Your site must be accessible to users with disabilities. S&T Sites templates will generally handle most of this for you, but your site content itself must still comply. If you do not use an S&T Site template, you will need to carefully pay attention you follow the required accessibility guidelines. You can read the W3C…Continue Reading Accessibility Guidelines
Moving to S&T Sites
S&T Sites runs on a system called WordPress. If you’re new to WordPress but ready to dive into building a new site, don’t worry! WordPress is a powerful tool that’s user-friendly even for beginners. Here’s a quick start guide to help you take your first steps. Creating a site To create a new site, visit…Continue Reading Moving to S&T Sites
Heading Hierarchy: Ensuring Usability and Accessibility
As a WordPress user, employing proper heading hierarchy in your content might be a challenge you’ve come across or something you never considered. In this article, we’ll explore this concept, explaining why it’s essential, its impact on usability and accessibility, and how to correctly apply it in WordPress. Understanding Heading Hierarchy Heading hierarchy refers to…Continue Reading Heading Hierarchy: Ensuring Usability and Accessibility
Which faculty profile is which?
Use of the term “faculty profile” can be confusing because there have been multiple solutions to hosting faculty profiles over the years. Right now at S&T, referring to someone’s “faculty profile” could mean one of three things. Your SelectedWorks profile Your primary “faculty profile,” and what most people mean when they say “faculty profile,” is…Continue Reading Which faculty profile is which?
Making your site rank higher in search
You may have noticed that your new site doesn’t show up very well in Google search results yet. This is because search results are the result of an ongoing “ranking” process that takes time, sometimes months or years. The speed at which your site moves up through the ranks of existing, longer-established results is influenced…Continue Reading Making your site rank higher in search
How to edit your footer
Normally editing your footer is something you’d handle under Appearance > Customize, but on some S&T Sites templates the footer is in a different location. It’s still easy to edit, but just a little less intuitive to find! Step 1: Access Your WordPress Dashboard Start by logging into your WordPress site. You may need to…Continue Reading How to edit your footer
How to edit your menu
You may have noticed that your site came with some pre-filled menu options, but it’s not immediately obvious where to edit them since the editor only handles Posts and Pages. Once you know where the option is, it’s actually quite easy! Step 1: Access Your WordPress Dashboard Start by logging into your WordPress site. You…Continue Reading How to edit your menu
Where to put your files
If you’re new to using WordPress, the media library may seem lacking in features. It doesn’t have the concept of folders, and any media uploaded is automatically placed into a dated folder structure by year and month uploaded. Dragging in a new image or document may result in a URL like https://sites.mst.edu/files/2022/11/header-background.jpg. This may seem…Continue Reading Where to put your files
Adding and Removing Users
Did you know you can collaborate on your site with anyone within the University of Missouri System? To add someone to your site, they will need to have logged into S&T Sites at least once. After that, you can find them by their @umsystem.edu email under your Users > Add New menu! If the person…Continue Reading Adding and Removing Users