Home Feature

Home Features are the large images, or slides, shown at the top of your home page. Each one is a Home Feature item with a title and an image, and on most sites a link. Use them to highlight events, announcements or seasonal news.

Add a Home Feature

Go to Content → Add content → Home Feature, then fill in:

• Title – a short name, such as “Summer Concert Series”.
• Feature Image – select Open File Browser to pick an image you already uploaded, or Choose File to upload one from your computer. Use a large, wide (landscape) photo; images larger than the size shown under the field are resized automatically.
• Alternative text – appears after you add the image. Describe what the image shows, such as “People walking on a wooded trail”. It’s required.
• Feature Link – if your site has this field, add the page the feature should open, for example the event’s page. Start typing the page title and pick it from the list.

Select Save. The feature appears on your home page.

Show a Feature Only for a While

To take a feature down automatically, for example after an event, open Scheduling options in the sidebar and set an Unpublish on date and time. To put it up later, set a Publish on date and time instead. See Scheduled Content.

Order of Features

On most sites, the home page shows the newest features first, usually up to five. Some sites also have a Home Features Management page under the Content menu, where you can drag features into the order you want and select Save order.

Edit or Remove a Feature

Find the feature on the Content page (filter by Content type: Home Feature) and select Edit. To take it down, unpublish it, or set an Unpublish on date.

Tips

• Don’t put important words inside the image. Text in a picture can’t be read by screen readers or resized, and it’s often cut off on phones.
• Choose photos where the main subject is near the center, since the edges may be cropped on smaller screens.
• Remove or unpublish features that are out of date.