News display and layout options

There are two different layout options available for posts displayed in News Cards: Grid View and List View. News posts in List View can be displayed with or without thumbnail images. There are also options related to the News Card title and controls.

News Carousel is its own type of Card and offers multiple other layouts for displaying News.

News layouts

Grid View

In Grid View, News items display in a Grid of cards, with each News post on its own card. The News post image displays in the top portion of the card with the News post title in it. The lower portion of the card contains the News item excerpt or summary, posted date and author. Options to Like, Comment and Follow are at the bottom of the post.

List View

In List View, News items display in a vertical list. On larger screens, images display on the left of News post titles and their excerpts/summaries. On smaller screens, images display above News post titles and excerpts/summaries. News post date and author show below the post, along with options to Like and Comment on the post.

List View can also be displayed as text only—without images, by deselecting the checkbox Display thumbnail images when setting up the News Card.

News Carousel

The News Carousel captures attention with its highly visual nature. It is great for featuring News items with interesting images or videos. The News carousel card is separate from the News card.

There are five different layouts for Carousel cards: Grid, List, Split slider, Slider - white, and Slider - transparent. Depending on the carousel layout chosen, you can view one or several news posts at a time. Most carousel layouts have multiple pages to rotate through. Users can navigate through the items using the arrows at the bottom right of the Carousel (or by swiping, on mobile). In Carousel List layout, users can scroll down to see more posts on the right side. The width of the carousel depends on the layout of the page, the width of the column it is placed in, and the width of the screen it is viewed on. To learn more about Carousel layouts, see Add News carousel card.

News carousel in Grid layout

News carousel in List layout

News display options

Three display options show at the top of the News: Grid or List card setup window. You can:

• Change the title of the News Card
• Choose whether or not to display a title for the News Card
• Choose whether to display the Add Post and Manage News Feeds controls.

To get to the News Card setup window:

1. In edit mode, click Set up cards on the right. The Card setup window will open.
2. Find the News Card in the Card setup window, and click In use (or the gear icon on the right of it). The News Card setup window will open.

Change the News Card title:

1. At the top of the News Card setup window, click the pencil icon beside Recent News (or the current title showing at the top). A text box will appear.
2. Type the new title in the text box.
3. Click Save beside the text box. The new title will show at the top of the window.
4. Click Update in the News Card setup window.

News card title and display options as they appear to the user:

Choose whether to display a title:

1. Near the top of the News Card setup window, find the checkbox Display the title.
2. Check the box to display the title, uncheck the box to hide the title.
3. Click Update in the News Card setup window.

News display options in the News Card setup window:

Choose whether to display the Add Post and Manage News Feed controls:

1. Near the top of the News Card setup window, find the checkbox Display the Add Post and Manage News Feeds controls.
2. Check the box to display the controls, uncheck the box to hide the controls.
3. Click Update in the News Card setup window.

Recommended image sizes and file types

The image that you want to display with the news post must be selected as the Thumbnail image on the post page. Different thumbnail crops are used for different news layouts.

For more details on image sizes, see Image Size Guidelines.