look will go away. Here is what the above will output.
Campus
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Careers
Sed vel imperdiet dolor. Integer quis tincidunt ex, ut laoreet nibh.
Community
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Curriculum
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1/3 - 2/3 Columns or 2/3 - 1/3 Columns
1. Place your cursor in the place where you want the snippet to go.
2. Click the snippet button
3. Click "Column - 1/3 - 2/3" or "Column - 2/3 - 1/3" and pressed the blue "Insert" button. "Column - 1/3 - 2/3" will have the smaller column first and "Column - 2/3 - 1/3" will have the wide column first.
4. These columns can be filled with text, photos, and other snippets.
5. Save and publish the page. The table look will go away. Here is what the above will output.
PH.D. IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
“What’s unique about the Skidmore experience is that students can explore and learn virtually anything at any depth they want.â€
VIEW PROFILE
Float Columns
1. Place your cursor in the place where you want the snippet to go.
2. Click the snippet button
3. Click "Column - Float" and pressed the blue "Insert" button.
4. These columns can be filled with text, photos, and other snippets like a quote snippet.
- Float Direction: Choose if you want the floating column to go left or right
- Max-Width: Enter a number with "px" at the end, meaning pixels. Default is 300px which will take about 1/3 of the width.
- Light Blue box: This is where you can add text, a photo, or another snippet. The content outside and below the table will wrap around this floating column.
Save and publish the page. The table look will go away. Here is what the above will output.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.Author
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