DS Promo

Component description

The DS promo component is used to highlight important or promotional information.

Component field properties

• Character count limits and recommendations per field
• Mandatory and optional elements
• Other notable display options.

Promo heading field 
Mandatory field  
Character count: 40 characters or less including spaces  
Plain text – no HTML

Promo text description field
Mandatory field 
Character count: 150 characters or less including spaces  
Plain text – no HTML

Call to action button (CTA) field  
Mandatory field 
Button text: 5 words or less, use active voice, don’t use 'learn more', 'read more', or 'click here' as not best practice for links. 
Plain text – no HTML
Button can also link directly to YouTube video

Image 
Mandatory field

• Use images of people as per Photography Brand Guidelines.
• Images should be 2560 x 1700 pixels, jpeg format, linked by asset ID number.
• Use a 3:2 ratio image for standard version.
• Ensure images are optimised and compressed for web for faster page load speeds.

Display options

• Text position can be set to left or right.
• Type can be set to standard (image displays opposite text) or image-bleed (the image bleeds around text box)

Guidelines for use

• Use image-bleed setting for banner style images that have a main person as the key subject in the centre right or textured images.
• Use standard setting for conventional images.

Most suited for these page types

• First level landing pages
• Standard page (to showcase or promote content)

Example(s) of use

https://www.latrobe.edu.au/alumni (text left, standard type)