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This page provides step-by-step guides for many RCCL features and will help you get the most out of your RCCL website.

For a complete inventory of components and content types, visit the RCCL Demo Site.

Adding a component to a page

Uploading an image directly onto a page component

Identifying an Argument number

Finding ambient video link in Vimeo

Rich Text component guide

User Choice Carousel component guide

News Display component guide

Homepage Hero Carousel component guide

Enhanced Photo Gallery component guide

Program Finder component guide

Location Map component guide

Social Media Component: Updating Curator.io snippet

Using the Enhanced Secondary Navigation (ESN)

Setting the default Front Page for a site

How to change the RCCL site slogan

Managing the Emergency Banner

Adding a link to the main navigation 

This guide provides instructions for setting up a footer menu on a RCCL site. A footer is the bottom portion of a site that's visible on every page (like the header and main navigation).

Setting up a Footer Menu

Using Anchor Links

Adding a Location Taxonomy

This guide provides directions for enabling and using Quick Node Clone in Drupal RCCL.  

Quick Node Clone is installed, but disabled by default in RCCL.  Users should read this guide completely before enabling and using Quick Node Clone. 

Important steps to maintain good webpage hygiene when using cloned pages are outlined in this guide.

Quick Node Clone: RCCL Installation and User Guide

Uploading content to the media library

Identifying the URL of a media library item

Replacing a media library item

Adjusting an image focal point

Using the Landing: News content type

Using the Event content type

Using the Mini-Site content type

This guide provides instructions for creating and managing staff content in the RCCL.

Creating a Person Page

RCCL Event Syndication (for content editors)

Anchor links, also known as jump links or in-page links, are used to direct users to a specific location on the same webpage. The RCCL allows anchor links to be placed at the component level and inside rich text fields, such as the Rich Text component.

Users clicking component-level anchor links will navigate directly to the component on the same page; Clicking anchor links inside rich text fields will navigate directly to the location of the anchor on the page.

Program Finder provides an interactive link experience. This component uses the Program Type content type to create a multi-step user flow with guided links.

The Landing: News content type offers a hero carousel, "News" banner and many components suited for a news center. This content type requires some initial setup to enable all features.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to update the Curator.io snippet in the RCCL Social Media component.

Location Map provides an interactive visual experience with optional numbered pins that can be clicked to view additional images, videos, and descriptions.

This guide explains how to syndicate events from another RCCL website to your own RCCL website. It provides step-by-step instructions on how to select and subscribe to the desired events, set taxonomy for the syndicated content, and ensure that any edits to the original source content are applied to the syndicated entry. It also emphasizes the importance of setting taxonomy correctly to ensure proper visibility of the syndicated events on your website.

Rich Text is a versatile WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) component that can be used to format and style text, insert links, create tables and lists, embed images and videos, find and replace text, and more.

Every item in the Drupal media library has its own URL. This is one of several ways to identify that URL.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to find a distributed video link in Vimeo and use it in an RCCL Drupal site for an ambient video.

This guide provides instructions on how to adjust the focal point of an image in the RCCL configuration. By following these steps, users can ensure that the composition of their photos aligns well with how it is displayed on a page component. Adjusting the focal point can help avoid cut-off images and improve the overall appearance of the photo on the webpage.

The RCCL contains many features to create and manage events on your website. The Event content type utilizes rich text to display content and can be shared with other RCCL websites (assuming content syndication is enabled).

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for uploading content to the media library in RCCL.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to add a link to the main navigation of an RCCL website. It covers how to add the link, enter the link title and URL, enable or disable the link, and position it within the menu.

These RCCL components take an "argument" modifier:

- Filtered Events Display
- Filtered News Display
- Filtered News with Feature
- Mini-Site Listing
- Story Aggregator

Use the Argument field to instruct these components to display content associated with specific taxonomy IDs.

Update a document or image with new contents while retaining the original file's URL. This process is useful for updating files that live in multiple places on your site or that get shared widely so that your new content is efficiently distributed with minimal disruption.

The Alternative Homepage content type is generally used for RCCL homepages, though any content type can be set to the homepage. Make sure the page is published. You can change your default "homepage" at any time.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to add "Questions" to the "User Choice Carousel" component in RCCL. It explains how to add both existing questions and new questions, as well as how to edit, create revisions, and revert.  While the content entries are labeled as Questions, any type of content can be created.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to use the Homepage Hero Carousel Component. It explains how to add and configure the carousel to display different types of content. It also provides guidance on how to add additional items to the carousel and how to navigate through it.

News Display is designed for homepages and displays up to five curated Article and External Content entries. Available only on the Alternative Home content type.

Enhanced Photo Gallery displays a set of images and remotely hosted videos in various visual layouts.

The Mini-Site content type offers compact left-side navigation and a limited number of components. This page template is ideal for use cases requiring compact organization without the need for a separate website.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to add a location taxonomy to an RCCL site. The location taxonomy is associated with several content types and components, including Events and the Cost Component.

This RCCL guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to add a component to a page. Using the 50/50 component as an example, it covers locating, selecting and adding the component to a Landing: Secondary content type, as well as completing required and optional fields for the 50/50.

When enabled, the Emergency Banner is displayed above the header on every page of your RCCL website. It's convenient for sitewide alerts and important notifications.

RCCL Process Guides

Using Components

Site Administration

Media Library

Content Types & Syndication