Style Guide & Resuable Content

Asset
A LibGuides asset is a piece of content that can be reused across our guides. The asset types most commonly used by Edward Neisser Library LibGuides authors are link, database, media / widget, document / file, and book.

Command bar
The orange command bar is visible in edit mode to logged in account holders. It stretches across the top of the screen and contains shortcuts for various key tasks as well as a blue "Spring To" button that lets you switch apps. What you see on the command bar depends on your own account status (regular, editor, admin) and the specific app you are using (LibApps, LibGuides, LibAnswers, etc.)

Copied
If you elect to copy rather than map to an original asset, box, page, or guide, changes made to the original will not affect the copy you created.

Dashboard: LibGuides 
When you log into LibGuides, you land on your personalized dashboard. Here you will find things like Springshare announcements, shortcuts to important tools, and admin alerts. You can return to the LibGuides dashboard by selecting the Home icon from the orange command bar.

Draft Mode
When placed in draft mode, a box is not visible to the public. This is especially important if you are still in the process of adding content to a box.

Edit mode
Edit mode is only visible to LibGuide owners (or, more broadly, LibApps account holders) when they are logged in. Think of "Edit mode" as the "behind the scenes" place where we make changes to our guides (new content, layout adjustments, name changes, and so on).

Two quick indicators that you are in edit mode: 1.) The browser window URL begins with https://erikson.libapps.com/ instead of https://library.erikson.edu/, and 2.) an orange command bar runs across the top of the page. 

Friendly URL
A friendly URL is easier to read and remember than the clunky combination of letters and numbers typically found in default LibGuides URLs. For example,

• Default URL for the C432 Family & Culture Guide:
  https://researchguides.oakton.edu/c.php?g=152218&p=10015190
• Friendly URL for Accounting guide:
  https://library.erikson.edu/courseresearchguides/c432

Hidden page
When you change the visibility settings of a guide page to flag it as "hidden," that page will only be visible in "Edit mode." This is a handy option for new pages still under construction.

Link Checker
The Link Checker tool provides us with a report of broken or unreachable links in LibGuide database assets, link assets, and book assets (links to catalog records). Although it cannot check links in rich text boxes, it’s an important tool for maintaining up-to-date, effective, and credible LibGuides.

• NOTE: The library staff will be in charge of going through the "Link Checker" regularly but please ensure your links in boxes are checked individually. 

Mapped 
If an asset, box, page, or guide is being reused elsewhere on our LibGuides site, that means it is mapped. Unlike producing a new copy, mapping means that changes made to the original will show up wherever it is reused. 

Profile Box
Each LibApps user account holder has their own profile box, which they can customize to display details like their name, profile image, and contact info. DO NOT worry about your profile box as Edward Neisser Library currently does not use or display them anywhere on the site. 

Publication status: Unpublished
Unpublished guides are visible only to logged-in users (also known as edit mode).

Publication status: Published
Published guides are visible to everyone via search and browse. We use this status for the guides made available to the Erikson Community and the public.

Publication status: Private
A Private guide is visible only to those users who already know its URL. It is not visible via search and browse.

Subject categories
Subject categories can be used as an option to organize guides and databases by the topic, discipline, or subject area. These categories are set by designated admin-level users. The Edward Neisser Library currently DOES NOT use subject categories. 

Tags
Tags provide a way to organize guides by keywords. The Edward Neisser Library currently DOES NOT use tags.

Widget
A widget is a JavaScript snippet that allows you to embed content in a website. On the Erikson Library LibGuides site, this is most commonly used for things like videos, embedded PDFs, and search boxes.

Each "Page" or tab within a LibGuide represents an individual website page on the library public site. Before you add any pages to a guide, ensure you are in the correct LibGuide. To view the current guides for Edward Neisser Library select: "Content" > "Guides" > select appropriate guide. 

1. Select the white tab with the + sign at the end of the pages menu.
2. IF creating a new page, select "New Page".
   • "Page Type" will be "Regular".
   • Add a New page name for the tab title.
   • "Position" it as a "top level" page or a "subpage" of another current "top level" page. You will be able to rearrange "top level" pages after it is created. 
   • Select "draft mode" if you are not ready for the page to go public yet, or publish it right away so it shows up on the live site.
3. If you are reusing an existing page:
   • First, select the guide you want to copy from.
   • Then, select the page you want to copy. 
   • Choose the "Position" and "Draft Mode" if needed.
   • Click on "Copy" if you want to copy the page rather than linking to the original. If you select this option, changes made to the original page will not affect this copy you are creating. By checking the "Copy" box you will be creating copies of existing assets, adding them to your repository.
4. To rearrange pages:
   •  select the "Page" icon at the top of the page bar. 
   • Select "pages" under "Reorder/Move".
   • Click and drag a page name to reorder them as needed. 

IMPORTANT!:

• You have created a "Friendly URL" for your page. 
• If you want to change the name of your page, you can go to "Page" > "Page Properties".
• If you want an entire page to redirect to either an external link OR to another LibGuide page, select "Page" > "Redirect URL".

Boxes are content within each page that can range from bodies of text, to videos or other assets. 

To ADD a new box, you will select "add box" located at the end of a page. 

To EDIT an existing box, you will select the:

• Pencil icon on the blue bar to change the box title OR to remove it by selecting "Floating Box".
• Edit button at the end of a box content section. Please note you can have multiple different contents and content types within one box.

Reordering Boxes and Box Content

• FOR CONTENT:
  • Select the  icon at the end of a particular box. 
  • Select "reorder content" at the end of the options menu.
  • Re-order the content as needed and then hit "Save Order".
   
• FOR BOXES:
  • Select the  icon at the top of the page. 
  • Click on "Boxes".
  • Click and drag boxes to the desired position.
  • Select "Save".