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    Clear Filters

    Blocks

    Posts

    The posts block displays the latest posts from your blog or another WordPress blog.

    CALS Blocks

    Content Editing

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    Blocks

    Card

    The card block is an organized way to display an image and content (usually a header and small paragraph). It can optionally be used to link to pages as well.

    CALS Blocks

    Content Editing

    WordPress

    Blocks

    Tabs

    The tabs block allows you to group content under a heading and hide only the content until the user clicks on the heading to display it. Only one content section can be displayed at a time.

    CALS Blocks

    Content Editing

    WordPress

    Advanced Tutorials

    Using Animation

    Animating content on your site can engage visitors, communicate meaning and context, and enhance the user experience. Using animation appropriately has many benefits, but when misused, animation can actually have harmful effects. It's important that you consider all of these tips before adding animation to your pages.

    Content Editing

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    Basic Tutorials

    Theme Customization Options

    Learn how to use the customizer to add different functionality and customization to your site.

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    Logging In

    Learn how to access and edit your WordPress site.

    NetID

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    Blocks

    Core WordPress Blocks

    You will find many blocks available in the page editor including many custom blocks that we have created as part of our CALS v4 theme, or our custom plugins. WordPress provides a range of core blocks that are fundamental to content creation such as the paragraph, columns and heading blocks. This resource provides a full list of the core WordPress blocks provided by WordPress.

    WordPress

    Basic Tutorials

    Editing Your Site Menu

    The CALS WordPress theme supports 2 different menus. We'll help you understand the difference and how to add items to each menu.

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    Plugins

    CALS Resource Directory

    The CALS Resource Directory allows you to register post types and configure how they are displayed. Users can easily search and filter through your content to find what they are looking for.

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    Directory

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    Site Options

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    Basic Tutorials

    How to Add Jump Links to Your Page

    Jump links, also referred to as anchor links, allow you to link to another spot on your page. They can be very useful if that page has a lot of content as they can help the user quickly navigate to the spot on the page they are looking for.

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