Create State/System Landing Pages: Links
States/systems can create a customized, branded Transferology® landing page to help promote colleges and universities to prospective students. When navigating to Transferology through the system's referral link or badge, students will see the customized page (assuming it is published) instead of the CollegeSource-branded homepage. This article within Create State/System Landing Pages: An Overview Guide provides further information about the resource links that will be provided to students.
Articles in this series:
- Customize the Transferology Landing Page
- Create State/System Landing Pages: An Overview Guide
- Create Institution Landing Pages: Color Selection
- Create State/System Landing Pages: Information
- Create State/System Landing Pages: Links
- Create State/System Landing Pages: Landing Page Images
- Create State/System Landing Pages: SEO Optimization
- Create State/System Landing Pages: Sample Landing Page
- Edit State/System Landing Pages: An Overview Guide
States and systems must work with CollegeSource to collaboratively create the initial landing page. Once the landing page is in place, it will be maintained by users at the participating institutions with the State Coordinator role in the Lab and any other State Coordinators given access to edit the page.
Student Transfer Resources
These are broken down into two sections:
- Images with Links.
- Additional Resources.
Images with Links
Within this section, each link will display a photo that can either be uploaded by the State Coordinator or chosen from preselected options provided by CollegeSource. Text will display as a label below each image.
When the user hovers the mouse or keyboard over the field name, the URL will additionally appear within a tooltip.
Once selected, a pop-up will appear notifying the student that a new tab or window is about to open that will navigate the user away from Transferology®. The user must select Yes to continue.
States/systems will need to supply the following information when creating a landing page:
| Field within the State/System Template Editor | Description |
| Designated Image 1 | The first of the three images; is displayed on the left. |
| URL for Image 1 | The URL to appear under the text below the image. |
| Text Below Image | The text to appear below Designated Image 1. |
| Image 1 Alternate Text | The alternate text (or "alt text") for Designated Image 1. This text helps assistive technology users understand the image's content and for use in search engine optimization. By default, the content within Text Below Image 1 will be used as the Image 1 Alternate Text within each state/system's landing page. If no content is entered in that field, the default alternate text will be Designated Image 1. |
| Designated Image 2 | The second of the three images; is displayed in the middle. |
| URL for Image 2 | The URL to appear under the text below the image. |
| Text Below Image | The text to appear below Designated Image 2. |
| Image 2 Alternate Text | The alternate text (or "alt text") for Designated Image 2. This text helps assistive technology users understand the image's content and for use in search engine optimization. By default, the content within Text Below Image 2 will be used as the Image 2 Alternate Text within each state/system's landing page. If no content is entered in that field, the default alternate text will be Designated Image 2. |
| Designated Image 3 | The third of the three images; displayed on the right. |
| URL for Image 3 | The URL to appear under the text below the image. |
| Text Below Image | Tje text to appear below Designated Image 3. |
| Image 3 Alternate Text | The alternate text (or "alt text") for Designated Image 3. This text helps assistive technology users understand the image's content and for use in search engine optimization. By default, the content within Text Below Image 3 will be used as the Image 3 Alternate Text within each state/system's landing page. If no content is entered in that field, the default alternate text will be Designated Image 3. |
URLs are limited to 255 characters. The Text Below Image fields are limited to 55 characters, and the Image Alternate Text fields to 120.
States/systems must supply a .edu address or a URL that contains a college or university's domain. Systems wishing to use URLs outside of these requirements will need to seek approval from CollegeSource.
Provide Your Own Images
Images uploaded by the state/system must meet the following requirements:
- The image must be a JPG, JPEG, or PNG file no more than 1MB in size.
- For best results, use an image of 600x600 pixels.
Pick From Our Preselected Images
States/systems have the option to pick presented images supplied by CollegeSource for use within Images with Links.
Additional Resource Links
When hyperlinked text is selected, a pop-up will appear notifying the student that a new tab or window is about to open that will navigate the user away from Transferology®. The user must select Yes to continue.
States/systems will need to supply the following information when creating a landing page:
| Field within the State/System Template Editor | Description |
| Additional Resource URL 1 | The first of the three URLs; displayed on the left. |
| Link Display Text | The text hyperlinked to Additional Resource URL 1. |
| Additional Resource URL 2 | The second of the three URLs; displayed in the middle. |
| Link Display Text | The text hyperlinked to Additional Resource URL 2. |
| Additional Resource URL 3 | The third of the three URLs; displayed on the right. |
| Link Display Text | The text hyperlinked to Additional Resource URL 3. |
URLs and Link Display Text fields are limited to 255 characters.
States/systems must supply a .edu address or a URL that contains a college or university's domain. Systems wishing to use URLs outside of these requirements will need to seek approval from CollegeSource.