You can highlight important initiatives by creating cover stories. This is a great way of increasing engagement by showcasing news and opportunities that are more relevant without people having to search for it.
Permissions
Users with the dashboard manager role can create, edit, and manage cover stories, including adding cover story images.
Cover story image requirement guidelines
Benevity’s Employee Engagement solution is responsive, meaning it adapts to the user’s screen. A large, high-resolution image is required for cover stories to accommodate a variety of devices and screen sizes. To successfully upload a cover story image, it needs to meet the following requirements:
- Recommended 4720 x 1296 pixels
- Maximum 15 MB
- JPEG format - make sure the image file is saved as a jpeg file and has not simply been renamed with .jpeg.
If the image does not meet the requirements, you will see an error message.
Cover Story Best Practices
To use an image for a Cover Story, check to make sure it is less than 15MB in size, 4720px wide x 1296px high, and in JPEG format. Keep key elements (text, logos, faces) centred within the 1420px x 1296px safe zone to prevent cropping issues across different screen sizes.
Cover story images in the Image Gallery
You can access our Image Gallery in Content Resources for inspiration. All images are sized for either featured content opportunities or cover stories in Benevity's Employee Engagement solution. Cover story images have the word “cover” at the end of the file name.
Content Safe Zone
The Benevity platform's modernized interfaces feature larger, more prominent images to enhance the user experience and drive engagement. High-quality visuals create an emotional connection with content, inspiring participation in giving and volunteering programs.
New modernized pages leverage responsive design to adapt page layouts to the user's screen size. This improvement will require program administrators who use graphic elements such as text within their images to consider the Safe Image Area.
Cover Story image template