Editor Panels and Sidebar Tools

Besides blocks, the plugin adds editor-side panels and settings that affect the editorial workflow.

Quick Links Panel For Pages

Location:

page editor sidebar

Panel name:

Quick Links (Sidebar)

Purpose:

adds manual sidebar links to standard pages

Each item includes:

text
URL
open in new tab toggle

Important notes:

this panel appears only when editing a normal page
links are rendered by the theme in the page sidebar
accepted URL formats include absolute URLs, site-relative paths, and anchor links

Project Details Panel

The theme provides the authoritative Project details panel. It includes:

class
class theme
year
semester
students
professors
tutors
academic year
course of study
an optional linked Subject

Linking a Subject does not replace populated free-text fields. Course, programme, year, and semester can follow the translated Subject dynamically or use a language-specific custom override. Professors remain copied/manual so changes to current teaching assignments do not rewrite historical Project information.

Subject Page Panel

The theme adds a Subject page panel to the Subject editor sidebar. Its Show linked projects toggle controls whether the public Subject page lists published Projects linked directly to that Subject.

Plugin Settings Page

Location:

Settings -> Polimi Plugin

Available option:

allow beta or prerelease plugin updates

This controls whether prerelease plugin versions can be surfaced by the update checker.

Polimi Block Category

The plugin adds a dedicated block inserter category:

Polimi CdS Design System

This is where editors will find most of the custom blocks used by the project.