Article (Layout Builder)
The Article content type combines all news-related content into a single content type.
Page/Content Types
YMCA Website Services features many different kinds of pages, or content types. Choosing the right content type will ensure your collect the right information and allow you the flexibility to create layouts.
A content type is a reusable container for content. Content types have a common structure and purpose. They support site architecture and make content presentation consistent. This helps people find what they need.
There are two different kinds of Content Types in the distribution:
- Standalone types are content that is displayed directly to users, like Landing Pages and Branches. They may also be displayed in views or other groupings.
- Helper types are content that is never displayed on its own to users. It is displayed in aggregate or as part of a supporting application like Activity Finder or Membership Calculator.
Most sites will be built using a combination of these content types. The right content type for your content will depend on how it will be used and displayed. Landing Pages will often make up the bulk of your site, but you may also need to create Events, Articles, Branches, and other content types to support your site’s goals.
Which Content Type Should I Use?
Before you begin building your site, you should have a good idea of what kind of content you will be creating. Consider conducting a content audit to understand what content you have and what content you need to create.
Once you begin building your site, you will most likely start building Landing Pages. These are the most flexible content type and can be used for a wide variety of content.
Location pages like Branches and Camps are also important to build out, as they will be used to promote each individual location.
Finally, you can create supporting content types like Events and Articles to provide more timely information to your users.
Standalone Content Types
These content types are built for Layout Builder or are Layout Builder-compatible when the supporting module is enabled:
- Article (Layout Builder)
- Event (Layout Builder)
- Branch
- Camp
- Facility
- Landing Page (Layout Builder)
- Program
- Program Subcategory
- Promotion
These content types use the legacy Paragraphs page builder:
Helper Content Types
These content types help are not displayed on their own, but are used in supporting applications:
Event (Layout Builder)
Updated Event content type that allows for Layout Builder components to be included within an event page.
Activity, Class, and Session
Format data from third parties (e.g. Daxko, Personify, or ActiveNet), for display in Activity Finder.
Alert
Displays timely information in a thin banner across your site, just below the header or above the footer.
Blog Post
Timely content, articles and news pieces tagged with one or more physical locations.
Branch
One of the first places members go when they visit a Y website is to their local Y’s page.
Camp
Physical locations where outdoor camp programming takes place.
Facility
Locations that house YMCA programming outside of a Branch.
Landing Page
Flexible content types that use regions and paragraphs to build content.
Landing Page (Layout Builder)
A flexible content type that uses Sections and Blocks, managed with Layout Builder, to build content.
Membership Content Type
Membership items are the building blocks of the Membership Calculator and are only displayed within the Membership Calculator Paragraph.
News Post
Designed for timely content, articles and news pieces tagged with one or more physical locations.
Program
A generic category page for program offerings.
Program Subcategory
Subcategory pages refine broad Programs into more concrete options.
Promotion
Flexible content that can be inserted into components as advertisements.