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.

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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

When visiting a state/system landing page, students will be presented with a series of resource links from which to gather further information about the colleges and universities.

These are broken down into two sections:

Images with Links; and
Additional Resources.

Images with Links

Within this section, each link will display a photo that can either be uploaded by the institution or chosen from preselected options provided by CollegeSource. Text will display as a label below each image.

Text reads: Student transfer resources for CollegeSource Universities. CollegeSource Universities is a multi-state educational system with 10 campuses across the country. Three images appear, with links for Admission, Campuses and Programs, and Search Courses. — Select to see a larger version

When the user hovers the mouse or keyboard over the field name, the URL will additionally appear within a tooltip.

Example of tooltip that appears when hovering over Admission.

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	First of the three images; displayed on the left
URL for Image 1	URL to appear under text below image
Text Below Image	Text to appear below Designated Image 1
Designated Image 2	Second of the three images; displayed in the middle
URL for Image 2	URL to appear under text below image
Text Below Image	Text to appear below Designated Image 2
Designated Image 3	Third of the three images; displayed on the right
URL for Image 3	URL to appear under text below image
Text Below Image	Text to appear below Designated Image 3

Restrictions

URLs are limited to 255 characters. The Text Below Image fields are limited to 55 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.

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

Students will be provided three additional resource URLs customized by the state/system. When the user hovers the mouse or keyboard over the field name, the URL will automatically appear within a tooltip.

Additional Resources: Tuition and Fees, Transfer Information, Resources for Veterans and Service Members

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	First of the three URLs; displayed on the left
Link Display Text	Text hyperlinked to Additional Resource URL 1
Additional Resource URL 2	Second of the three URLs; displayed in the middle
Link Display Text	Text hyperlinked to Additional Resource URL 2
Additional Resource URL 3	Third of the three URLs; displayed on the right
Link Display Text	Text hyperlinked to Additional Resource URL 3

Restrictions

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.