The purpose of Corporate information
Use the Corporate information content type to:
- publish facts about the University, like semester dates and Research Excellence Framework (REF) or league table results
- explain rules and regulations and how they might affect people
- explain the scope of a group or committee's activity or area of knowledge
- publish an official statement supporting an area of the University Strategy
- publish the transcript of a speech or an oration
- publish official University correspondence that needs to be widely accessible
- publish information that forms part of the University's Annual accounts
- share price lists for University services, like the cost of hiring rooms in The Edge
- share the timetable for an event or series of events, like student induction
Don't use the Corporate information content type:
- to publish University codes of practice, policies, procedures, regulations, and terms and conditions - use the Legal information content type for these
- when the information is long and would be better read as a document - you should create a Publication
- when the information is a guide to a policy, procedure, strategy, and so on - you should create a Guide
- to list all information about an event – you should create an Event page
Read more about choosing a content type for your web content.
Appearance
Corporate information pages have a consistent visual simplicity and are structured around a large-capacity Main content component.
Before making a Corporate information page, look at some examples to help you decide how to use it.
Examples of Corporate information
- Academic Assembly terms of reference
- Amy Williams MBE: oration
- Printing price list
- Rankings and reputation
Creating content
Subtype
Choose the subtype which best describes your Corporate information. Typecase uses this to categorise your page, meaning it will be easier for users to find through filtered lists.
The subtype you choose will also be displayed as a label below the page title.
Core components
The Corporate information must have a User need, Title, Summary, Navigation and Owning organisation or group. Read more about these in our Core components guide.
Labels
You can choose to add multiple Labels to your Corporate information page.
Images
You can choose to add a pinned image to your Corporate information:
Additional images can be added to the Main content component using Markdown.
Top of page fixed-position components
You can choose to add a Focus component across the top of your page.
Main content
The Main content component is unique to the Corporate information and Legal information Content types.
Its 50,000-character capacity is the largest of any single component in Typecase. Using the correct heading hierarchy to structure your content with accessibility in mind is essential.
A Corporate information page with correct heading hierarchy, and the floating in-page navigation menu.
Structuring your content with headings will make the information easier to navigate for sighted users and those using screen-reading software. The H1 and H2 headings you use will automatically become links in the page's floating in-page navigation menu. This menu enables your users to navigate to specific sections of a page from any point within it.
Use Markdown to insert lists, tables, links and images in your content.
Bottom of page components
You can choose to add the following components to the bottom of the page: