Welcome to Gutenberg – The WordPress Block Editor
By Heather Bell Before diving into the world of WordPress, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Heather and I joined Liberty’s Web Content Team back in May. It has been great learning the ropes and getting to know everyone (virtually, since our team works from home). Now that it’s been a few months,…
3 Tips for Becoming a WordPress Pro
By Tyler McBee Our online and in-person WordPress trainings cover a lot, but not everything. What if I told you there are tips and tricks to using WordPress that could change your life? Well, maybe not change your life. But, they will make your job as a WordPress user easier. Here are three tips to…
Less Is More: How To Audit Your Own Site
In our last blog post, you learned about user journey. One thing that can really help your user journey and overall site is a content audit. After you audit your content, you’ll likely have fewer pages and fewer links, for easier content maintenance. Or, you may find that you are missing content and need to…
Write It So They Can Read It
By Diane Austin If someone asked you what reading grade level you should target when writing for a higher-ed website, what would you say? College, 12th grade, or maybe 10th? In a recent Web Content Blog post, Debra Torres wrote about the benefits of using Plain Language for the Web. She suggested writing on an 8th-grade…
Your Website: Engine or Caboose?
By Jason Pope It was my fault that I was shocked. I was meeting a new employee from another department. He had taken our web user training class, and I knew that web content would be a significant part of his new role. “Our website is our top priority,” I told him. “And your work…
Simply Said: Plain Language For The Web
by Debra Torres There’s a word that my Cuban mother-in-law uses in conversation that tells me when she’s ready to listen. And although I’ve tried and failed to learn Spanish many times, I do know that when this one rolls off her tongue, it means she’s all ears. The word is “dime.” It sounds like…
Walls Of Text: They Keep Your Users Out
By Kari Barton Do you have a lot of vital information to tell your users? Of course you do! But let’s communicate it better than providing the user with a giant wall of copy. They won’t read this dense text anyway because it’s too daunting and lacking that “information scent” which lets them know they’re on the right track….
Formatting 101
Image Alignment By Kari Barton and Tricia Mieden Images are a great resource to add to any page, but some things should be considered when placing the image. The way an image is used on a page can either distract the user from the page’s content or enhance what is already there. Here are a…
Headings
Part 2 in the series: Making Stuff Better We’ve all used the heading styles in the toolbar editor. But I thought I’d tell you a little more about them so you know how to use them effectively. Headings are great for communicating to the user. Not only do they describe a section of content, but…
Icons – You Know You Want Them
Do you long for icons to adorn your pages when linking to social networks? Well, covet no more. The icons below are available for your use. Benefits of Using These Icons on Liberty.edu Users will get a better overall experience when browsing our site if the icons are standardized across all Liberty.edu department pages. Icons…