Content Type Title Updates

July 12, 2022

On Tuesday, July 26, the Marketing and Communications Web Team will be updating the titles and associated text descriptions of most content types in the TerminalFour Content Management System (T4 CMS). The process will begin first thing that morning, and is estimated to be completed by noon. These updates should not interfere with your normal usage of the platform.

Ever since 2015, new and more modern content types have been developed to suit the needs of our community, or to improve upon older content types. As our content type library has grown and evolved, titling conventions have slowly become inconsistent. To correct this, we’ve decided to rework the titles for almost all of our content types to simplify and better align with one another.

In conjunction with these title updates, our team is also in the process of recreating all of the training videos associated with T4. This is not just to incorporate the new content type titles, but also to implement various pieces of feedback to hopefully make for a clearer, all-encompassing virtual training experience. Furthermore, in the weeks following the completion of the revised basic trainings, we’ll be expanding our library of one-off tutorial topics to detail specific content types beyond the basics, as well as address common T4 issues, highlight some tricks of the trade, and more!

Below is a list of new titles for all content types which are being updated. Here’s some context for these changes:

1. We’ve done our best to remove title elements that are inconsistent or unclear, and we’ve removed the year in which each content type was released. We also spelled out abbreviated words, such as “col” for “column,” to further increase clarity. For example, “2015 General Content – 2-col” will now be “2-Column Content”.
2. We’ve transitioned from the term “Wrapper”, as some T4 users have understandably been unclear as to its meaning, to the term “Getter”. Additionally, any content type associated with a specific getter will have its title updated accordingly, and will be referred to as a “Block”. For example, “Column Grid” and “SPIF 2019” are now “Column Grid Getter” and “Column Grid Block”.
3. When a content type is only supported by one page layout, we did our best to include the name of that page layout at the end of the content type’s title.
4. When multiple content types serve a similar function for different page layouts, we did our best to keep their titling conventions consistent.

If you have any comments, concerns, or suggestions, please contact your communications associate or web manager, or submit an inquiry here.

– The Marketing and Communications Web Team