Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. In this month’s newsletter we focus on decisions that will inevitably come up as websites are reviewed to remove Content Blocks: what to do about old content that is not adequately accessible? […]
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Changing a page from using Content Blocks to Gutenberg can be as simple as clicking the “Disable content blocks” button in the page editor. However, this change is immediate and affects the published page. In most situations, content managers will want to create a new page using the Gutenberg editor, as working with a draft […]
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Microsoft Office 365 has robust accessibility features you can utilize to ensure your documents meet these important standards. Following the above checklist will ensure a smooth accessibility review process using the accessibility review feature in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Once a document is ready to publish online, a good option to consider is the […]
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Beginning with this newsletter, the “Gutenberg corner” will feature tips, advice, and updates regarding the new Gutenberg editor and its functionality for UMaine websites. Gutenberg training available biweekly If you are ready to learn about the new Gutenberg editor, or just want a refresher on its features, our biweekly Gutenberg training is a great place to start. […]
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The Digital Communications team has been performing behind-the-scenes work with your websites. You may see changes in the WordPress dashboard once these changes are made: SEO — Moving from Yoast to SEOPress As mentioned in our October newsletter, we are transitioning from the Yoast SEO tool to SEOPress for search optimization features. The SEOPress tool […]
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Earlier this year, Twitter changed its name to X Corp, and the familiar bluebird icon was changed. We are working with UMS IT to change the twitter icon on our campus websites where it appears in social menus. This logo change will occur automatically for our social links menus. If you have featured a link […]
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A required update to our WordPress software has broken the Event List Content Block. We are working with UMS IT to remove the block from use altogether in a future update. Because of this problem, pages using the event list content block are not listing events in the correct order, and many events are missing […]
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Spring semester is behind us, and many students have graduated and moved on. Now is a great time to review your website user list, and alert us to anyone who no longer needs access to your sites. Important: everyone should have their own account It can be tempting to share your user account login with […]
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The menu content block can be a handy page element to display a list of links in a button or list format, and is especially useful when that same set of links needs to be maintained across multiple pages. There is a known display issue with the menu content block’s “Blue horizontal buttons” display option […]
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Are you using QR codes to send visitors to your web pages? While these two-dimensional “matrix” barcodes have been around for decades, in 2023 most mobile phone cameras can identify a QR code and understand the information it contains. Digital Communications has received numerous requests and inquiries regarding QR codes in the last year, and […]
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