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

James Hamill honored

Harper honors founding trustee James Hamill

Elected in 1965, James Hamill and his fellow trustees guided Harper College through its earliest milestones – from selecting the college’s name to breaking ground on its Palatine campus. Read More

Job Placement Resource Center

Harper’s Job Placement Resource Center prepares students for jobs and internships

With resume workshops, interview coaching and employer partnerships, the center equips Harper College students and alumni with skills and connections to launch their careers. Read More

Feed the Need logo

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

Last Updated: 5/13/25