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  1. Hero - article gallery
  2. Hero - autoplay video
  3. Homepage intro
  4. Featured article
  5. Featured content
  6. Featured knowledgebase
  7. Index block

Think of  your homepage as a welcome and a magazine cover - featuring key content within your website and inviting readers to click in and explore. 

This page template is a "heavy hitter" with a selection of content blocks for displaying different arrangements of images, video, or bringing a highlight to featured content from elsewhere in your site.

What's a hero?

A "hero", like the name suggests, is the champion element of the page. Likely the first thing you see on the page, it's usually a large image, video or content "slider" in the first position under the navigation on a homepage.

Hero - article gallery

Display featured articles or pages in a gallery on the homepage hero
DescriptionFields (per article/slide)
Homepage hero gallery slider - up to 3 featured articles can be selected from either of the Knowledgebase or News modules.
Content will be pulled automatically from the selected article records, or can be overridden by the CMS editor
A timer can be enabled, to automatically slide through the gallery. Time per slide can be set in the CMS (generally 8-10s)
  • Knowledgebase / News article selection
  • Title
  • Date
  • Image
  • CTA label
  • CTA URL
  • Enable autoplay (checkbox)
  • Autoplay timer (seconds)

Hero - autoplay video

Instead of a featured article, you can upload an mp4 video that is played as a loop in the hero background
DescriptionFields
Alternative homepage hero, with autoplay video looping in the background. Can link to another page/article on the site.
  • Video (MP4 only)
  • Heading
  • Heading translation
  • CTA label
  • CTA URL

Homepage intro

Introduce the site to your audience with this simple 2-column textual content block
DescriptionFields
    Introduction block, designed specifically for the homepage. While it is possible to use on other pages, it may not always be the best option for intro copy.
  • Intro text (150 recommended character limit)
  • Body text (400 recommended character limit)

Featured article

Use this block to feature any news article or page on the website
DescriptionFields
Full width block for featuring a single News article.

Content will be pulled automatically from the selected article:
  • Title
  • Short description
  • Image

All fields can be overridden in the CMS.

  • News article selection
  • Title
  • Short description
  • Image
  • CTA label
  • CTA URL

Featured content

Use this content block to feature another section or page on the site
DescriptionFields

Full-width block for featuring another section of the site.

  • Title (60 character limit)
  • Subtitle (60 character limit)
  • Body copy (400 character limit)
  • CTA label
  • CTA URL
  • Image (4:3, as high resolution as possible)

Featured knowledgebase

This content block automatically displays the latest knowledge base articles, each of which can be overridden to feature a specific article of your choosing.
DescriptionFields
3 articles featured from the knowledgebase. Listed as cards, the latest articles are automatically displayed.
All fields for each card can be overridden via the CMS.
  • Image
  • Content type icon
  • Date
  • Time estimate
  • Title
  • Short description
  • Topic tags - first two topics will be displayed (depending on length of topic name)

Index block

Use this content block to offer easy access to pages that fall within any category or section you like
DescriptionFields
This block can be used to direct users to sub-pages of another section of the site. Links are not automatically generated.
  • Image
  • Title
  • Pages (max 6 recommended)
    • Title
    • Page URL

Knowledge base

Related Knowledge base articles