Article
This guide is for sites built in the new version of Drupal (like Study or Scholarships).
If you're working on a Drupal 7 (UQ Standard) site, see articles on Drupal 7.
Understanding articles
Articles are used on Study for news or longer-form editorial content that is more in-depth, niche, personal or time-sensitive than general website content.
Articles should address the information needs of our user personas and priority drivers of choice. They're intended to support lead nurture and drive traffic to relevant parts of the site.
Published articles automatically display on the Stories page. They can also display in Stories listing blocks on programs, plans, study areas and landing pages based on the selected study areas, topic, audiences and regions.
Creating a new article
To create a new article:
- Once you log into Drupal, hover over 'Content' in the Drupal menu then select 'Add content' > 'Article'.
- Complete all required fields.
- Select a workflow status and save.
Choose the appropriate workflow status:
- Draft if you're still working on the page and want to save an unpublished version.
- Needs review if you want to send the page to another editor for internal review. Enter the email address of anyone you want to notify (select 'Add another item' to add multiple recipients). To provide context, add a brief note to the 'Revision log message' field at the top right of the page.
- Ready for publishing (on Study and Scholarships) if you want the page to be reviewed by a publisher and published to live. This should trigger a notification to the site publishers, so they'll know the page is ready for review. To provide context, add a brief note to the 'Revision log message' field at the top right of the page.
Site builders and publishers can save pages as Published or Archived.
Editing articles
After you log into Drupal, you can either navigate to the page and click 'Edit' or access pages via the Drupal menu:
- In the Drupal menu, select 'Content'.
- Search for the page (filtering by content type: 'Article' can help narrow down the results).
- Select 'Edit' for the relevant page.
- Complete all required fields.
- Select a workflow status and save.
Choose the appropriate workflow status:
- Draft if you're still working on the page and want to save an unpublished version.
- Needs review if you want to send the page to another editor for internal review. Enter the email address of anyone you want to notify (select 'Add another item' to add multiple recipients). To provide context, add a brief note to the 'Revision log message' field at the top right of the page.
- Ready for publishing (on Study and Scholarships) if you want the page to be reviewed by a publisher and published to live. This should trigger a notification to the site publishers, so they'll know the page is ready for review. To provide context, add a brief note to the 'Revision log message' field at the top right of the page.
Site builders and publishers can save pages as Published or Archived.
Fields
Add content to the fields listed below. If a field isn't listed below, you don't need to enter anything.
Field | Completing the field | Required or optional |
---|---|---|
Title |
| Required |
Hero image |
| Required |
Teaser image |
| Required |
Study area |
| Required |
Article topic |
| Required |
Article audience |
| Required |
Summary |
| Optional |
Body |
| Required |
Author card |
| Optional |
Related articles |
| Optional |
Reading time |
| Required |
Region |
| Required |
Metadata
Metadata won't appear on the page itself, but may help users identify the page in search results, browser tab titles and other contexts.
To edit metadata, expand the Metatags section near the top right of the page.
Field | Completing the field | Required or optional |
---|---|---|
Page title (under Basic tags) |
| Optional |
Description (under Basic tags) |
| Optional |