To find out more about what Perspective posts are and for content guidelines on how they should be written, see our Perspectives Guide.
This post is about the page design for Perspectives posts and how to use a Pattern to achieve it.
To create a perspective post, using the block template:
Post set up
- Add a new post.
- Add the relevant tags in the post settings e.g. Content Type: Campaigns, Resource Type: Blog.
- Add your featured image
Insert pattern
- Click on the blue cross on the top left of the page and select the patterns tab.
- Go to the ‘Templates‘ section of the patterns list or search for the word ‘perspective’ in the block search bar.
- Select the perspective post template to add it to your post.
Add your content
Once you have added the perspective post template to your post, you will need to replace all the dummy content with your post content.
- Add your summary to the grey section at the top.
- Add the main body of the blog using the headings and paragraphs.
- Change the text in the call to action block and add your action link in the call to action button.
Byline
If you are adding a byline, you will need to do this in the appearance settings of your post.
- Go to appearance settings.
- Open the Metadata section.
- Select enable public byline.
- Add your byline name and a title/description in the byline context field.