Harper College

News Feed Component

To add news stories to your page, click on the Components icon in the page editor toolbar (the icon looks like an atom diagram) and choose the News Feed component. You will then need to enter information about the feed.

Section Identifier: Used for tracking purposes, not displayed, should be unique and descriptive of the page its on (eg. Biology News Feed)

Section Heading: The heading text that appears above the news feed.

Intro Text: The text that appears below the heading and above the news feed.

Keywords: Enter the keywords that your articles are tagged with. For example, articles related to the chemistry department are tagged "chemistry". Leaving this blank to pull in any news post.

Post Layout: Choose the layout for the news feed. The most common layout options include:

Blowout: Displays posts on white background, with a button for the call to action.
Headline: Just the Headline is displayed
Stacked: Two or more articles are displayed stacked vertically on a gray background. Call to action is displayed as linked text.

Location: Leave this blank to pull posts from anywhere. To pull from a specific folder location, add the folder path.

Number of Posts: Select the number of posts you want displayed.

Year: Limit the posts by year by entering a four-digit year into this field.

Pagination: Enabling this will paginate your news feed

Enable/Hide Heading and Intro: Setting this to display-none will hide it, visible will enable it.

Stacked Example

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Harper joins second annual Feed the Need Food Drive

Sponsored by the Illinois Community College Board, the drive is a friendly competition to stock campus pantries, running from October 15 through November 28. Read More

An instructor leads a Community Education computer class for adults.

From improv to Arabic, Harper College offers Community Education classes for a variety of ages and interests

Harper’s noncredit courses are available to everyone from kids to older adults, as well as working professionals seeking to build their skills. Read More

Harper alumni speak at a table in front of an audience of Harper students

Career Conversations with Harper Alumni helps students network and build career skills

Harper College alumni will share tips on leadership and career development in yearlong series, beginning October 1. Read More

Last Updated: 5/13/25