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Media Box
The media box is letterbox shaped and opens on top of your page.
Note: It is recommended that only one media box is located on a page. When a media box is added to a page it always appears at the top of the page, regardless of where you situate it in the page editor. If you add more than one media box, they will appear vertically stacked down the page starting at the top of the page, regardless of whether or not you've added other content blocks in between the media boxes in Pedagogue.
The media box is situated in the following location on the page when open:
The media box is opened from a thumbnail image that is situated in the top right hand corner of the page. The thumbnail is there to give an indication of what the media box contains. It is there to entice the user to open the media box.
Completing the Media Box Form
If you select the media box content block you will be required to:
- Add the title of the thumbnail image that will open the media box
- Upload a thumbnail image. Do this by selecting 'Browse' and Pedagogue Explorer will appear in situ
- Click on the radio button to the left of the image you wish to select and you will see its name will appear on the form you are editing
Note: The file will need to have been uploaded as an asset to Pedagogue.
Note: The thumbnail image needs to be 292 pixels x 218 pixels.
- Add alt text for the thumbnail image for accessibility purposes
- Add the title of the media box asset
- Upload a media box asset. Do this by selecting 'Browse' and Pedagogue Explorer will appear in situ
- Click on the radio button to the left of the asset you wish to select and you will see its name will appear on the form you are editing
Note: The file will need to have been uploaded as an asset to Pedagogue.
Note: The media box asset needs to be 696 pixels x 348 pixels.
- Add alt text for the media box asset for accessibility purposes
- Save or cancel your entries using the on screen buttons