OVERVIEW
Target audience: Site Administrators, Site Managers
The purpose of this article is to provide information about Global blocks and Layout blocks in the WMS.
See Create and configure a global block to learn how to create and place a Global block, and Layout Builder to learn how to create and place a Layout block.
In this article:
NOTE: this article refers to a process to be used on sites that have already migrated to the New WMS.
If your site has not yet migrated see the Index of documentation for the McGill Web Management System.
Global Blocks
Global blocks are containers of content that can be placed on multiple pages of your website.
Blocks are placed in regions which indicate where they appear in relation to your page (Highlighted, Top of page, Top of content, Bottom of content, or Bottom of page)
Blocks are set to third, half or full width size.
Use Global blocks when you need to:
- apply a Hero block to a one or more pages
- place a block on multiple pages with an important announcement
Layout blocks
Layout blocks are containers of content that are created on individual basic pages. They appear on one single page.
Blocks can be configured precisely using Layout Builder.
Use Layout blocks when you need to:
- format page content,
- create columns,
- create tabs,
- create and place content that will appear on one single page.
Block Types
The WMS offers different types of blocks.
Block Types only available for Global Blocks:
- Hero: A large image block spanning the entire width of the browser. Must be placed in highlighted region.
- Banner: Like the Hero block, only shorter, and purely decorative, as it cannot display text. Must be placed in highlighted region.
Block Types available for Global Blocks and Layout Blocks:
- Standard block: A standard block contains a body.
- Call-to-Action block: In marketing, a call to action (CTA) is an instruction to the audience to provoke an immediate response, usually using an imperative verb such as "call now", "find out more" or "visit a store today".
- Call-to-Action – without image: a call-to-action block that cannot contain an image, uses the Dark theme/ Dark style by default, and is always full-width.
- List block: Display multiple links in a standard format.
- Statement Block: Make a statement with a powerful background image and text overlay.
