User Documentation

Everything you’ve wanted to know about using YMCA Website Services.

These documents are a combination of the former YMCA Website Services Community User Documentation and the User Manual.

If you see something missing or would like to request a new topic, please open an issue.


Text Editor

Some fields in YMCA Website Services allow you to format your text with a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. These editors are typically CKEditor 5 instances and provide various text formatting options.

Page/Content Types

YMCA Website Services features many different kinds of pages, or content types. Choosing the right content type will ensure you collect the right information and allow you the flexibility to create layouts.

Blocks

Blocks allow content editors to reuse sections of content across multiple pages.

Layout Builder

Paragraphs

Embed text, images, blocks, and interactive components using Paragraphs, the layout-building component of YMCA Website Services.

Taxonomy, Vocabularies, and Terms

Group pieces of related content together for tagging, filtering, sorting, and grouping.

Images and Documents

The media library stores images and files, allowing you to have custom cropping, focal pointing, folders, and image styles.

Webforms

Beyond just a basic contact form, Drupal’s robust webforms features allow you to build interactive webforms with logic-based questions, built-in animation fields, and a submissions manager.

Virtual Y

Virtual YMCA allows members and other authorized users to enjoy exclusive content from their local Y.

Content Editing Basics

Demo Content

The distribution comes with demo content to help kick-start your site building.

Membership

Guide prospective members through the join process.

Schedules

The distribution provides two applications for managing schedules at your YMCA.

Last modified March 11, 2025: fix: markdown ai typo (7c7c61db)