This month, we review best practices when displaying text over images, whether using the image content block or features in the newer Gutenberg editor. At all times, ensure images in your media library have proper alt text Text alternatives are required for all images on our website, and the image content block as well as […]
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Is your website helping you meet your goals? Do you want to make improvements, but do not know where to begin? We now offer “office hours” style website consultation sessions, where we can meet to focus on your content and brainstorm improvements that can be made. “Digital life coach” session This high level topic is […]
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We are conducting a “spring cleaning” of sorts with the websites of UMaine, UMaine Machias, and UMaine Cooperative Extension. We have identified web authors, editors and administrators who have not logged in for over 18 months, and will be removing those accounts on March 1, 2023. If anyone whose account is removed wishes to regain […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter. Ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. This month, we share improvements to online accessibility training from the University of Maine System. UMS Academy learning pathway — Designing Accessible Digital Content […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter. Ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. This month, we offer ourselves as a resource to help you ensure your website adheres to these important requirements. Print and email materials If […]
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In early November, we were made aware of at least two web forms that began receiving large quantities of spam submissions. We have some safeguards we can recommend for your web forms to avoid the spammers: the anti-spam honeypot and invisible reCAPTCHA. Anti-spam honeypot This is a feature available to all web forms in the […]
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To date, images uploaded to your website had a file size limitation of 1MB. The reason for this limitation is to encourage content managers to optimize their images for the web — modern digital cameras (including those in smart phones) typically create images much larger than is needed on the web page. With 4K and […]
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In early November, the UMaine and UMaine Machias websites were updated to include new features in support of our transition to the newer Gutenberg editor: Hiding page titles There is now a page option available to hide the default H2 heading on pages. If you primarily use our content blocks feature for advanced page layouts, […]
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For longtime readers, this originally appeared in our November 2018 newsletter. Email is an effective engagement tool— this newsletter, for example, has been well received and gives us opportunity to share our expertise in bite-sized, monthly updates. These days, emails can contain many of the same features as web pages, and therefore the same web […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter. Ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. This month, we share guidance about links on your web pages. For longtime readers, this originally appeared in our March 2019 newsletter. How links work […]
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