Lab Resources

Created on Mon Nov 21, 2022 by Damon Williams

Lab Resources are a curated collection of featured Project Resources. These resources are then featured & displayed throughout our site, and in the Lab section.

 

Content for a Lab Resource can be documented & submitted using the same "Project Resource Request Doc" used for Project Resources. Simply add the required and/or optional fields and their associated content to the Lab section of that document.

  Lab Resource Content Fields

Below is a listing of the available content fields (both required & optional) for a Lab Resource.

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  • Project Resource
    Name, Resource ID or URL of `Project Resource` to feature.
  • Title (optional, but preferred)
    Alternative title/name of the resource. Defaults to `Title` of the Project Resource. Avoid using backslashes.
  • Summary/Introtext (optional, but preferred)
    Alternative brief one-liner description. Used for the “Hall of Experimentation” card description. Defaults to `Summary/Introtext` of the Project Resource.
  • Experiment Type (optional, but preferred)
    Type of experiment. Defaults to `Germination Type/Format` of the Project Resource.
  • Project Thesis
    Unique 1-2 sentence description. Used for the “featured” Lab Resource module.
  • Technologies
    The “Technologies” should already be defined on the Project Resource. If you need to update the Project Resource's Technologies, please see `Project Resources > Technologies`.
  • Feature Image
    Feature image highlighting the project. Defaults to first image set in `Project Images` of the Project Resource, if one is not provided.
    • Format, Quality/Compression & Framing
      • JPG @ 1920x1080
      • File should be high quality and run through a compression engine such as iloveimg.com   or tinypng.com  .
      • Try to ensure focus of the image is within the inner 1/3, also make sure to limit or eliminate text, logos, or otherwise legible elements falling outside of this area. This is to ensure that the image will work across multiple responsive display sizes & various masking placements.
      • A stylistic mask will typically be applied to the featured images and/or video dynamically with CSS. You do not need to include the masking treatments in your images (unless composition requires it).
  • Feature Video (optional, but preferred)
    Feature video highlighting the project.
    • A poster image is required with each video. The “Feature Image” specified above will be used in this instance.
    • Format, Quality/Compression & Framing
      • MP4 @ 1920x1080
      • File should be high quality and run through a compression engine such as Handbrake  .
      • A stylistic mask will typically be applied to the featured images and/or video dynamically with CSS. You do not need to include the masking treatments in your images (unless composition requires it).
    • Poster Image (Feature Image)
      • JPG @ same dimensions/aspect ratio as the video (i.e., 1920x1080, 16:9, etc.).
      • File should be high quality and run through a compression engine such as iloveimg.com   or tinypng.com  .
  • Experiment URL (optional)
    Link URL to the experiment, if it is live or has a website presence.
  • Featured (optional)
    Yes/No featured flag.
  • Focus Keywords/Tags (optional)
    Comma separated list of focus keywords describing the project. Used for SEO purposes as well as potential use in cross-resource relationship connections.
  • Facebook Share Image (optional)
    Alternative share image for Facebook metadata. Overrides resource defaults.
  • Facebook Share Title (optional)
    Alternative title text for Facebook metadata. Overrides resource defaults.
  • Facebook Share Description (optional)
    Alternative description text for Facebook metadata. Overrides resource defaults.
  • Twitter Share Image (optional)
    Alternative share image for Twitter metadata. Overrides resource defaults.
  • Twitter Share Title (optional)
    Alternative title text for Twitter metadata. Overrides resource defaults.
  • Twitter Share Description (optional)
    Alternative description text for Twitter metadata. Overrides resource defaults.

Green field titles indicate a required field.
Blue field titles indicate an optional, but preferred field.
Grey field titles indicate the field is either `optional` OR has been `depreciated` and should no longer be used.

Below are some useful links & utilties when creating a Lab Resource.

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Document last updated on Monday August 14, 2023 by Damon Williams.