Websites & Design

Add a news section or other content to your Omni CMS website with content promoter. Learn how to use tags, add a CP feed to your homepage, and more.

Want to learn more about Web Accessibility but couldn't attend one of our live workshops? Learn more and watch a recording of the April 16, 2019 workshop with Christopher Phillips.

Keep your website relevant, up-to-date, and functioning great by completing an annual review. Check for various web accessibility issues, outdated content, and poor-quality images, then take action! The quality of your website depends on you.

Learn how to work with the IT Web Team to access your CMS website analytics through Google Looker Studio (formerly Data Studio).

Only someone with a valid USU ID number (A-number) can have access to edit an Omni CMS website at USU. If you have a need for editors not affiliated with USU, here is what you need to know.

Learn how to get the embed widget code for a Box folder, including how to gain access to that code as a co-owner.

Older content, no longer relevant on a website can be maintained using the USU Library Digital Commons service.

Learn more about what your college, department, or program can do with e-commerce.

Learn about your options for displaying a faculty and staff directory on your website. Setting up the directory is handled by the IT Web Team. Adding faculty and staff members is the responsibility of the content manager.

Examples of alerts and text boxes and how to implement them on USU websites

Make sure your USU website stays up-to-date and accessible for all website visitors each year.

Learn how to create and edit forms, galleries and other assets in Omni CMS.

Example of a Centered Blue Hero Banner and instructions for implementation.

Sometimes it can be helpful to know just a little bit how your webpage is built so you can format it properly.

Learn how to start editing webpages in Omni CMS for your college or department

Example of Blue Hero Banner with Subtitle and instructions for implementation

Example of a full width banner

Examples of button types and colors and how to implement them on USU websites

You can use a card component to display information with a picture and button in a clean and organized way.

Examples of Cards with Accent color options and how to implement them on USU websites

Examples of Cards with Accent color options and how to implement them on USU websites

Example of Centered Blue Hero Banner with Subtitle and instructions for implementation

See examples of different column layouts for Utah State University websites.

See examples of column layouts, from a one column to a four column distribution

Learn how to use components at USU via Omni CMS. We have over 15 components available for quick and beautiful webpages.

This page describes and illustrates the contact block component for USU webpages.

This page is for documentation about a content block in a columns component

This page explains the Content Promoter (CP) for directory pages. CP for Directory allows users to pull a feed of directory members, with various styling options available.

A comprehensive list of dashboard gadgets available to all users and what they do.

Frequently asked questions about Omni CMS, the content management system for USU websites.

Learn more about Faculty Success (formerly Digital Measures) and what information can be put into your site from Faculty Success.

Learn how to integrate Faculty Success into your site to make it easier to display information about faculty.

Learn about the fat footer and what content can be displayed there and how to display it

It's recommended to use forms within their own space or section, free of surrounding content on either side. Make sure to choose short but accurate field/item titles to maximize readability.

Learn more about the different types of headers used for the new USU template

Learn how to expire a page in OU campus and how you can schedule an expiration for a page.

You can add Font Awesome icons to your Omni CMS web pages using the Font Awesome Icon Component.

An example of an image banner with an overlay bar and button for USU websites

An example of a banner with an image on a Utah State University website and how to add it

See examples of image components and learn how you can add them to your site

See an example of an in-page navigation on a Utah State University webpage.

This page has information and examples for the info block component for USU websites.

Gadgets are small but powerful programs in Omni CMS that provide additional functionality to improve your experience using Omni CMS.

This page shows documentation for the javascript insert component on USU websites

See example of jumbotrons on a page and learn how to add it to your own page!

See an example of a lightbox image gallery and how to implement it into your own page

See an example of a lightbox video gallery and how to implement this gallery into your own page

See examples of both unordered and ordered lists and see how you can add them to your site

Example of narrow blue hero banner with subtitle and instructions for how to add it

Example of a Narrow Centered Blue Hero Banner and instructions for implementation

Examples of navigation card options and how to implement them on USU websites

An example of a news feed page with search bar for Utah State University sites

This page is to document and show examples for the presenter profile component.

An example of a program page for one of Utah State University's departments and colleges.

USU Omni CMS webpages provide content editors with quality control messages as a reminder and support for including key pieces in USU webpages that improve search engine optimization, accessibility, usability and performance.

Learn how to add a blockquote component which includes an icon bar to a USU website

Custom reports are CSV (excel) files that can be generated given some requirements. Due to the nature of Omni CMS some reports generated by gadgets are only available via request.

Learn how to add a responsive youtube video embed to a Utah State University website.

An example of a Short Blue Hero Banner and instructions for implementation.

Learn more about using the helpful Showblocks tool on the Omni CMS edit bar.

Learn about how and when to set up your webpage to have a side navigation.

A comprehensive list of sidebar gadgets available to all users and what they do.

An example of a sidebar with some information on a Utah State University page

Learn what the main content field is and how to add content to the main content region.

Understand the structure of a USU site. Elements such as top navigation, content and footer.

Snippets have been created to easily add page layouts and other content into your webpage. Learn how to add snippets into your page.

USU has a license to download stock images for our websites from Adobe Stock. USU also provides a library of stock images through University Marketing & Communication's Photoshelter account.

An example of the striped sectional homepage for a Utah State University webpage.

Structured data, based on schema.org syntax, is available for news articles and directory pages.

See examples and learn how to create tables to display information on your page.

To help Omni CMS content managers improve accessibility and their search engine optimization (SEO), tooltips and quality control check messages appear to remind about missing SEO and accessibility pieces.

Learn what the top navigation is and how to edit it and the different styles and options

Examples of embed options for the USU calendar and how to implement them on USU websites

Example and instructions for how to get a video banner for a Utah State website

This tutorial shows users how to properly create video captions and upload them to a YouTube video.

An example of a Youtube video hero banner and instructions for implementation

Learn how and when to insert an iFrame onto a USU omni web page with an example.