Overview
Below is an overview of the custom Post Types (also known as “Content Types”) that exist on the site.
| Post Type | Description | Taxonomies | Available on lab sites? |
|---|---|---|---|
| News | News stories, announcements, “In the Media” features | Departments Campuses News Types Focuses Formats Faculty Work Types Categories | ✅ |
| Pages | Pages for flexible content | Departments Offices Categories | ✅ |
| People | Faculty and Staff profiles | Departments Offices Campuses Person Types Research Areas | ✅ |
| Events | Event detail pages | Departments Campuses Event Types | ✅ |
| Student Work | Student Work pages | Departments Campuses Degree Types Degree Programs | ❌ |
| Faculty Work | Links to external sources about faculty work | Departments Faculty Work Types | ❌ |
| Alumni Archive Profiles | Alumni profiles for the AAP Aumni Archive | Departments | ❌ |
| Resources | Links to informative files or external URLs | Departments Offices Audiences Resource Types | ❌ |
| Contact Listings | Contact information for departments, offices, campus locations, etc. | Contact Type | ❌ |
| Forms (from plugin) | Forms created with the Gravity Forms plugin that can be embedded on pages | N/A | N/A |
| Newsletter (from plugin) | Newsletters created with the MailPoet plugin | N/A | N/A |
FAQ
What is the relationship between News and Faculty Work?
News and Faculty Work are two separate post types. However, you can assign any News post with the “Faculty News” category (slug: faculty-news) so that it will appear on the Faculty Work Index page.
Faculty Work entries are excluded from the News Home and News Index pages.
I’ve created a Page that should also be searchable as a “Resource”
Assign a page with the “Resource” category (slug: resource) in order for it to be filterable as a “Resource” on the global search page.
I want to index a link to a Lab or Research Group site in search.
Assign a page with the “Labs & Research Groups” category (slug: lab-research-groups) in order for it to be categorized under “Labs & Research Groups” on the global search page.