WordPress
OIT’s articles provide tools and guidance to help you create engaging, consistent pages using WordPress. Explore the available CAES Blocks and step-by-step how-tos to get the most from your CAES website.
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If you need a WordPress website for your CAES or UGA Extension program, lab, blog, or outreach project, this article walks you through how to request and get started with support from the Office of Information Technology.
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Images are an important part of a good website. They help tell your story, attract attention and make content easier to understand. But large image files can slow down your website and create a frustrating experience for visitors—especially on mobile devices. The goal isn’t simply to make images smaller. The goal is to use the…
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The CAES Hero block builds the large feature area you usually see at the top of a page. It uses a headline, a short piece of text, a photo, and up to two links per slide.
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The CAES Slideshow block shows a row of photos that visitors can scroll through, with optional captions. It is designed for photo slideshows where the pictures are the focus.
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The CAES Card Carousel block shows a row of cards that visitors can scroll through sideways.
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Keeping event information current is an important part of maintaining your website. Learn how to use the CAES Events block to display events on your site.
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The CAES Before-After Slider lets you stack two images and compare them with a divider that visitors can drag. As they slide the divider left and right, one image is revealed and the other is hidden. It works well for showing change over time or comparing a treatment to a control.
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If you have several users who have published one or more posts on your WordPress site, you can include a list of contributors. The list shows each user’s biographical info (a profile description) and an image if the user has set up their profile in WordPress.
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On many CAES and UGA Extension lab and program websites, our researchers and specialists add publication lists. Here are instructions to add a list style with a hanging indent to meet APA Style and WCAG 2.0 Level AA guidelines on your WordPress site.
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The Fix Alt Text plugin is our primary tool for ensuring our websites have required text alternatives for images to meet WCAG accessibility compliance. It helps us find missing alt text in bulk and prevents new errors before they happen.
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Sometimes it’s useful to embed a map, form, calendar, or survey directly in your WordPress website. We’ve made this easier than ever with the new CAES iFrame block.
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