Posts are the building blocks with which experiences are built. 360 Panoramas, Articles, Videos, Galleries, Social media embeds, Map locations and 360 Panorama content spots are all examples of posts. Posts can be reused across the experience in Groups, Guided Tours and Content Spots within 360 Panoramas

Prerequisites

Before creating a post, ensure that:

• You have collated relevant links/media for population into the post.

Creating Posts

CMS > Posts and select the ‘Add New’ button 

[title] Choose a title for your post, this will determine what title will appear in the information box within the content viewer as well as create a slug for that post.

[display title] You can add a display title to a post, which will override the default title from the CMS. This allows you to maintain an internal naming system while displaying student-friendly titles. For more details, see the Relative Titles.

Featured posts

Toggle this to yes to make the post show in its own right on the content grid of the assigned section where filtering matches. For more information see Assignments and Filters

Content types explained

The selected content type, will determine three things:

1. The icon that shows for that post on the frontend

2. How this post is reported in your performance dashboard

3. The fields available to populate in the post editor. More on this below.

Posts in Vepple are created in two distinct ways, depending on the content type selected:

1. 360 Panoramas - These are immersive, interactive views designed to showcase a facility, such as a lecture hall, accommodation, or sports centre. Within these panoramas, users can engage with information spots and content spots, which allow additional details such as text, images, videos, or links to be layered on top of the experience. This approach is ideal for creating a virtual, first-person perspective of a space, making it feel more real and engaging. Learn how to set up a 360 Panorama here.

2. Post Builder - For all other content types that don’t rely on a 360° environment, our Post Builder enables a more flexible content approach. Irrespective of the content type selected (other than 360 panorama) Posts can be populated with a mix of one or more media types, including image galleries, videos, written text, social media embeds (TikTok, Instagram), and custom iframes for embedding third-party content.

The Post Builder

The post builder gives flexibility to mix and match content types within a single post. For example, you can have a “video” post that starts with a YouTube video but then has a text, an image gallery and ends with a call to action button. The articles below guide you on how to use the different content types in a post builder.

• Articles

• Image Galleries

• Video

• Instagram Embed

• TikTok embed

Once you have created your post above, return here for guidance on how to populate the additional fields on the post.

Additional post fields

Posts all share some common fields that can also be populated.

[Featured Image] - The featured image when populated will be the image that is used on the content grid of any page that the post is assigned to. 

[Excerpt] - This field populates the text that is shown in the information box when the post is viewed on the front end. This will be overridden by the Relative Description on Guided Tours if it’s populated.

[Location Settings] - Location settings are used to populate the post on the Vepple Map module as well as on any guided tours on which the post appears. Please see this guide for adding a map location.

[Auth Check] - For users with Lead Capture, this toggle can force users to sign in to see this particular post. For more information on lead capture and the different ways to gate your experience please see Setting Up Authentication & Gating Content

[Assignments and Filters] - You will have an assignment and filter panels on the right hand side of your post. These are used to personalise your experience and ensure that the post you have populated is shown to the correct audience. Please see the guide on Assignments vs Filters and Post Personalisation

Frequently Asked Questions

I’ve added a post as a content spot into a 360 but want to change the colour of it.

If you want to change the background and icon colours of the content spots associated with the Instagram content type, go to Site Options → Theme and look inside the Panorama tab in the Elements section.