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Created by
Kassandra Swearingen, last updated by Erica McConnaughey on Mar 23, 2026
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Also known as: card with popup
A card displaying a photo and brief teaser copy. When selected, the card opens a modal (popup) with more details about the topic or person.
Examples
Example 1 - Cards with headshots
| Example 1 - Modal open
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Example 2 - Cards with environmental or portrait photos
| Example 2 - Modal open
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Use When
- Storytelling; sharing a person's profile or career background (examples: BBA Careers, Companies and Recruiters)
- A single card can display multiple details or subtopics for a single topic (example: AI Hub page)
- You have content to fill at least 2 cards and their modals (this component doesn't look as nice when there is only one card)
- This component works great when you have varying amounts of details for each topic. (e.g. when you have 2 detail paragraphs for topic A and 4 paragraphs for topic B)
- There is enough quality content such that interacting with the modal feels worthwhile to the user.
- Don't just fill the modal with fluff to try to make this component work. If it is a struggle to create enough content for each of the cards, consider using a different component and/or organizing the content differently.
Editorial Guidelines
For the cards
Limit the amount of copy in the cards, since more detail will be shown in the modal.
- Microtitle (optional) - Keep this short. Can be used as a microtitle or for person's name with parentheses for graduation program and year
- Character limit: ~40 characters
- copy should fit on one line, so the limit depends on number of columns in the layout (more columns = less room for copy)
- Use this field OR the card supporting copy field, especially for cards with full-width background images.
- This content will display in the modal header or it can be hidden there
- Character limit: ~40 characters
- Title (required) - This field must have content so the card has a proper html heading
- Character limit: 40 characters
- This content will display in the modal header or it can be replaced there with a longer title
- Card Supporting Copy (optional) - Use sparingly. Only use when the title character limit is too restrictive for your needs.
- Character limit: 70 characters
- Use this field OR the microtitle field, especially for cards with full-width background images.
- This content will not be displayed in the modal
For the modals
Modal header
- Microtitle (optional)
- Card microtitle can be displayed here or hidden
- Title (required)
- Card title can be displayed here or overridden with a slightly longer title
- Character limit: 50 characters
- Supporting detail (optional)
- Brief copy to display job titles, company, and/or majors
- Character limit: 100 characters
Modal body
- No character limit, but keep the length within reason. Typically, modal content spans 3 to 6 short paragraphs.
- Follow web best practices for keeping content easy to digest and scannable
- Use subheadings if you include more than 2 paragraphs
- We can include a variety of content here, such as:
- paragraphs
- pullquotes
- supporting images
- photo collages
- an embedded YT video
Implementation (in progress)
Variations (more screenshots showing additional features)
- Should be an orderly progression, not an attempt to show every possible combination
ACF Fields
Other technical details we already include
Resources
- link to component mockup in Figma
Design
Card with full-width or circle headshot images that can open into a modal for more information. There are options for 1, 2, or 3 columns.
There is an open modal button on the lower right corner of the cards that can be a stretch link. There are two modal close buttons in the modal popups (upper right corner and bottom right corner).
| Examples of full-width and headshot modal cards and 1, 2, 3 columns | |
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Default Modal style. The header will be 50/50 for desktop and tablet, and full-width for mobile.
| Modal for circle crop headshot. The layout will be the same in desktop, tablet, and mobile.
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Modal with full-width image. Text overlaps image, with a dark gradient for contrast. Mobile/tablet sizes just have smaller text.
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Fields
Card
Limit the amount of copy in the cards, since more detail can be shown in the modal.
- Microtitle (optional) - Keep this short. Can be used as a microtitle or for person's name with parenthesis for graduation program and year
- Character limit: copy should fit on one line, so the limit depends on number of columns in the layout
- Use this field OR the card supporting copy field, especially for cards with full-width background images.
- This content will display in the modal header by default. Set the "Display card microtitle in modal header?" field to "no" if you want to hide it in the modal
- Title - This field should have content so the card has an html heading
- Character limit: 40 characters
- This content will display in the modal header. Add content to the "Modal Title Override" field to replace this content.
- Card Supporting Copy (optional) - Use sparingly. Only use when the title character limit is too restrictive
- Character limit: 70 characters
- Use this field OR the microtitle field, especially for cards with full-width background images.
- This content will not be displayed in the modal
- Card Image - you can use the standard image size of 2400x1600px for horizontal cards. You can use vertical images as well to make the cards vertical, but you will need to add a horizontal image to the modal image override field for the image to display correctly at the top of the modal.
- Crop image to circle? - use for square images, including headshots
Modal Popup
- Display card microtitle in modal header? - true/false, pulls Microtitle subfield from Card and displays in modal over title.
- Full width image? - makes image full width inside the modal instead of half width. Recommend use of Modal Image Override with this.
- Modal Title Override - can override the card title. This can have more characters than the card title, but it's still best practice to keep the title short.
- Supporting Details - WYSIWYG for job titles, company, or majors
- Modal Image Override - you can override the full width image used for the card
- Modal Text - WYSIWYG for modal copy. You will need to use inline classes and HTML for styles.
- See code templates below
Configuration section
- Number of columns - you can select one, two, or three columns. Three columns is the default.
- Please note that headshot/circle crop style should only be used with two and three column layouts. (The image looks too small for a card in a single column layout)
- Stretch link? - this will make the modal open when a user selects anywhere on the card. Checked is the default.
- Number of columns - you can select one, two, or three columns. Three columns is the default.
Introduction and Footer sections
- These are standard sections for many of our custom blocks.
Code Templates for Modal Content
Modal content is added in a WYSIWYG field, so you'll need to add HTML elements with classes for styling. Copy the code below for the content you need:
Modal with pullquote, horizontal rule <hr>, and microtitle styling for last subhead |
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Microtitle styles for subheads (with yellow triangle)
These styles can be used on any heading level.
<h3 class="microtitle mb-3"><img class="microtitle-arrow" alt="" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Two-toned-yellow-arrow-digital-100x164-1.png" width="9" height="15" aria-hidden="true" /> Subheading</h3>
Horizontal rule
<hr class="hr-gray my-5" />
Pull quote
Can adjust or remove "my-4" class if needed. Author and cite elements are optional.
<figure class="wsb-pullquote mx-0 my-4">
<p class="quote">add quote here</p>
<p class="author"><cite> add speaker name here</cite></p>
</figure>
Career Points (for T2L4)
Just add the "career-points" class to any ul to get this styling.
Name Title Company (for T2L4)
Where it says <img />, just use the Add Media button and add whatever photo you like. You do not need to edit the default classes wordpress adds.
Don't skip the divider element! If you forget it, the image won't appear.
Image + Text
- If you want an image next to some text.
- The "image-right" class can be removed if you want the image on the left instead.
- Where it says <img />, just use the Add Media button and add whatever photo you like. You do not need to edit the default classes wordpress adds.
- Make sure to include <p> tags around any text. You can have multiple paragraphs.
- Add the modal-quote class if you want quote styling like in the photo above: <p class="modal-quote">
Supporting Images
Staggered image collage
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Staggered collage (3 vertical photos)
- Photos must be vertical. Recommended size: 700x1000px
- Image two and three are hidden for mobile screens.
- Can use a single caption for all three images for desktop. A mobile caption for just image one, since the others are not visible at that breakpoint.
Mixed collage (3 photos, 2 horizontal and 1 vertical)
- Image one and two must be horizontal, image three vertical.
- Image one and two size: 2400x1600px, smaller images with the same aspect ratio will also work, such as 512x341px or 1024x682px
- Image three size: 512x768px
- Image two and three are hidden for mobile screens.
- Can use a single caption for all three images for desktop. A mobile caption for just image one, since the others are not visible at that breakpoint.