The Custom Story content template in Content Hub is designated for stories that require a unique layout presentation on MSUToday that cannot be made with existing story components.
The decision to create a Custom Story needs to be made during the planning process, prior to the story being entered in Content Hub.
Criteria for a Custom Story template include:
Custom stories follow the Main Workflow. Like all other stories, the text of the story must be created in a Word document and shared with a link in the Comments section. The story must go through the entire workflow, including the Edit step, before it is available to build. The story becomes available in Sitecore at the Pre-publishing step, at which point all the taxonomy fields must be completed in Content Hub and cannot be changed.
Once the story is in Pre-publishing, the story author will coordinate with the designer/builder assigned during the planning process. The author, designer/builder and any other appropriate person will work together to select assets from the DAM. Once assets are selected, the author is responsible for writing captions, including necessary credits, and having the captions edited. The author is also responsible for adding alt text in the DAM.
The majority of authors do not have access or the ability to create custom stories in Sitecore. The designer/builder is responsible for moving story text from the Word doc linked in the comments to the custom layout and formatting, as appropriate.
The designer/builder must manually complete the following fields in Sitecore in Page Builder in either the Page content settings panel or Content Mode:
The designer/builder must include the following information in the page layout:
Preview links created by Content Hub will not reflect the custom layout. To complete reviews, the designer/builder needs to coordinate with the author to share their screen with the preview available in Sitecore, either virtually or in person. The story author is responsible for coordinating and obtaining any other necessary reviews and approvals as appropriate before publishing.
The author is responsible for selecting “Finalize” and “Publish” in Content Hub. Then, the designer/builder is responsible for deselecting “No Index” and “No Follow” and publishing in Sitecore.
Both the author and designer are responsible for checking that the story appears correctly in MSUToday on desktop and mobile.