Snippets

Snippets are pre-formatted widgets you can drop onto your page to style content.

Available Snippets

• Accordion/Tabs
• Blockquote
• Column
• CouseLeaf Course Display
• Embed Video
• Event Listing
• Feature
• Image Styling
• News Blocks
• People Listing
• RSS Feed
• Snapshot
• Stats
• Table

Accordions/Tabs

Accordions and tabs provide a way to vertically stack items that can be clicked to reveal or hide content. While shortening page content and hiding some content can make a page seem less daunting, they are not a one-size-fits-all solution.

Forcing users to click on hidden content increases interaction cost. If users don't find relevant information under an accordion, they may ignore it or feel it was wasted time. Instead, consider using headings, allowing user to scroll your well-organized webpage.

Do not use accordions/tabs within each other. This makes it difficult to navigate your site, especially on a phone. 

Blockquote

A branded quote that editors can style with green text to provide impact. Quotes need to include a cited name.

There is an old saying that things don’t happen they are made to happen.President John F. KennedyUND Fieldhouse
September 25, 1963

Columns

CourseLeaf Courses

CourseLeaf Courses Manual List and CourseLeaf Courses by Subject allow you to automatically pull course descriptions from the catalog to your page. Choose either the Manual List to choose specific courses, or the Courses by Subject to list all.

Embed Video - Basic

Embed a video using basic styles from your video source. Add the video by selecting the Insert/Edit Video icon in the editor. Always provide closed captions.

Shorts

Vertical videos (a.k.a. shorts) should be placed in the basic video snippet.

Vertical YouTube Videos

YouTube shorts can be placed into the basic video snippet.

Vertical Vimeo Videos

Follow these instruction to ensure your shorts videos display vertically.

1. Select the Video: Basic snippet
2. Select Insert/Edit Media button
3. Paste in Vimeo link
4. Right click on the gray 'embed video-basic' header of the snippet
5. Select 'table properties'
6. Add the following text to the Custom Class field video-vertical. Full field should read ou-snippet-featured-media-video-vertical
7. Save and publish

Embed Video - Styled

Embed a YouTube or Vimeo video with UND styles, allowing editor to choose the thumbnail, UND play button and video that opens and plays in a lightbox. Add the video by pasting in the address bar URL of the video (not the embed URL). Recommended image size is 1024 px by 576 px, with 72 dpi resolution.

This video embed option will load faster than the Embed Video - Basic option. This is because the video is not added to the page until the user clicks the thumbnail option. If you have multiple videos on a page, please use this option.

When selecting a URL, please use the "watch" version of a YouTube video. The "watch" URL is going to be the URL that appears in the address bar at the top of your web browser when viewing the video on YouTube. A "watch" URL looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video id here]. Do not use "share" URLs which start with https://youtu.be.

Always provide closed captions.

Events Listing

Automatically pull in events from UND calender. Contact Web Team to assist setting up snippet widget code.

Feature

Link style with options for display (color, photo, no photo or callout line). 

Image Styling

Style your image with alignment (right or left), optional caption and white space. Images can vary in size. The recommend max width and height is 400 px.

News Blocks

Manually curate list of news with links and images. Each block must link to an individual news item.

People Listing

There are three snippet options to list people.

1. People Listing, Auto by Dept - Create a people list by department. Employee data is pulled from PeopleSoft and HR. See the Department List to view the exact department names to be used. Listing will automatically update as employees are changed in PeopleSoft and as they update their own profiles.
   *This snippet was previously labeled "People Listing, Auto from Directory."
2. People Listing, Auto by IDM - Create a people list by providing a list of IDMs, i.e. john.doe, jane.doe. Employee data is pulled from PeopleSoft and HR. Data for each individual in the list will be automatically updated as employees are changed in PeopleSoft and as they update their own profiles. Lists are manually curated.
3. People Listing, Manual - Manually curate your people list. Feel free to customize the information in each cell, but do not modify the transformation table (delete table columns or modify column names) as this makes improvements to the table difficult and/or may require the list to be rebuilt.  

RSS Feed

Add a news or blog feed through RSS. Blogs are a common RSS sources. Items can be displayed as list or card format. Photo, date, time and description can be turned on or off.

RSS Feed content is cached once a the page is visited and will be refreshed every 30-60min (so you may not see the latest post instantly).

Snapshot

The snapshot snippet inserts a feature to highlight programs, courses, events, etc. Add/delete rows as needed.

Stats

Animated on scroll, call out certain numbers that can add emphasis to your page.

Table

The table snippet has both horizontal and vertical heading options. Each table column and row must be defined with a heading to tell the reader what the data represents.

Horizontal Heading Table

Vertical Heading Table

Table Best Practices

Tables should be used only for data or information that requires organization with rows and columns, not for layout or lists. 

To ensure we’re meeting required WGAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standards and improve the user experience on mobile devices, follow these best practices when using the table snippet:

• Consider more accessible ways to present information. Tables are difficult to read on mobile devices and using them to layout content further exacerbates this problem. Keep text minimal. For content organization, use other CMS snippets like columns or snapshots.
• Use tables for data. Tables are an effective way of presenting data. Tables should be used to present tabular data, never for content layout. 
• Ensure each data point is associated with the correct row and column header. Only use tables when presenting rows and columns of related information. Each data point must be clearly tied to a row and column header to provide context. To achieve this, limit tables to one header row and one column header. The table snippet provides options for both horizontal and vertical headings, but adding multiple headers disrupts the logical reading flow for assistive technologies. If your data requires more than one header row or column, split the table into smaller, simpler tables for better clarity and accessibility.
• Avoid merged or split cells. Although visually acceptable, merged or split cells confuse screen readers. This disruption makes it difficult for users relying on assistive technologies to understand the content. Stick to standard cells to maintain a logical and clear reading order.
• Do not leave cells empty. Empty cells confuse both users and screen readers. If no data is available for a cell, use "N/A" or a similar placeholder text. Avoid symbols or punctuation (like dashes) because screen readers may skip them.
• Keep tables as simple and small as possible. All users, both with and without a screen reader or more likely to struggle with a table that is too large and contains too much information.
• Do not bold text within a table to create sections. Creating sections within a table by bolding text confuses screen readers. Assistive technologies rely on the structure and flow of a table to present information accurately. Instead of bolding to divide sections, use separate tables.
• Always introduce tables with a heading. It is important to precede tables with a heading (H2, H3 etc..) that describes the table. This helps users understand the context of the table before interacting with it.
• Tables can be used for limited text with defined rows and columns. Use tables for content like schedules, product feature lists or timelines where row and column structure is essential for clarity. However, bulleted lists and standard headings/paragraph page structure should be considered first for better viewability on a mobile phone.