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Why Section Blocks are a Homepage “Must Have”

Section blocks are important to the layout of your homepage because they help contain the blocks within them to ensure that images and text appear within an easily viewable area for your site visitors. This helps your site’s design remain accessible and consistent with the overall look of Apollo…

Apollo 2 Changelog is available

As bug fixes and new features are released, Web Services will note these updates at the end of each week on the Apollo 2 Changelog page.

UF Photography available through the Media Library

The Media Library recently received an update which includes the ability for you to use official UF and UF Health photography resources on your Apollo 2 website. This resource is only available to sites with the Apollo 2 theme enabled, in for blocks created for use with Apollo…

Apollo 2 Special Event Information

Web Services is proud to announce the launch of the Apollo 2 UF Health WordPress theme!  Apollo 2 was launched on February 26, 2019 at a special event held for website administrators and editors, and brings with it tremendous improvements to the design and function of UF Health websites.

Crop and Resize Images in the Media Library

What do you do when you’ve uploaded the perfect Hi-Res image for your Feature Content Slider, but WordPress is cropping the image strangely? In this guide, you will learn how to quickly resize and crop images using WordPress. Step 1: Go to the Media Library by clicking on Media in the…

Buttons in Apollo 2

Most blocks support the addition of one or more buttons that can be used to direct website visitors to a page on the site or to an external site. These buttons may also be referred to as “calls to action”, meaning that they are a way for your site visitor…

Auto Update for Blocks

Each time you open a page to edit it, the page will attempt to automatically update the blocks within the page to latest version. These updates will not appear on the website until you have saved the page by clicking the blue “Update” button. This feature was added to assist…

The Mobile Experience

Apollo 2 was developed to serve our mobile visitors from the ground up! Many processes happening “behind the scenes” are working to ensure that your site is always responsive and simple to navigate for anyone on a mobile device. Some of these processes are: Image Compression and Automatic Cropping…

Replace a File in the Media Library

Replacing or updating a file in your Media Library is a simple and quick process. No longer do you need to delete the file and upload the updated version. We provide a way through WordPress to update your files easily. Click on Media in the Dashboard Navigation…

WordPress: the Basics

Learn how to update your site in WordPress or refresh your memory. WordPress: the Basics walks you through the fundamentals of using WordPress.