Installation & Activation #

Installation Instructions must be completed first.

The Faculty and Staff Showcase plugin should be activated.

Choosing a Showcase Block #

• To select a showcase block, click the WordPress Editor’s block inserter menu (“+” symbol) in the top left of your screen, or within the editor itself.
• Our plugin comes with three blocks: Custom Showcase, Single Showcase, and Multiple Showcase.

Custom Showcase #

Overview #

• This is the simplest block. You can update the image, edit text, and style the button using built-in editor features.
• The showcase block itself includes the following features:
  • Alignment
  • Text and background color (including gradient option)
  • Spacing (padding)
• Customize as you want, save/update the post, and see your changes on the front-end.

Single Showcase #

Overview #

• The Single Showcase block combines all features of the Custom Showcase with automatically populating the user’s information.
• Selecting this block will display the post author’s avatar, name, and description.

Settings Overview #

• Showcase Options are located under the Block Settings on the right settings panel.

Post Author #

• Selecting this option will populate the showcase with information about the post author.

Select User #

• Selecting this option will reveal an input which can be used to select or search for an existing user to display.

Reset Changes #

• ‘Reset Changes’ has two options:
  • Styles: reset any styling changes made (color, background color, text size, etc.)
  • Content: reset any changes made to the user’s info (name, description, etc.)

Multiple Showcase #

Overview #

• Multiple Showcase allows you to display multiple users at random by selecting which user roles to display.
• ‘Author’ is currently set as the default user role.

Settings Overview #

• In the Block Settings, user roles are auto-generated and you can choose which role(s) to display.
• You can use the slider or number input to choose how many users to display.
• By default, styling one user will apply the same stylings across all users.
• Lastly, you can customize which users to sync stylings together.

Selecting User Roles #

• The list of user roles are automatically generated for you. Select as many roles as you’d like and they will display users from those roles at random.
• If not enough users are available in the selected role(s), a default ‘user’ will be displayed.
• By default, styling one user will apply the same stylings across all users. (This can be customized with ‘Sync Styling’, described below).

Number of Users to Display #

• Use the slider or number input to choose how many users to display (max 4). New users will be generated from the selected user role(s).
• By default, styling one user will apply the same stylings across all users. (This can be customized with ‘Sync Styling’, described below).

Choose Users to Sync Styling #

• When users are chosen to be synced together, the following styles will be synced:
  • Image size and block styles (e.g. rounded, outline, etc.)
  • Text sizes, colors, and line height
  • Background colors
  • Button borders, colors, and block styles (e.g. fill, outline, etc.)
• Users will automatically be added as choices to select or deselect when user role(s) selection changes or number of users to display is changed.
• Selecting or deselecting a user will be reflected by a simple animation in the editor.