Video walkthrough: Anatomy of an Edlio homepage

Watch this 40-second overview exploring the eight core building blocks that make up an engaging, functional Edlio school website homepage.

Modular homepage design: Edlio homepages are built from flexible, self-serve building blocks that can be customized to match your district's priorities.
Self-serve vs. support features: Most homepage elements (News, Events, Shuffles, Spotlight Messages, Links) are completely self-serve in your CMS admin. Sitewide theme styling and script widgets (such as Google Translate) are configured with Edlio Support.
Audience-focused content: Prioritize high-frequency resources (Parent Portal, lunch menus, school calendar) near the top of your homepage using Quicklinks.

0:00 – Introduction: Building your school homepage with modular content blocks.
0:05 – Spotlights & Infographics: Highlighting key announcements and visualizing school achievements.
0:10 – News & Quicklinks: Publishing daily updates and fast-tracking navigation to frequently accessed resources.
0:16 – Calendar & Videos: Promoting upcoming events and showcasing school culture through rich media.
0:24 – Photo Shuffles & Social Media Widgets: Rotating visual galleries and streaming live community social feeds.
0:32 – Summary: Choosing the right combination of features to support your school's communication goals.

The 8 core homepage building blocks

Explore each of the eight primary homepage features below, including what each tool offers and direct links to step-by-step setup guides:

The Calendar feature keeps your community informed about school events, athletic schedules, parent meetings, and academic deadlines.

Capabilities: Publish single or recurring events, organize multiple sub-calendars, integrate with Google Calendar or Microsoft 365, and allow families to subscribe or download iCal files.
Step-by-step guide: See Add Events to Your Calendar.

Your primary publishing engine for classroom announcements, superintendent updates, and urgent school alerts.

Capabilities: Publish multi-category news feeds, schedule future publication and expiration dates, cross-post to social media, and trigger site-wide urgent pop-up alerts.
Step-by-step guide: See Create and Publish News.

A dedicated hero message area designed to capture visitor attention with high-priority welcome letters or seasonal campaigns.

Capabilities: Self-serve headline, message body, and featured image that display prominently in the homepage layout.
Step-by-step guide: See Spotlight Message Overview.

Bring live community engagement directly onto your homepage by streaming feeds from your official social media channels.

Capabilities: Connect Facebook, Twitter/X, and Instagram feeds to automatically reflect updates without duplicate manual posting.
Step-by-step guide: See Post News to Social Media.

Direct navigation tiles that minimize clicks for busy parents seeking everyday essentials like lunch menus, parent portals, or registration.

Capabilities: Self-serve link management rendered across header navigation, quicklink rows, and footer link blocks.
Step-by-step guide: See Links Overview & Management.

Embed welcome messages from school leaders, campus video tours, or student showcase reels directly on your homepage.

Capabilities: Self-serve featured video embedding with responsive playback across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
Step-by-step guide: See Make a Video Featured on the Homepage.

A dynamic rotating banner gallery that brings movement, energy, and school spirit to your homepage header.

Capabilities: Self-serve rotating photo galleries with customizable transitions, alt text, and headline captions.
Step-by-step guide: See Homepage Shuffles Overview.

Visualize school achievements, student demographics, graduation rates, and milestones in a clean, graphic layout.

Capabilities: Create visually appealing stat counters, icon grids, and structured content callouts within page layouts.
Step-by-step guide: See Manage Pages Overview.