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Standards and Guidelines: Gallery Boxes - Book Slide

Gallery Box (Book Slide)

  • Use rotating gallery boxes sparingly because of accessibility and usability concerns.
  • Please note that items in gallery boxes don't appear as mapped in the Assets list.  You must also list them in a hidden box on the same page  This step is essential for keeping the item in the Assets list when unmapped items are being deleted.
  • Items must be added to Assets by placing them in the hidden box, before you can add them to the gallery box (See instructions for Content Items).
  • Alternative text is required (See Alt Text instructions).
  • Use only one gallery box on a page or no gallery box at all. Note that gallery boxes are not as accessible as standard or horizontal box displays.
  • Use one row only.
  • A minimum of three items is required but no more than 10 items. Five to six items would be optimal. Rather change items more frequently (at least every term).
  • Captions should not be used on Subject Guide galleries. 
  • Use only items that have a readable cover image.
  • Use always links that combine books and eBooks or DVDs and eVideos to capture all available formats for user choice.

Adding Items to Gallery Box (Book Slide)

Use the instructions below. Title and description will not be displayed if Caption position is set to None.

Screenshot of the feature for adding books. The button "Add New Slide" is circled.

Adding Alternative Text for Cover Art in Gallery Boxes

  • Alt text is required for cover art in gallery boxes because it is a functional image that is linked to an record. Considered that no link title is available, we need to add alternative text.
  • Copy and paste the Slide Title, which should be the item title, into the Image Alt Text field.
  • Make sure that the item title is in the correct format (Check Content item guidelines).
  • For further information on alt text refer to the Image Tutorial on the Web Accessibility Initiative website.

Screenshot of Edit Slide feature. The Image Alt Field contains an item title.

Suggested Resources - Example

Modifying Gallery Settings

Minimum requirements

  • Maximum image height: change to 200px. Don't use percentage because the covers may appear with different heights. 
  • Number of rows: keep 1.
  • Slides per row: change to 10 for the maximum number because that allows you to add up to 10 covers.
  • Slides to show: change to 3 because it is the optimum number for covers in a box on a 2 column guide.
  • Slide to scroll: keep 1.
  • Caption position: None is recommended.

Settings of gallery box filled in

 

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