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Create a Custom Full Length Footer

Note: This is using the UNC Department Theme. Activate both the Improved Simpler Plugin. If you do not know how to activate a plugin, please follow these instructions. Navigate to Appearance>Widgets  and drag the Text Widget to the Footer Center Sidebar on the right handside using the Text widget. Add the desired content for your footer. We suggest… Read more »

Adding a Custom Background Image to the UNC Department Theme

Note: These are for users using the UNC Department theme. Activate the Improved Simpler Plugin. If you do not know how to activate a plugin, please follow these instructions. Upload the image you want to be your background by going to Media>Add New.  Copy the file URL. Navigate to Appearance>Custom CSS. Paste the following CSS… Read more »

Where to Access UNC Pictures for Your Site

Unless you have a portfolio website designed to feature pictures that you have taken, finding professional, high quality, and unique pictures can be a challenge. UNC News offers a Multimedia Resource where you can find tons of beautiful pictures to feature on your page that are centered around UNC. This library of photos contains downloadable campus… Read more »

Department Theme Custom Sidebars

If a webpage’s theme is the “UNC Department Theme,” custom sidebars can be enabled and utilized to promote information concerning various UNC academic departments from upcoming events to featured articles. This organizational tool of custom sidebars adds more variety while centralizing information to these webpages. Activate the UNC Department Theme. If you do not know… Read more »

Add Custom Logo URL to the Department Theme

The UNC Department theme has been updated to support a custom URL in the header of the site.  If you upload a custom header image you can go to the media library and add a URL to the caption field and it will direct a user who clicks on the header to this custom URL…. Read more »

UNC Carousel Plugin

Note: the UNC Carousel plugin has been deprecated. Site administrators are encouraged to use Revolution Slider. Learn more about the plugin: Main Settings More Articles… ——— A carousel is an image gallery that shows the thumbnails of a series of images. It is a space-saving tool to display many pictures in a clean, sophisticated and simple… Read more »