Creating new logos
Variations and sizes
Each logo will have eight files associated with it, one for each variation in each size:
Variations
“Dark” - light grayscale lettering (mostly white) on black background
“Light” - dark grayscale lettering (mostly black) on white background
Sizes
960x540
720x405
480x270
240x135
Format
png only
Use the highest compression available
Do not include an alpha (transparency) channel
File naming
Logo files are named according to the following convention:
[publication name]-[variation]-[dimensions]
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All lower case, spaces represented with underscores. Ex: “ABA Journal” would appear in the file name as “aba_journal”.
Leading “The”s or “A”s are removed. Ex: “The New York Times” would appear in the file name as “new_york_times”.
Remove all punctuation (apostrophes, hyphens, etc.). Ex: “Becker’s Health IT” becomes “beckers_health_it”.
For publication names that are web addresses, replace the “.” with “dot”. Ex: “Bakersfield.com” becomes “bakersfielddotcom”.
Ampersands are replaced with “and”.
Variation
Either “dark” or “light”.
Dimensions
width x height. Ex: 960x540
Complete example
For “The New York Times”, the eight files would be named as follows:
new_york_times-dark-960x540.png
new_york_times-dark-720x405.png
new_york_times-dark-480x270.png
new_york_times-dark-240x135.png
new_york_times-light-960x540.png
new_york_times-light-720x405.png
new_york_times-light-480x270.png
new_york_times-lgiht-240x135.png
Adding logos in the app
In the Cascade 8 site “SCPA Apps - Media Logos”, navigate to the “files” folder.
From the “Add Content” menu, select “Folder”
Name the folder and add logo metadata. Submit.
Folder Name - this should match the publication name component of the logo files (i.e., all lower case, underscores for spaces, exclude leading “The” or “A”).
Title - the full, grammatically correct publication name (e.g., for The New York Times, enter “The New York Times”). Proper capitalization and spacing.
Keywords - add any other terms this logo should match when using the search function.
URL - enter the URL of the publication’s website. This information helps us verify correctness and current-ness of the logo.
Navigate to your newly created folder.
From the “Add Content” menu, select “File”.
Upload your logo files. Submit.
From your computer, select all logo files and drag/drop them into the Cascade window (you don’t need to do them one at a time).
Ensure that Placement Folder indicates your newly created folder.
Publish your newly created folder.
Publish the /logos asset.
Done!