Components

Components are a form-based type of reusable content that allows non-HTML content managers to leverage complex styling or coding.

To use a component:

  1. When in Edit mode, place cursor in the location you would like the feature to appear
  2. Select "Insert Component"
  3. Select the Component
  4. Add content to the Component Fields

[Fierce] Animated GIF with pause

The following information is need to use this component:

  • Static image (png, jpg, or gif) - preferably a still of the animation, must use same ratio as animated gif
  • Animated image (gif)
  • Height and width you want the image to displayed
  • Image margin

horse skeleton
horse skeleton trotting

[Fierce] [Blog] Blog Listing

This component contains the following customizations:

  • [OPTIONAL] Title 
  • [OPTIONAL] Number of Blog Items 
  • [OPTIONAL] Filter by Tag
  • Filter Condition (Any or All)
  • Display Type (Card or Articles)

Card Style

Blog Listing

Dr. Leanne Redman with baby in medical clinic

Pennington Biomedical’s Dr. Leanne Redman Honored with E.V. McCollum Award from American Society for Nutrition

The American Society for Nutrition and the ASN Foundation have honored Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Leanne Redman with the 2025 E.V. McCollum Award – given to a clinical investigator who is perceived as a major creative force, actively generating new concepts in nutrition.

Brenda Finkelstein surrounded by children on a playground

Serving With Love: LSU Custodian Brenda Finkelstein Wins Hearts and Recognition for Her Work

LSU custodian and Army veteran Brenda Finklstein is a finalist for Cintas’ National Custodian of the Year. Her dedication to LSU’s preschool and its children makes her a true community hero.

Portrait of Jonathan Russell

LSU Student’s Research on Tropical Storm Tornado Trends Could Pinpoint Risk Zones and Protect Lives

LSU student researcher and aspiring meteorologist Jonathan Russell is investigating possible shifts in tropical storm tornado-formation trends in hopes of developing new and improved forecasting solutions that could lead to life-saving alerts.

Article Style

Blog Listing

[Fierce] [Calendar] Calendar Listing

This component contains the following customizations:

  • [OPTIONAL] Title 
  • Number of Calendar Items 
  • [OPTIONAL] Filter by Category
  • Filter Condition (Any or All)
  • Display Type (Carousel or Articles)

Carousel Style

Calendar

April 4, 2025

Apr 4, 2025: Spring Break
Read more

April 4, 2025

Apr 5, 2025: Housing Application Open for Incoming First-Year Students
Read more

April 5, 2025

Apr 6, 2025: Housing Application Open for Incoming First-Year Students
Read more

Article Style

Calendar

[Fierce] Gallery with Options

This component contains the following customizations:

  • Gallery Asset 
  • Gallery Output Type (Popup Slideshow Gallery, Carousel Gallery, Lightbox Gallery)
  • [OPTIONAL] Loop Popup Slideshow
  • [OPTIONAL] Slideshow Arrows
  • [OPTIONAL] Slideshow Buttons (Auto Play, Full Screen, Thumbnails, Close)
  • [OPTIONAL] Autoplay
  • [OPTIONAL] Autoplay Speed
  • [OPTIONAL] Carousel Arrows
  • [OPTIONAL] Loop Carousel
  • [OPTIONAL] Initial Slide
  • [OPTIONAL] Slides to Show
  • [OPTIONAL] Slides to Scroll

Popup Slideshow Gallery Type

  • To commemorate Juneteenth, members of the LSU community came together at the LSU Clarence L. Barney, Jr. African American Cultural Center.

Carousel Gallery Type

An artist’s rendering of the Louisiana State Seminary in Pineville, La., in 1866. The seminary would eventually relocate to Baton Rouge and become LSU after the Pineville campus burned in 1869.

Louisiana State Seminary in Pineville, Louisiana. - Rendering of original campus.

Lightbox Gallery Type

Crowd at Juneteenth celebration.Speaker at Juneteenth celebration.Speaker at Juneteenth celebration.Speaker at Juneteenth celebration.

Members of the crowd dancing at Juneteenth celebration.Members of the crowd chanting at Juneteenth celebration.Crowd listening to a speaker during Juneteenth celebration.Attendee viewing part of the exhibit at Juneteenth celebration.

[Fierce] [News] News Listing

This component contains the following customizations:

  • [OPTIONAL] Title 
  • RSS Feed
  • [OPTIONAL] Number of News Items
  • [OPTIONAL] Filter By Tag
  • Filter Condition
  • Display Type (Cards, Carousel, or Articles)

Cards Style 

News Listing

Dr. Leanne Redman with baby in medical clinic

Pennington Biomedical’s Dr. Leanne Redman Honored with E. V. McCollum Award from the American Society for Nutrition

The American Society for Nutrition and the ASN Foundation have honored Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Leanne Redman with the 2025 E.V. McCollum Award – given to a clinical investigator who is perceived as a major creative force, actively generating new concepts in nutrition.

Patrons at the LSU Museum of Art

LSU Museum of Art Reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Highest National Recognition

The LSU Museum of Art has, again, achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded to the nation’s museums.

Oceanic drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution in the Mediterranean Sea

LSU Professors Join Historic Effort to Drill Earth's Mantle and Retrieve Rare Deep-Earth Samples

A groundbreaking international expedition successfully drilled into the Earth's mantle in the Tyrrhenian Sea, recovering unique rock samples that challenge existing knowledge of the mantle's composition.

Carousel Style

News Listing

Articles Style

News Listing

[Fierce] Responsive Video Embed

This is a simplied version of a video embed. The following information is needed to use this component:

  • Video URL, make sure you are using the "embed" version of the URL if the service you are using requires special encoding.
    • YouTube embed links contain /embed/ in the URL path
    • Do not use the full iframe code, only the URL is needed
  • Title of the Video for accessibility compliance
  • Width of embed display (100% or 50% of container are available options)
  • If displayed at 50%, the video may also be floated left or right of text