Content types are defined by how they store data.
For the WashU global site, content types are used strategically.
Pages
Pages are for the content that make up the main structure of the site.
You can navigate to all these pages through the main, utility, and footer navigation of the site. These pages are more static in nature. While the images or information may need to be updated from time to time, the content is more evergreen.
Posts
Posts are for individual resources, individual travel tools, regional stories, and news.
Posts do not show up in the main navigation structures of the site. They are for more timely or changing content types. They also have greater flexibility to be pulled in by category using the Latest post block so you can serve users all information about a specific topic in a scannable way.
This is why it’s so important to add the right categories to each post you build. We do not use tags on the site. Just categories.
Regions
Regions posts are the pages you land on for specific regions.
These posts have a specific template to follow.
Person
Person posts are used for the staff profiles under Our Team and for the alumni profiles in the regions.
Again, make sure to add the right categories to each person post for them to show up in the right places.
Media
Media refers to any files associated with the site, such as images, videos, audio, and pdfs. Those files are accessed through the dashboard, in the Media Library.
Event
Events are added in the Happenings calendar, and then pulled into the site. Leveraging the Happenings widget will allow this site feature while minimizing effort from site admins.