UBC CLF Options

Note: UBCO uses a different version of the UBC CLF WordPress theme hence has different theme options.

The UBC Theme has a number of elements and options. The theme options are found under “Appearance > Theme Options” in the WordPress Dashboard.

Standard CLF Colour Options

The UBC CLF offers 4 colour theme options(Figure 1) for the Brand Identity Header.

Examples of each colour scheme can be found in the UBC CLF Design Specifications.
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Figure 1: UBC CLF Colour Options

Campus Identity

In an effort to bring greater awareness to the fact that UBC is a two-campus university, a Campus Identity system(Figure 2) has been integrated into the UBC CLF. Campus identification serves as an easy, consistent way to determine a unit’s website:

  1. Campus mandate; and
  2. Geographic location
Figure 2: Campus Identity Option

Figure 2: Campus Identity Option

Campus Mandate of the Unit or Website Function

The campus mandate(Figure 3), located in the Brand Identity Header, indicates what campus the unit or website serves. There are four categories websites will fall under.

# Campus Mandate Label Example
1 Vancouver Vancouver Campus Faculty of Science
2 Okanagan Okanagan Campus Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
3 Global or institution-wide N/A Office of the President
4 No campus mandate N/A UBC Robson Square

 

Figure 3: Campus mandate, located in the Brand Identity Header

Figure 3: Campus mandate, located in the Brand Identity Header

Geographic Location

The second campus identification method indicates a unit’s geographic location. This should be displayed in the address block in the Unit Sub Footer(Figure 4).

Figure 4: Campus Identification in the footer address block.

Figure 4: Campus Identification in the footer address block.

 

Unit/Website Information

The Unit/Website Information section contains the controls that allow you to change the name of the website, the website URL linked to the unit name, and the search context for the site. This section also allows control over the unit colour. Please see the design specifications for the unit/website bar background colour.

Changing the Website NameWebsite Home URL, and Website Search text boxes will affect the following regions.

The red region in the image(Figure 5) will be affected by Website Name and Website Home URL.

Figure 5: The areas affected by the Unit/Website Information Section

Figure 5: The areas affected by the Unit/Website Information Section

  • Changing Website Name will change the name in the red region
  • Changing Website Home URL will change the destination when the red region is clicked

The yellow region in the image(Figure 6) will be affected by  Search Tool Options(Figure 7).

  • Changing Website Search Label will change the label in the search bar.
  • Changing Website Search Domain will change the search domain (see global utility button).
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Figure 6: Website Search

 

Figure 7: Search Tool Options

 

Unit Contact Info

This section provides the controls to create a standardized unit contact information area. By making changes in this section you will be updating the information presented in the footer section of the entire site(Figure 8).

Figure 8: Unit Contact Info on Footer

Figure 8: Unit Contact Info on Footer

  • Unit Name changes the red region
  • The Green region is controlled by the radio buttons for faculty name
  • The Address section will control the Orange region
  • The Social Links section will control the links in the purple region