Block Template: Press Release Plus

To create a press release plus post, using the block template:

Post set up

  • Add a new post.
  • Add the relevant tags in the post settings e.g. Content Type: News, Resource Type: Press Release.
  • Add your featured image

Remove sidebar

  • Open the appearance settings
  • Open the Sidebar section and select both maximise content and disable sidebar

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 ‘press release’ in the block search bar.
  • Select the press release plus template to add it to your post.

Add your content

Once you have added the press release plus template to your post, you will need to replace all the dummy content with your post content. For example:

  • Add a title and a call to action to the header block.
  • Add your text to the headings and paragraph blocks.
  • Insert quotes into the blockquote blocks.
  • Embed a video by adding the YouTube link to the YouTube block.
  • Add images to the empty image blocks.
  • Change the text in the call to action block and add your action link to the button.

Set the menu items

The menu block allows users to skip to a certain section, further down the page. When you insert the Press Release Plus template, the menu items will be named Section 1, Section 2, Section 3 and Section 4. To edit these:

  • Select a section block.
  • Open the block settings, on the right hand side of the page.
  • Edit the ‘section name’ field, this will update in the menu block.

Add or remove sections

Your press release may contain more or fewer sections than are in the template press release plus layout.

To add an extra section to your press release plus:

  • Click on the blue cross on the top left of the page and select the patterns tab.
  • Go to the ‘2/3, 1/3‘ section of the patterns list.
  • Add one of the 66:33 patterns for your new section, e.g. Text with Image, Text with Video or Text with Key Facts.