AHS Publish/PIE Website Guidelines

Requirements

  1. The website’s parent name should always be College of Applied Health Sciences and link to ahs.illinois.edu. (will automatically show in the footer on PIE websites)
  2. Can add the department name in the footer under “Related Units and Organizations” if desired and link to the department page on the college website.
  3. Must have an email that someone regularly checks in the footer of the website.
  4. Must label and use appropriate language for alt tags for ALL images that are not just for decoration. See training resources below for examples.
  5. Use correct hierarchy for content and headings. Each page should only have on h1 (Level 1 heading). After that, use h2, then h3, then h4 just like an outline of a paper.
  6. Editing permissions – websites have the following editors for marketing access, please don’t remove them. bralts, mikeb, vinlara, reinhart, mwaller

Training Resources

  1. Publish.Illinois.Edu (PIE) – log in and edit your website
  2. PIE on Tech Services Answers KB – https://answers.uillinois.edu/illinois/search.php?q=PIE&cat=0
    1. Adding editors to your site
  3. WordPress Basics: http://publish.illinois.edu/wordpress-basics/
  4. WordPress theme documentation – https://wordpress.webtheme.illinois.edu/
  5. Writing good alt text
    1. Write good Alt Text to describe images
    1. https://moz.com/learn/seo/alt-text
    2. How To: Write Good Alt Text

Glossary

  • PIE – publish.illinois.edu – a free, secure, and easy campus web hosting solution using WordPress to create a website.