Site Admin Users Guide

Website strategy

Connect graduates and their families with the information and resources they need to have a great Commencement experience.

Content Strategy

We’ve created three homepage layouts to make it easy to switch out content depending on the season. These include:

  • May Commencement Home
  • May Commencement Livestream Home
  • December Recognition Home
  • December Recognition Livestream Home
  • Off Season Home

How to update the homepage

  1. Navigate to the Pages section of the dashboard and search for the homepage (referenced in list above) you would like to go live
  2. Find the name of the page you wish to edit from the list of pages and select Edit below the page name
  3. Once in the Page Editor, make any necessary text, link, or photo updates that are needed.
  4. You can click Save draft on the top right of the screen to save edits without making the page go live
    • When previewing edits when the page is not set as the homepage, the page title bar will appear at the top of the page. This will not show when the page is set as the homepage.
  5. When you are ready to make the page go live, click on the Publish button on the top right of the screen.

Set the Page as the homepage

Option 1: Customizer → Homepage Settings

If you do not see Homepage Settings, use Option 2 instead.

  1. Navigate back to the dashboard, and from the side navigation, select Appearance > Customize.
  2. From the side menu, select Homepage Settings and from the drop down menu under Homepage, select the page you would like to go live.
  3. Click on Publish at the top of the menu, to set the page as the new homepage.
  4. Navigate back to the Pages section of the dashboard, and search for the page that is no longer set as the homepage.
  5. Select Edit below the page name
  6. From the Settings panel (icon next to Save button), change the Status to Draft
  7. Click Save on the top right of the screen.

Option 2: Dashboard → Settings → Reading

  1. In the WordPress dashboard, go to Settings → Reading.
  2. Under “Your homepage displays”, select A static page.
  3. In the Homepage dropdown, choose the page you want to set as the front page.
  4. Scroll down and click Save Changes.

Notes

  • If your browser tab shows a title like “Off Season Home”, that is expected. This reflects the title of the page currently set as the homepage.
  • If the Customizer layout looks different from screenshots in older documentation, it’s could be a bug.
  • When switching between seasonal homepages (e.g., Off‑Season → December), ensure the desired page is published and then select it using Settings → Reading.

How to update livestream

  1. Add the following code to page in HTML block (if not already added to page)
<figure class="washu-embed-aspect-16-9 ">
    <div class="washu-embed__wrapper">
        <iframe id="ls_embed_1635948437" src="https://livestream.com/accounts/7945443/events/9922420/player?&amp;enableInfoAndActivity=true&amp;defaultDrawer=feed&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false " width="800" height="450" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="">
        </iframe>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript" data-embed_id="ls_embed_1635948437" src="https://livestream.com/assets/plugins/referrer_tracking.js"></script>
</figure>
  1. Replace URL with new livestream URL