Help Articles
Browse our help articles for helpful resources and how-to documentation from the Office of Information Technology.
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A gallery is a great way to showcase multiple images at once. The best part is that when the user clicks on one of the images, it uses a lightbox to display a larger version of the image or video. The lightbox fills the screen and dims out the rest of the webpage, similar to…
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Attention CAES content managers: It’s important to stay up-to-date on web accessibility best practices! In this article, we’ll provide additional tips specific to WordPress that will help you ensure your website is accessible to all users.
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With WordPress’ Site Editor, updating the color scheme of your site has never been easier. In this article, we’ll discuss how use the pre-defined styles in the CAES Faculty 2023 theme to update your CAES or Extension site’s color scheme.
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You’ve written an article for your blog and now it’s time to pull it all together in Wordpress. Follow this 10-step activity to publish a professional and polished blog post. Learn how to customize your summary text and add a featured image.
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What is Web Accessibility? Web accessibility refers to the inclusive practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. When web pages are correctly designed, all users can have equal access to the information on them.
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Canva’s new layers feature makes it easy to select and manipulate specific elements within your design. If you’re familiar with Photoshop, you’ll recognize this feature. No more endlessly trying to click the right element! Simply put, layers allows you to scroll through a list containing all of the different text boxes, elements, pictures, logo and…
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Patterns are a predefined collection of blocks that you can easily insert into your WordPress posts and pages. They help you jumpstart the design process. In this article we will explore how to add patterns to your posts and pages, and list which patterns are available in the CAES Faculty 2023 theme.
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The Site Editor in WordPress is a visual editing tool that allows you to make changes to your website theme’s appearance. In this article, we will explore how to use the Site Editor to customize the site Header, Footer, and Sidebar of your CAES or Extension WordPress site.
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The CAES Content Lightbox block is a WordPress block that adds a pop-up lightbox to your pages or posts. With this block, you can easily add any type of content, such as text, images, or videos, to a pop-up that appears when the user clicks on a button or link.
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Siteimprove determines your site’s QA score by its performance in four categories: Content Quality, Content Freshness, User Experience and Security.