Snippets & Components

Using the appropriate snippet and component for the intended page region is critical because each is coded to resize within each given region to fit a user's device (mobile phone, tablet, laptop). 

What’s the Difference between Snippets and Components?

The main difference between snippets and components is how you, as a web editor, edit them. Snippets can be placed on a webpage and edited by content contributors and content owners. When adding and editing snippets you work within a given page region and edit rows of content within a tabular display while in edit mode.

Components can only be added to the page by Digital Strategy (email digitalstrategy AT_TOWSON to request a component) and are edited by filling out a modal form.

Placement on a Webpage

Design snippets and components must be placed in specific regions of the page: 

• main content region
• right column region
• full-width region

It’s important to place the snippet (or component) in the area of a page for which it was intended. Design elements added to the “wrong” region will not function properly.