Resources For Web Editors
The Lawrence uses WordPress for its main site and for many of the program sites. Below you will find a list of resources for making updates and adding content to The Lawrence’s websites.
Resources
Readability & Accessibility
- Readability & accessibility overview for digital materials
- Web accessibility overview – alt text and other accessibility features
- WordPress documentation – Quick Start Guide – Make WordPress Accessible
- Adding event or flyer information to the website so that it is accessible
- Color Contrast Requirements – Primary Palette
- Color Contrast Requirements – Secondary Palette
Images
Replacing PDF Files or Google Doc Links
The Lawrence’s Brand Guidelines & Color Palette
Using the Block Editor
Overview of the Block Editor
- Overview of using the Block Editor for The Lawrence sites
- WordPress documentation – Using the Block Editor
- WordPress documentation – List of blocks
CSS Classes
- Main site CSS classes
- Program sites CSS classes
- How to make the submenu
- How to use duotones on the main Lawrence website
Categories
Post categories on the main Lawrence website
Main Website Posts
- How to make a News & Update post for the main website homepage
- How to make People posts for the main website
- How to make slider posts for the main website
Keeping Content Up to Date
Please help us keep the content on The Lawrence’s websites up to date!
Who and When?
- Determine who on your team will be in charge of making updates and ensuring the website is kept up to date for your program’s website.
- Determine when and how often updates will be made.
Website Review
- Do you have any timely news or updates that need to be added?
- Do you have any content that needs to be archived or taken down such as links to google forms that are closed or “Apply now” messaging for applications that have closed?
- Do all of your videos have captions?
- Check the Broken Link checker for any broken links and update them or take them out if they aren’t working.
- Review any site accessibility results from the web team and make any updates as needed.
- Review at a minimum the landing pages to make sure that nothing looks broken (formatting looks good, video embeds are working etc.). Contact the web team if something isn’t working properly.
- Is your staff team member listing and contact info still up to date?
- Is your website’s contact information still up to date?
- Do you have any new content that needs to be added (announcements, news stories, upcoming events, new learning activities or professional development offerings, resources, new publications, photos from a recent event etc.)?
- Do you have any exciting news or content that could be shared with the Marketing team to promote on the main site or in other media channels?
- Is there anything that is frustrating you when you make updates? Or a feature you wish you had on the site that you did not? Is there something you’d like the web team to update? Let the web team know.