{"id":7,"date":"2022-05-05T21:19:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaldocumentation.wustl.edu\/innovation-docs\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:24:28","slug":"documentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitaldocumentation.wustl.edu\/commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-large-headline\">Site Admin Users Guide<div class=\"has-color_red-accent-color has-accent-color heading-accent\"><\/div><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default\">Website strategy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connect graduates and their families with the information and resources they need to have a great Commencement experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Content Strategy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-lead wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve created three homepage layouts to make it easy to switch out content depending on the season. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May Commencement Home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May Commencement Livestream Home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>December Recognition Home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>December Recognition Livestream Home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Off Season Home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to update the homepage <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to the <strong>Pages<\/strong> section of the dashboard and search for the homepage (referenced in list above) you would like to go live<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find the name of the page you wish to edit from the list of pages and select <strong>Edit<\/strong> below the page name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once in the <strong>Page Editor<\/strong>, make any necessary text, link, or photo updates that are needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can click <strong>Save draft<\/strong> on the top right of the screen to save edits without making the page go live\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you are ready to make the page go live, click on the <strong>Publish<\/strong> button on the top right of the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set the Page as the homepage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Option 1: Customizer <strong>\u2192<\/strong> Homepage Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you do not see <strong>Homepage Settings<\/strong>, use Option 2 instead.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate back to the dashboard, and from the side navigation, select <strong>Appearance &gt; Customize<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the side menu, select <strong>Homepage Settings<\/strong> and from the drop down menu under <strong>Homepage<\/strong>, select the page you would like to go live.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>Publish<\/strong> at the top of the menu, to set the page as the new homepage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate back to the <strong>Pages<\/strong> section of the dashboard, and search for the page that is no longer set as the homepage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Edit<\/strong> below the page name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the <strong>Settings<\/strong> panel (icon next to Save button), change the <strong>Status<\/strong> to Draft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong> on the top right of the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Option 2: Dashboard \u2192 Settings \u2192 Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the WordPress dashboard, go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Reading<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>\u201cYour homepage displays\u201d<\/strong>, select <strong>A static page<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Homepage<\/strong> dropdown, choose the page you want to set as the front page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down and click <strong>Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Notes <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If your browser tab shows a title like <strong>\u201cOff Season Home\u201d<\/strong>, that is expected. This reflects the <strong>title of the page currently set as the homepage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the Customizer layout looks different from screenshots in older documentation, it\u2019s could be a bug.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When switching between seasonal homepages (e.g., Off\u2011Season \u2192 December), ensure the desired page is <strong>published<\/strong> and then select it using <strong>Settings \u2192 Reading<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to update livestream<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add the following code to page in <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldocumentation.wustl.edu\/commencement\/blocks\/html\/\">HTML block<\/a> (if not already added to page)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;figure class=\"washu-embed-aspect-16-9 \"&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"washu-embed__wrapper\"&gt;\n        &lt;iframe id=\"ls_embed_1635948437\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/7945443\/events\/9922420\/player?&amp;amp;enableInfoAndActivity=true&amp;amp;defaultDrawer=feed&amp;amp;autoPlay=true&amp;amp;mute=false \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;\n        &lt;\/iframe&gt;\n    &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-embed_id=\"ls_embed_1635948437\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/assets\/plugins\/referrer_tracking.js\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n&lt;\/figure&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Replace URL with new livestream URL<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Site Admin Users Guide Website strategy Connect graduates and their families with the information and resources they need to have a great Commencement experience. 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