Block-listing

Use this tile-based listing to share news, events and social media posts from Instagram and Twitter.

Block listing

Inside the basic news, event, and exhibition tiles, images should be provided as background images on an empty element with class block-listing__img, and have a ratio of 16/9 (56.25%). If you don't have a choice but to use img tags, make sure to wrap them inside containers with class crop-height in order to approximate the background-image behaviour.

If a tile doesn't have a link (i.e. if block-container is a div rather than an anchor), use class no-anim to remove the hover effect.

<p>Inside the basic <em>news</em>, <em>event</em>, and <em>exhibition</em> tiles, images should be provided as background images on an empty element with class <code>block-listing__img</code>, and have a ratio of 16/9 (56.25%). If you don't have a choice but to use <code>img</code> tags, make sure to wrap them inside containers with class <code>crop-height</code> in order to approximate the background-image behaviour.
</p>
<p>If a tile doesn't have a link (i.e. if <code>block-container</code> is a <code>div</code> rather than an anchor), use class <code>no-anim</code> to remove the hover effect.
</p>
<ul class="block-listing">
  <li class="event double newshero special" style="background-image: url(http://placeimg.com/740/320/any?5);">
    <a class="block-container" href=""><strong><span><em>Health & Medicine</em><br />Why today’s children need more than a good night’s sleep.</span></strong></a>
  </li>
  <li class="event">
    <a class="block-container" href="">
      <div class="when range">
        <time datetime="2014-03-18">18 March</time><time datetime="2014-05-04">4 May 2014</time>
      </div>
      <div class="mid-unit">
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      </div>
      <div class="block-listing__img" style="background-image: url(http://placeimg.com/740/620/animals);"></div>
      <div class="meta">
        <em class="meta-right">Event</em>
      </div>
    </a>
  </li>
  <li class="instagram" style="background-image: url(http://placeimg.com/400/600/any?5);">
    <a class="block-container" href="">
      <div class="meta">
        <em><span class="small" data-icon="instagram">Instagram</span> @unimelb</em>
      </div>
    </a>
  </li>
  <li class="news">
    <a class="block-container" href="">
      <div class="block-listing__img" style="background-image: url(http://placeimg.com/740/620/any?1);"></div>
      <strong>International law. Is it myth or reality?</strong>
      <p>
        The fate of boat people in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean proves attitudes are hardening.
      </p>
      <div class="meta">
        <em>Legal Affairs</em>
      </div>
    </a>
  </li>
  <li class="twitter">
    <div class="block-container">
      <strong>India hasn't signed nuclear treaty. So why did Aus sign a uranium deal? <a href="http://t.co/STetvM6GeA">http://t.co/STetvM6GeA</a> w/AProf Tilman Ruff</strong>
      <div class="meta">
        <em><span class="small" data-icon="twitter">Twitter</span><a href="#">@unimelb</a></em>
      </div>
    </div>
  </li>
  <li class="news">
    <a class="block-container" href="">
      <div class="crop-height">
        <img alt="" src="http://placeimg.com/740/320/any?3" />
      </div>
      <strong>Multi-party Government the way of future</strong>
      <p>This tile uses an <code>img</code> tag inside a <code>crop-height</code> container instead of a background image. The image appears shorter because it has a wider ratio than 16/9, so this technique should be avoided.
      </p>
      <div class="meta">
        <em>Politics & Society</em>
      </div>
    </a>
  </li>
  <li class="exhibition">
    <a class="block-container" href="">
      <div class="when">
        Wednesday<time datetime="2014-05-28"> 28 May 2014</time>5:00 pm - 1:00 am
      </div>
      <div class="mid-unit">
        <strong>This tile uses an <code>img</code> tag inside a <code>crop-height</code> container instead of a background image.</strong>
      </div>
      <div class="crop-height">
        <img alt="" src="http://placeimg.com/674/380/nature" />
      </div>
      <div class="meta">
        <em class="meta-right">Exhibition</em>
      </div>
    </a>
  </li>
  <li class="news no-anim">
    <div class="block-container">
      <strong>This is an example of a tile without a link</strong>
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      </p>
      <p>
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      </p>
      <div class="meta">
        <time class="meta-left" datetime="2015-02-30"> 30 Feb 2015</time><em class="meta-right">News</em>
      </div>
    </div>
  </li>
  <li class="more">
    <div class="block-container">
      <a href="#"><strong>More stories</strong></a><a href="#"><strong>More events</strong></a><a class="twitter" href="#"><strong><span class="small" data-icon="twitter">Twitter</span>@unimelb </strong></a><a class="instagram" href="#"><strong><span class="small" data-icon="instagram">Instagram</span>@unimelb </strong></a>
    </div>
  </li>
  <li class="event double" style="background-image: url(http://placeimg.com/680/590/arch);">
    <a class="block-container" href=""><strong>Apeirian nominati partiendo</strong>
      <p>
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      </p>
      <span class="button-hero-inverse" href=""> Call to Action</span></a>
  </li>
</ul>