
The website provides insight into the strategic planning and processes to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Save time and money with your next website project using the Rutgers Core Component Library (RCCL).
The Rutgers Core Component Library (RCCL) provides a set of visually attractive website design elements that adhere to Rutgers brand standards and university accessibility policies. With the assistance of a Drupal developer, have the RCCL installed and configured, and you add the content. Use the alternative homepage template included or create your own homepage working with a website front-end developer. Units are responsible for securing website developer assistance. Best of all, your Drupal website developer can build on the system to meet your specific needs. Not using Drupal? You can still use the component library by having a web developer integrate the library designs with your own website system. See the getting started section below to learn more.
Intuitive Open-Source Content Management
Build Engaging Pages
Components and Modules to Create Attractive Content
Similar to Wordpress or Joomla, but more powerful, Drupal allows editors to edit, save, publish, and unpublish text, images, and documents through an intuitive interface. Editors no longer need to know HTML or other complex website coding to create engaging webpages. The Drupal content management system provides for Twig based-theming, with a PHP foundation that is flexible, fast, and secure. The latest version of Drupal puts the mobile experience first. In addition, configuration management is built in and stored in separate files from the site database.
Content Moderation/Workflow: Go beyond publishing and unpublishing your content. The RCCL offers an enhanced workflow where you can publish a page and work on an unpublished draft of a page at the same time. Share links to your unpublished draft with authenticated users, i.e., those who have login permissions. This powerful feature lets you prepare a webpage in place prior to publishing it.
Permissions: The RCCL provides basic roles and permissions including anonymous user, authenticated user, administrator, editor, contributor, and syndication API. Administrators have full rights. While editors can publish, contributors can create content but cannot publish content. Individual site owners can create new roles and permissions working with their website developer. The syndication API role gives users the ability to access the library's content syndication feature.
Share your content and curate content from other sites within the RCCL ecosystem.
Conveniently, create a staff directory and add as much information or just the basics for each person by creating a "Person" content type for each staff member.
Using the Event content type, add your events details and publish on the site. No need to worry about removing events, they will automatically no longer be displayed on the site after the time and date have passed.
The Events Listing page displays tabs with all events, featured events, and other information. The page also allows events to be filtered by keyword, date, division, and category.
Use this component to add events to various content templates, where available.
The website provides insight into the strategic planning and processes to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Created by R-Comm, the communications office for Rutgers University-New Brunswick and RBHS, the COVID-19 Research website serves a new leading research facility.
Created for the Office of the University Secretary, the Commencement website serves as the main portal for the various graduation ceremonies at locations in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden.
Required: Please tell us more about your project. Provided by University Communications and Marketing, this demo provides an overview of the RCCL's design and functional benefits. We'll also discuss your own project and next steps.
Free, video-based training is available anytime through the Canvas Learning Management System.
Understand the university's website policies and best practices to better serve university audiences.
Time: 25 minutes
Learn about how to use the university's visual identity system to benefit your unit.
Time: 10-15 minutes
Once you've decided to use the Core Library, the website owner/manager and any contracted vendor must complete the Terms of Usage Agreement (available online).
Please be sure to review the full text of the terms of usage, which touch on these points:
All website owners, editors, and developers, as well as external vendors, must be familiar and adhere to the Rutgers university website policy, which ensures that Rutgers' digital experiences are consistent, professional, accessible to those with disabilities, accurate, easy to find and navigate, and timely.
The policy:
Learn more about the university website policy
RCCL users will benefit by joining the Rutgers Core Component Library - Drupal User Group Team website, regardless of your use of Drupal. Access user guides and training material, post questions, and receive updates about the RCCL. Access to a private channel will be set up for your RCCL project. Members of the university who are not using the RCCL are also invited to join this community of website owners, managers, and enthusiasts.
Join the Drupal User Group Team
(Rutgers NetID/Connect Account Required, Opens Microsoft Teams.)
Learn more about the component library, tell us about your project, and schedule a demo with University Communications and Marketing.
The Rutgers Core Component Library initiative is managed by the department of University Communications and Marketing in partnership with Rutgers Office of Information Technology, Rutgers Communications (R-Comm) and the Office for Research. The component library is governed and maintained by members of the Component Library Working Group.