Text In Images: Don’t Do It (Usually)
Here’s why we say that text should not be put in images on the web: Search Engines cannot find it – your page will not return results for that text. Screen Readers cannot read it – users with disabilities will not know it’s there. Consistency on Liberty’s website will be lost when everyone has very…
Page Titles And Headers
Web page titles and headers have a simple but important function. They tell readers and search engines what the page or section is about. That part’s pretty simple, but there are a few tips that will make your page titles and headings better. Page Titles The page title should briefly and accurately describe the purpose…
Top 5 Social Media Tips
When it comes to social media, we all want to use it to the best of our ability. So for this blog post we decided to give some tips on how to improve your use of social media. Don’t hesitate to contact socialmedia@liberty.edu if you have questions about your accounts or you can reference the…
Understanding Keywords
To make your web page more findable, it’s important to understand how and where to use keywords. A keyword is simply a word or phrase that describes your website, web page, or document. It’s what someone would type in a search box if they were looking for your content. You can make your page more…
Get The Most From Your Web Images
Images can make your web page more visually appealing, and add interest and information that text alone can’t. Sometimes, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” (Don’t forget to size and optimize your images for the web, using our Tutorial: Preparing Images for the Web.) But, you can get even more benefits from images on your web…
Navigation Sets (Those Left-Hand Links)
The sidebar menu is the set of links on the left-hand side of the page. The purpose of the sidebar is to show users the available information within a section of pages and provide a way for them to view it. Sidebar menus can be applied to pages from the back-end editor. Only WordPress Administrators…
Using The Editorial Style Guide
Not sure if you should use “theatre” instead of “theater”? Do you know if it’s “East Campus” or “Campus East”? You can find the correct terms and their descriptions in the Editorial Style Guide. The Editorial Style Guide is the official source for: Grammar and spelling Liberty-specific terms and phrases Term descriptions and requirements of how…
How To Find And Fix Broken Links
One of the most annoying things for website visitors is clicking a link and getting an error message. This is known as a “404 error” and in an ideal world, we would never see it. While you can’t control broken links outside your department pages, you can — and should — eliminate them on your own…
Editors – Procedures For Updates
*Publishers and Normal users for non-academic departments, these procedures do not apply to you. Feel free to read this post anyway. Hello, Editors! As you know, we’ve made phenomenal progress on the Provost’s plan for Academic web content. With this implementation have come some changes in procedures for updates. This post gives a simple breakdown of…
Changes For Publishers
Publishers of Academic Departments, You should have received Dr. Godwin’s email on Friday announcing the following: “…we are moving in a new direction with web content management that will involve our new Academic Project Manager, Lindsey Churchill. …as a result of this new system, there will be some changes in web publisher access for current…