Student story

What is a student story?

Use the 'Student story' content type for any testimonials, whether from students, staff or others.

A student story page displays the name of the person who gave the testimonial, along with their photo and other relevant information.

Use the student story to:

Don't use student story to:

Student stories can be created, edited and deleted by:

Once you log in to your website:

Hover over the Drupal 'Content' menu, then go to 'Add content' > 'Student story'.
Under 'Display name', add the full name of the person giving the testimonial.
Re-enter the person's first name and surname in the 'First name' and 'Surname' fields.
Add the person's postnominal, nationality, level of study or project/thesis title, if relevant.
Add the main direct quote to the 'Quote' field.
Add any body copy or other quotes to the 'Body' field.
From the side menu at the top of the page, add any job, qualifications and awards information, if relevant.
Click the 'Publish' button to save and publish the page.

Follow the instructions for optimising images for the web to upload an appropriate photo.
Make sure you add the main block quote to the 'Quote' field – this will display on the student story.

Fill in all required fields and as many optional fields as possible to provide the best user experience.

Field name	Required field?	Notes
Display name	Yes	Full name of the person.
First name	No	This won't display. It is used for alphabetic sorting.
Surname	No	This won't display. It is used for alphabetic sorting.
Postnominal	No	Displays at the top of the page after the display name.
Nationality	No	This won't display. It is used for sorting.
Level of study	No	This won't display. It is used for sorting.
Project/thesis titles	No	This displays the name of any project relevant to the story.
Summary	No	Provides a short description of the page content that will display in search results. It will also display in teaser and card views.
Quote	No	Displays the main block quote with correct formatting.
Body	No	Displays additional content relevant to the testimonial such as an interview.
Photo	No	Displays a photo on the page.
Job	No	Displays a job title and company under the person's name at the top of the page.
Qualification	No	Displays relevant qualifications under the photo.
Awards	No	Displays any awards the participant has received at the bottom of the page.
Tags	No	Allows the page to be tagged with taxonomy terms.