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:
- create testimonials
- share stories in the form of an interview.
Don't use student story to:
- create a staff profile – use the Person profile
- write a news article that features the person
- talk about multiple people.
How to create a student story
Student stories can be created, edited and deleted by:
- editors
- site coordinators.
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.
Best practice
- 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.
Fields
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. |