Here is a guide to using the Catalogs component, which Cascade and CourseLeaf Catalog are separate systems, but we have built a catalog component in Cascade that allows you to pull content from the Catalog CourseLeaf and display content it on your website pages.
Here is a guide to using the catalog component in Cascade, and how to get the correct catalog information from CourseLeaf.
Catalog - https://catalogs.sandiego.edu/
Note: the catalog CourseLeaf Catalog itself is not updated through Cascade. If updates to the catalog are required, the primary contact would be Kristin Scialabba (kscialabba@sandiego.edu).
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Step 1: Find the CourseLeaf Catalog Page
In the catalog CourseLeaf - https://catalogs.sandiego.edu/ - find the page that has the information/tab that you want to display on your website.
CourseLeaf Catalog - https://catalogs.sandiego.edu/
I will use this page (GIS Certificate) as an example for the rest of the guide:
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Note: some page templates in Cascade already have a Catalog component, but if your page does not have one already, please contact us via www.sandiego.edu/web-requests.
Open the edit window in Cascade, then scroll down to the Catalog Information section. Continue into the component and expand the “Item” section. (You can also use the green “+” icon to add more items.) For the Catalog component in Each “item” in Cascade will display one tab’s worth of content from CourseLeaf. If you want to display 3 tabs, you need to use 3 items in Cascade, then get the relevant information for each item.
In Cascade, you need 3 pieces of information for your Item:
The catalog URL link(don’t include any anchor)
The “codeword” for the “Desired Tab” field
The tab’s title (how it appears on the catalog)
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When you first load the GIS Certificate page, you will find that there are 3 tabs (Overview, Faculty and Certificate). When you select one of the tabs, it will actually change the URL (it adds the tab’s anchor to the end of the URL).
For example, if you select the Certificate tab, it will add the a “coursestext” anchor to the end of the URL:
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Across the catalog, there are several tab names and different anchors. Since the different tabs use very similar anchor terms, we have built the component in Cascade to handle the a “codeword” for each tab - mainly to shorten and remove the “text” phraseportion.
The “codeword” for that Certificate (coursestext anchor) tab, is courses.
Now going back to the component in Cascade, here are those 3 things you need to pull display the “Certificate” tab from that catalog page:
The catalog URL link (don’t include the anchor!): https://catalogs.sandiego.edu/undergraduate/colleges-schools/arts-sciences/environ_ocean/gis-certificate/
The “codeword” for the “Desired Tab” field: courses
The tab’s title (how it appears on the catalog): Certificate
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And you’re done! Feel free to submit your edit into workflow, and once approved the page should display content from the catalog.
List of Catalog Codewords
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The catalog will offer a variety of tabs, depending on the program. Each catalog tab has an anchor, and you can use the corresponding codeword in Cascade.
Anchors | Codeword (use in the Desired Tab field) |
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majortext, majorstext, majorrequirementstext | major |
coursestext, courseinventory, coursetext | courses |
minortext, minorstext, minorrequirements | minor |
overviewtext, overviewstext, overviews | overview |
programrequirementstext, programrequirements | programrequirementstext |
degreerequirementstext, degreesrequirements | degreerequirementstext |
faculty, facultytext, facultystext | faculty |
text, texts | text |
What if My Catalog Page has no Tabs?
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https://catalogs.sandiego.edu/undergraduate/courses/cogs/
If you use text the “text” codeword in this situation and get any errors on your page, please contact us via www.sandiego.edu/web-requests and we can troubleshoot.
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