Introduction

This guide is for administrators and editors of Digital Commons Journals that have a Modern Journal Design. The modern interface includes an easy-to-manage, customizable homepage that seamlessly displays content from your DC classic journal.

You are able to edit several aspects of how homepage sections appear to visitors. In addition, you can edit navigation menus and create custom pages to share information about the journal.

The homepage and any custom information pages you create will display the Modern Journal Design during this early design phase, with article pages to follow. In the meantime, links will lead to article and issue pages in the DC classic journal.

How to Reach Your Homepage

Once your homepage goes live and takes the place of your classic landing page, you can reach the homepage at the regular URL for the journal.

Prior to that, you can reach the homepage at the URL provided by your consultant or by including “/fe-journals” in the URL of your DC classic journal, as shown in this example:

To log in, if needed, click your profile avatar to go to the DC classic login page.

How to Enable Edit Mode

The Edit mode toggle described below is visible to administrators and editors who are logged in and viewing their Modern Journal homepage.

To start customizing your homepage:

Click the Edit mode toggle button at the top of the page. This will display Edit section links for the navigation bar and various sections on the homepage.

Homepage Sections

Each homepage section has an Edit Section link that appears when you are logged in and have Edit mode enabled.

Edit Section links allow for several adjustments to page sections, including the ability to:

• Turn each section on or off
• Change section titles
• Add a cover image in the Current Issue section
• Curate content and image cards in the Featured Content section

If a section is turned off, it will no longer display publicly. A placeholder block and status message will appear only for administrators and editors.

Below are descriptions of each homepage section and the available settings for that section.

Current Issue

The Current Issue section appears at the top and provides a link to the issue page in the DC classic journal. An optional cover image will display if you choose to upload one in the section settings.

Click Edit Section to open the Current Issue settings, pictured here:

In the Current Issue settings, you can do the following:

• Use the Show this section toggle to show or hide the section.
• Edit the Section heading text if you wish to customize the section title.
• Upload Current Issue Cover art by dragging or browsing for a file on your computer.

Click Save Changes when done adjusting Current Issue settings.

Featured Content

This section displays article cards for the two most recently published articles by default. You can customize which articles appear here as well as add image cards, if desired. Visitors can click the article titles or the Read More links to view the articles in the DC classic journal.

Default display with article cards:

Populated with image cards and custom article choices:

Click Edit Section to open the Featured Content settings, pictured below:

In the Featured Content settings, you can do the following:

• Click the Show this section toggle to show or hide the section.
• Edit the text in the Section heading field to customize the section title.
• Use the Card 1 and Card 2 options to display image cards behind the article cards. Upload both image cards to ensure proper display.
• Change the article shown in a card by including a different article’s URL in the Enter article URL field. Enter an article URL from your DC classic journal and click Validate to confirm the article is successfully linked.

Click Save Changes when done adjusting Featured Content settings.

Current Articles

The Current Articles section features the content from the most recent issue published in your DC classic journal. Clicking an article title goes to the article in the DC classic journal.

Articles appear in ascending order based on the published article numbers. If issues in your classic journal display document type headings, these will be pre-populated by Consulting Services when setting up your Modern Journal homepage. With document types present, the page first sorts by document type and then by ascending order. Visitors can click the arrows to expand or collapse each document type and its associated articles.

Click Edit Section to open the Current Articles section settings, pictured here:

In the Current Articles settings, you can do the following: 

• Use the Show this section toggle to show or hide the section.
• Edit the text in the Section heading field to customize the section title.

Click Save Changes when done adjusting settings for the Current Articles section.

Most Popular Articles

The Most Popular Articles section displays a card grid with the top six most downloaded articles in the journal, based on total downloads. Visitors can click the article titles or the Read More links to view the articles in the DC classic journal.

Click Edit Section to open the Most Popular Articles section settings, pictured here:

In the Most Popular Articles settings, you can do the following:

• Use the Show this section toggle to show or hide the section.
• Replace the text in the Section heading field to customize the section title.

Click Save Changes when done.

Readership Activity Map

A readership map can display at the bottom of the homepage with pin drops showing where journal downloads are occurring.

The Readership Map settings allow you to change the header text and to control whether the map is visible. To access the map settings:

1. When logged in, click the Admin link in the navigation bar.
   
2. On the Page listing screen, find the listing for the homepage (usually listed as the journal title) and click the Edit draft link.
   
3. Scroll down to the Readership Activity section of the homepage edit screen. 
   1. To customize the heading, edit the Section main header field.
   2. To show or hide the map, click the Hide section toggle button. Moving the toggle to the left will show the map on the homepage. Moving the toggle to the right will hide the map from the homepage and gray out the map preview below the toggle.
4. Scroll up and click Publish to display map changes on the homepage.

Next Steps

Once you've made any changes to your homepage, see how to customize your journal's navigation bar and information pages.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Consulting Services.