Admin Guide

Post Types:

Posts: Feature articles, news, and stories
Lectures: Video/audio of a recorded speaker at an event
Media Posts: Video/audio content, usually produced
Collections: Landing pages with groupings of related content
Prayer Resources: Rosary meditations, etc.
Promotions: Used on the site for various special purposes, like ads or to promote external links (e.g. in the home page hero)

Images

There are four basic image types. For good quality, these images should be uploaded as JPG files exported at medium to high quality at the pixel sizes listed below:

Standard (2:1 ratio): 2000 x 1000 pixels, the main featured image for any post.
Square (1:1 ratio): 1000 x 1000 pixels, used primarily for podcast posts.
Special (ratio varies): Various sizes, used when a post shows up in an unusual location on the website where the Standard and Square images are not appropriate.
Hero (10:3 ratio): 3200 x 960, used for banners on some landing pages.

Organizing Posts:

Posts can be organized using the different categorization methods below. Categories, Associations and Marketing Lists especially will be essential for powering automated promotion of content across our websites.

Contributors: Written content authors, podcast hosts, etc.
Categories: For written content. Right now our main ones are Articles, News, and Stories.
Associations: Indicates a relationship between a piece of content and some department, initiative, major event, or other entity at Benedictine College.
- E.g. If a post is related to the Center for Constitutional Liberty, setting the center as one of its associations will cause the post to show up on the center’s landing page.
Marketing Lists: To mark content for various marketing purposes. This is a way of communicating a content’s intended usage to other websites and to other team members.
- E.g. Transforming Culture Website, Main Website Home News Feed, For Raven Fly-By, For Spirit of Giving
Video Series: Video content organized into seasons.
Podcasts: Audio content organized into seasons.
Lecture Series: Landing pages with groupings of related lectures
Promotion Types: A way of organizing promotion posts.
Tags: Tag URLs still work, but the tags are currently not publicly visible. We need to overhaul them.

Media Embeds

Media can be inserted into text copy using the MEDIA shortcode (ignore the red underscores below. They prevent the shortcode from firing).

YouTube

To embed a video, use the ID in the URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YfYdO7G9w0

[_media type="youtube" id="8YfYdO7G9w0"/]

Vimeo

To embed a video, use the ID in the URL:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/832951967?h=5ab3abe4f0

The red portion after the ? is needed only for private Vimeo videos.

[_media type="vimeo" id="832951967?h=5ab3abe4f0"/]

PhotoShelter

To embed a gallery, use the ID in the URL:
https://benedictinecollege.photoshelter.com/gallery/G0000y0_69L1.ik0

[_media type="photoshelter" id="G0000y0_69L1.ik0"/]

Media & Culture Newsletter Building

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Do the Right Thing (Especially Now)

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Preferring gaming to working is just the tip of the iceberg to our crisis of etiquette and ethics.

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https://media.benedictine.edu/do-the-right-thing-especially-now

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Chain of Hope: The Eucharist Transformed a College So This Would Happen

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It all started with visits from Mother Teresa and St. John Paul II ...

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https://media.benedictine.edu/weekly-holy-hour-caps-colleges-decades-long-eucharistic-growth

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Library Ground Breaking Event Marks the Next Step Toward a Bright Future

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The official ground breaking ceremony for the new college library at Benedictine College marked the first step in the school’s march toward the future. The ceremony took place at the construction site as the former library was being razed on September 23, 2023. Hundreds watched as participants turned the first

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https://media.benedictine.edu/library-ground-breaking-event-marks-the-next-step-toward-a-bright-future

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Lourdes and Back: Veteran Screenwriter’s Personal Experience Shaped Miracle Club

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“A producer I was working with called and said, ‘I have this great story set in Lourdes.’ “I said, ‘That’s surprising. I’m in Lourdes right now!’” Timothy Prager told that story to students from Benedictine College at Fox Theatre in Atchison, Kansas, as the ending credits rolled on The Miracle

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https://media.benedictine.edu/lourdes-and-back-veteran-screenwriters-personal-experience-shaped-miracle-club

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The Extraordinary Story | Is God Even Listening? Prayer Parables | S3 E17

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Jesus has told us all along how loving and caring our Father is and how terrible sin is. But in the parables of the Persistent Widow, and  the Pharisee and the Publican, He casts God as uncaring and indifferent in the parable anyway. Then he shows us an unrighteous, righteous man

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https://media.benedictine.edu/media/the-extraordinary-story-is-god-even-listening-prayer-parables-s3-e17

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Benedictine College Honors General, U.S. Military Personnel with Special Ceremony

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Benedictine College honored all U.S. military personnel during its “Stars & Stripes” Celebration on Saturday, September 16, during halftime of the home football game against Peru State University on its Atchison, Kansas, campus. Benedictine College President Stephen D. Minnis presented the St. Martin of Tours Award, named for the patron

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https://media.benedictine.edu/benedictine-college-honors-general-u-s-military-personnel-with-special-ceremony

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This Sunday, No Matter How You Hyphenate ‘Catholic’, Jesus Says: Get to Work!

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The real surprise in the Parable of the Laborers isn't who gets paid; it's why.

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https://media.benedictine.edu/this-sunday-no-matter-how-you-hyphenate-catholic-get-to-work

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Bob Pruitt | How to Protect Christian Businesses | The Benedictine Dialogues

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Bob Pruitt is Senior Counsel, Corporate Affairs Director for Alliance Defending Freedom. The ADF is the world’s largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, marriage and family, parental rights, and the sanctity of life. Bob is interviewed by Thompson Center Director, Dave Geenens. Listen in as they

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https://media.benedictine.edu/media/bob-pruitt-how-to-protect-christian-businesses-the-benedictine-dialogues

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Army ROTC gets Boost from Benedictine College

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The U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program in the Midwest got a boost from Benedictine College, providing meeting space, equipment and scholarships for its campus in Atchison, Kan. Benedictine hosts Alpha Company, Pony Express Army ROTC Battalion, and enjoys one of the largest Corps of Cadets in the

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https://media.benedictine.edu/army-rotc-gets-boost-from-benedictine-college

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Conference Warns: Faith and Reason Lost Their Way – Only One Hope Remains

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Bishop tells conference featuring Larry Chapp: Don’t just crique modernity, counter it!

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https://media.benedictine.edu/conference-warns-faith-and-reason-lost-their-way-only-one-hope-remains

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The Paolucci Family – Benedictine College’s 2023 Family of the Year

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Benedictine College honored the Paolucci family as the 2023 Benedictine College Family of the Year as part of this year’s Family Weekend celebration. The family was recognized on O’Malley Field at Wilcox Stadium during halftime of the home football game versus Culver-Stockton College on September 23, 2023. Steven and Madeleine

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https://media.benedictine.edu/the-paolucci-family-benedictine-colleges-2023-family-of-the-year

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How Jesus Looks At Sinners

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Not only does God listen to people who are in a state of sin; he prefers their company.

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https://media.benedictine.edu/this-is-how-jesus-looks-at-sinners-like-you

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Nun and Baby Share Vocations Advice at College Campus

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“Being a sister, being a mother ... those vocations are more alike than they are different,” she explained.

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https://media.benedictine.edu/nun-and-baby-share-vocations-advice-at-college-campus

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U.S. News Ranks Benedictine College in the Top 10

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Atchison, Kan. (Sept. 18, 2023) – Benedictine College has jumped into the Top 10 in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of “America’s Best Colleges” and is ranked #8 in the Midwest. The rankings, published by U.S. News Media Group, list 74 colleges in the Midwest Division of Best Regional Colleges. Benedictine College has

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https://media.benedictine.edu/us-news-ranks-benedictine-college-in-the-top-10

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The Extraordinary Story | Jesus’ Marriage Revolution | S3 E16

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The Pharisees try to trip Jesus up by asking him about divorce and marriage. Jesus answers in words that have caused a lot of trouble ever since. “Where God has joined together, let no man put asunder.” So we’re going to look at divorce and marriage today. I’ll try to

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https://media.benedictine.edu/media/the-extraordinary-story-s3-e16