Informational Cards
Informational Cards presents users with a wide variety of information. There are three layouts for Informational Cards.
- Horizontal: Multiple Columns and Rows
- Vertical: One Column Stack
- Masonry-like Columns: Three Columns with Compressed Rows
Depending on they layout, Information Cards has a variety of content options, including
- Title
- Subtitle
- WYSIWYG Content Input
- Card Image
- Link in either of two designs:
- Stand-alone label as a text link or
- Entire card as button link
Horizontal Layout
Swoop
Emory Eagles Mascot
Dooley
The Spirit of Emory
Vertical Layout
Swoop
Emory Eagles Mascot
Swoop art is the part of the athletic identity system that provides a sports mascot for Emory audiences. The campus Barnes & Noble bookstore provides a selection of merchandise featuring Swoop and a variety of official athletic marks. The official Swoop art should not be altered, modified, or distorted.
Dooley
The Spirit of Emory
Masonry-like Columns Layout
Swoop
Emory Eagles Mascot
Swoop art is the part of the athletic identity system that provides a sports mascot for Emory audiences. The campus Barnes & Noble bookstore provides a selection of merchandise featuring Swoop and a variety of official athletic marks. The official Swoop art should not be altered, modified, or distorted.
Dooley
The Spirit of Emory
The task of safeguarding the official Spirit of Emory rests on the slender frame of a biology lab skeleton named Dooley. He first emerged as a campus presence in 1899. The endeavor to answer the enduring question, "Who is Dooley?" is ongoing.
Usability
When to Use an Informational Card
- You want to present very homogenous items (such as a list of similar blog posts, news stories, research initiatives, courses).
- To provide a summary of content.
- Intended as a link to obtain more information.
When Not to Use an Informational Card
- Replacement for a list of content.
- When hierarchy of information is important.
- When a standard vertical list will be more effective allowing the user to scan content more quickly.
- You want more visible content to appear without scrolling.