Helpful Tips (And Resources) for Website Editors

A warm welcome to all new site editors – and for those returning from summer break, welcome back! 

If it's been some time since you worked on your department website, we'd like to give you some quick tips to get back into the groove of editing your Drupal website.

First, visit the WebTech website. The site has a wealth of information available including step by step help articles, frequently asked questions, and case studies of our work (great for brainstorming new ideas for your home page design to improving automated functionality for your site).  

Discover articles on how to: 

•  add new faculty and staff to the directory 
• request editing permissions for yourself, or for a new staff member  
• edit your online bio within your department 
• best practices for online content writing 
• learn how other departments built parts of their websites by using a common browser tool and more. 

Second, request the 5-Minute Fixes report from SiteImprove for any website you manage if you don't already receive it. This time saving tool can pinpoint exactly where typos are, determine any broken links, identify where alternative text is required for images and point out places where the site’s heading structure is mismanaged.  

One outstanding feature of SiteImprove is an internal “Policy” tool. It acts like the find/replace feature in Word and can locate a specific phrase or something in your site’s HTML source on your website. (A significant timesaving alternative to combing through each website page to update contact information when an employee moves out of a department, or when rate or date changes occur.) 

And finally, take a quick look through the Tips Tricks and Workarounds. You may save yourself an email to Webhelp by finding your vexing issue (and the workaround) on this ever-expanding page. 

As always, we are here to support you and answer any web related questions you may have. Please feel free to send an email to web.help@wwu.edu explaining your request (be sure to include the link to the URL and as many details as possible) and we will respond as we can. 

-- The WebTech Team