Creating Projects

Projects are collections, or categories, of completed activities. They can be text-based, image-based or a combination of both.

Each project's featured image displays on the portfolio page in a grid layout.

Example: If the site is specific to art projects, it might include four categories of projects: ceramics, water-based paintings, sketches and oil-based paintings. Within each category, there might be a gallery of images specific to that media.

Each projects may include a gallery of images, a single image, text or other desired content. Individual projects are created and function similar to posts.

1. Login to U.OSU.
2. Click Portfolio in the left navigation. The Projects page displays.
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3. Click Add New. The Add New Project page displays.
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4. Give your project a descriptive title.
5. Add content as desired. See the Embedding Videos and External Content or Working with Images guides for information about uploading media.
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   Advanced Use - Use project types and project categories in conjunction with the portfolio shortcodes to control which projects display on specific pages.

6. Click Set Featured Image to add a featured image to your project. The featured image will be the visual used on the portfolio page to showcase the project.
   By default, each project's featured image displays in a square (800px by 800px) on the portfolio page with the name of the project and a link to the project page. See Customizing the Orton Theme for information on changing the default display size.
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7. Select a Publishing option for your post. See the Publishing Pages and Posts guide for more details.
8. Click Preview to preview your post.
9. Click Update.