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Getting Started with YaleSites
This resource will guide you in how to navigate, create content, and perform all the basic site-building activities offered by the new YaleSites platform. Whether you’re a novice or an experienced user, this guide is here to support you every step of the way. From understanding the user interface to customizing your site’s design, you’ll find detailed instructions, helpful tips, and best practices to help you build your site confidently and easily.
Planning and Strategy
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Archiving or Deleting Your Website
Archived sites will move into a “static” state where they are still visible online, but not fully functional or updatable.
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Basic Principles of Information Architecture
Information architecture (IA) focuses on organizing, structuring, and labeling content in an effective and sustainable way.
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How to Conduct a Content Audit
Content audits keep an inventory of a website and provide insight into which content to create, update, re-write, or delete.
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Interpreting and Using Analytics Data
Web analytics helps you track and interpret user data to make informed decisions about content and structure.
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Regular Auditing and Web Maintenance
Regular auditing and web maintenance is vital to building and maintaining trust with your visitors. Learn about how to prioritize content updates.
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Self-Service Quick Start Guide
What do we mean when we say a site is self-service? It means you or your department is responsible for rebuilding your website on the new YaleSites.
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Using a Content Matrix
A content matrix helps web content managers decide how to map and shape content from an old site into a new one.
Content Creation and Management
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Creating Accessible and Inclusive Content
At Yale, we’re committed to promoting a respectful, accessible, and inclusive community on campus. That commitment extends to our websites.
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Streamline Your Content Creation with YaleSites' New Editorial Workflow
Discover YaleSites’ new enhancements for more efficient content creation and collaboration, featuring new user roles and content moderation.
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Tips for Linking
Links are an important tool for helping your users reach the content they’re looking for as quickly as possible.
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Web Writing Best Practices
Yale’s websites are an important part of how we communicate with our many audiences. Apply these proven best practices to ensure readable web content.
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Writing for SEO
Writing for search engine optimization (SEO) means knowing how to use keywords, header styles, page titles and meta descriptions effectively.
Design and Site Building
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Building with Blocks
Our design system changes the paradigm for web building at Yale. Learn how to build with Blocks to make your content shine.
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Building Your Menu
Learn how to build a basic or mega menu on the new YaleSites Platform and wayfinding tactics to ensure users can easily navigate your site.
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Reusable Blocks
Speed up your workflow and simplify content management with Reusable Blocks, a powerful new YaleSites feature.
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Getting Started with YaleSites
This resource will guide you in how to navigate, create content, and perform all the basic site-building YaleSites features.
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Redirects and Site Migrations
Correctly redirecting your URLs is one of the most important tasks of ensuring a successful site migration.
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Supported Build on YaleSites
If your site has been identified for supported build, the YaleSites team and ITS will help you rebuild on the new YaleSites platform.
Maintenance and Review
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Getting Started with Siteimprove
Siteimprove is a self-service application that can give website owners the insight they need to improve the quality and accessibility of their sites.
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YaleSites Upgrade Pathways
The YaleSites team and ITS have identified pathways for each site’s upgrade and migration process. Learn more about your pathway and how to prepare.
Developing on the YaleSites Platform
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Working with a Vendor
If your site has complex needs and your department has the budget, you can work with a web agency to build your site on the YaleSites platform.