CURRENT THEME 4v1.1 RETIRED THEME LEGACY
Branded CMS templates are designed to provide flexibility for customizing the layout of content. Using these templates and stylesheets aid departments and other units of NMSU in ensuring that their websites, as well as web and mobile application development, will be closely tied in visual aesthetics. This helps to create a cohesive overall institutional web presence.
To make it easier for our web presence to remain consistent, NMSU adopted Bootstrap for our web style framework in 2013. The Legacy Cascade CMS theme and Inside NMSU WordPress theme utilize Bootstrap 3. Bootstrap Developers have moved Bootstrap 3 to end of life, and it will no longer receive critical security updates. We will continue to host Bootstrap 3 styles sheets but will not provide updates to brand styles or provide further maintenance to adapt to changes and updates in browser or operating systems.
The new NMSU templates are based on Bootstrap 4 and generally follow Bootstrap HTML and CSS conventions, with some additions and modifications. The components and JavaScript plugins available in Bootstrap are available in master brand template packages. In addition, several third-party and premium plugin libraries are available.
For Web Developers
Developers developing sites for NMSU should become familiar with Bootstrap conventions and components to better understand the foundations of NMSU's template.
Feature Sheets
The new theme includes a new feature sheet that presents new design elements under NMSU's brand identity program. We have provided several layout examples and demo pages within the CMS that integrate components and plugin libraries for inspiration.
We have released an extensive documentation site that details components, utilities, and libraries. In addition, we have released a code snippet collection of elements and combined components. Many of these elements you will find in the theme 4v1.1 demo and "quick add" page assets in the CMS. You can use the copy-to-clipboard feature and build everything from fully designed website for your own web development projects or use code blocks in CMS pages.
For legacy theme users, additional examples of CSS Grid markup and several components are available on Bootstrap's site.
Other Templates
As part of the branding transition project, we have introduced a stand-alone option for users who would like to feature their content in a news or blog format. Based off the same core functionality of the news and events modules in the legacy theme, the new and improved news template offers a modern, responsive, and fully-functional newsroom. News Sites should be used to collect and capture news stories not published in the official NMSU Newsroom. They are also the recommended place to publish event calendars or publications.
Inside NMSU
"Inside" sites utilize the WordPress platform and require authentication (login) for access. They are typically used to present content only to internal audiences. View WordPress Theme feature sheet.
