Testimonials
DC Theme - Testimonials shows customer quotes as a grid, a carousel or a scrolling row, each with an optional photo and star rating.
Add Testimonials
- Go to Content → Site Modules → New and choose DC Theme - Testimonials
- Add one row per quote under Testimonials
- Publish it to a position read by a Section module, so the quotes sit in a band with a heading, or straight to
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The Quotes
Drag rows to reorder them. Put the strongest first: it is the one most people read. A row with no quote is skipped.
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quote | Empty | What the customer said, in their words. Two or three sentences reads better than a paragraph |
| Name | Empty | Who said it |
| Role or place | Empty | Such as a job title, or the area they live in |
| Photo | Empty | An optional photo of the customer |
| Stars | None | None, or 1 to 5 in half steps |
| Language | Empty | Only for a quote not in the site's language: its language code, such as de, fr or it. Screen readers then read it in that language |
| Translation | Empty | Shown when Language is set. Shown under the quote, marked as a translation |
Layout
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Show as | A grid | A grid suits many short quotes. One at a time, Centre stage and Scrolling row suit a few longer ones |
| Columns | Automatic | Grid only. Automatic, 2, 3 or 4 across on a wide screen. Cards stack on phones |
Movement
Shown for One at a time, Centre stage and Scrolling row.
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Autoplay | 6 seconds | One at a time and Centre stage. Off, 4 seconds, 6 seconds or 9 seconds. Holds while the pointer or keyboard is on it, stops for good once the visitor uses the arrows or dots, and never starts for visitors who ask for less motion |
| When to show the controls | Always | Always, On hover or Hidden. On hover is ignored on touch screens. Hidden keeps the controls working for a keyboard and screen reader |
| Loop | Yes | One at a time and Centre stage. After the last quote, go round to the first. Off, the arrows grey out at each end |
| Speed | Medium | Scrolling row only. Slow, Medium or Fast. Timed per card, so more quotes make the row longer, not faster |
Search Results
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Add review structured data | No | Writes Review and AggregateRating markup for every quote that has stars and a name |
| What is reviewed | A product | A product, Software or an app, A course, An event or A book |
| Its name | Empty | The product, course or event the reviews are about, as named on the page. Leave empty and no markup is written |
Use review markup only when the quotes are reviews of the thing named, from people who bought or used it. Google shows no stars for reviews a business publishes about itself, which is why a company or local business cannot be chosen.
Next Steps
- Section – put the quotes in a band with a heading
- Logo Strip – client logos beside the quotes