Box Types and Uses
In general be consistent in naming boxes, and page titles Using the right box you can track content, distribute documents, and link to internal and external resources and content.
- Check out the Steal This Box guide for some useful pre-designed boxes
- Put the Ask-A-Librarian widget on at least one page
- Reuse content whenever possible by linking to existing boxes, pages, or links
- Simple Web Links boxes are just that: simple lists of links If you add a description, it appears as a tooltip cloud when you hovers over the link
- Links & Lists boxes allow you to add more content: you can add a description to the page as well as a "more information" pop-up window
- Interactive poll boxes allow you to create quick, simple polls to add to your guides as a gauge to see if a guide has been helpful
- Documents and files boxes let you upload documents & other files for your users It's a quick way to distribute links to download files Files you can upload include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, other Office files and PDFs
- Rich text boxes are the most flexible. These allow you to do add text, images, tables, and JavaScript. Anything you can do in HTML, you can do in a rich text box