How To: People Stories

Adding the Block

To add the People Stories block, click the “+” symbol and search for “People Stories”. Then, select the People Stories block icon.

Screenshot of the People Stories block being highlighted with a red box in the block inserter.

The block editor for the People Stories block has fields for a headline, an overall link, and three Single Person Story blocks that each have fields for an image, quote, and link.

View of the People Stories block in the editor.

Editing a People Stories block

First, add a headline in the “A Catchy Headline” bar. Then, add an overall link by typing your link text in the Link text field and using the toolbar to add the URL.

View of the People Stories block in the editor with the link icon for the overall link highlighted in a red box.

Next, fill out each individual Single Person Story block by adding an image, quote text, and a link. For the best results, make sure to follow the block recommendations located in the block tab of the inspector panel.

View of the People Stories block in the editor with the block recommendations highlighted with a red box in the block tab of the inspector panel.

Add or delete Single Person Story blocks depending on the desired number of featured stories— we recommend featuring stories in multiples of three. To add a Single Person Story, click on the “+” symbol that appears below the last Single Person Story block.

To delete a Single Person Story, open up the block options and click “Remove block”.

View of the People Stories block in the editor with the block optons open and the Remove block option highlighted with a red box.

Additional Block Settings

The default background for the People Stories block is the Georgetown Blue solid background. To add a background image to the block, first, select the entire People Stories block.

Next, in the block tab of the inspector panel, upload or select an image from the media library.

The background Image setting outlined in red.