Looking to create a website? We have a few different tools for you to build a website - anything from a basic blog for a class assignment to a sophisticated department portal.
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As a rule, do not share downloaded materials with others via peer-to-peer software like BitTorrent or other torrent applications.
Downloading or sharing software, entertainment, or images may violate United States copyright law. Many torrent applications default to continue sharing your downloads with other users.
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Curious where your site's traffic is coming from or how people navigate around your site? You can add Google Analytics to your site to help monitor its traffic.
IT Community Group
Accessibility Ambassadors is a group of University staff who are passionate about making U of M digital resources more accessible online.
The Digital Accessibility Community of Practice is charged with improving Digital Accessibility system-wide.
Resources
A list of resources compiled by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative to help evaluate the accessiblity of a website.
The University of Minnesota's website covering all aspects of technology accessibility.
This article looks at the relationship between content strategy and other tasks like Information Architecture (IA) and some essential tools and processes.
Brief article from a consulting firm outlining how to gather business requirements for a content strategy project.
Learn how to work on a file at the same time as other people in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, and you can chat with each other in the file to make decisions together about what to include.
This in-depth article from Buzzergy discusses the pros and cons of using curated content in a content management project, and also describes a three-step process for content curation.
The University of Minnesota Library's webpage on copyright issues, including the fair use evaluation tool.
Libraries staff experts consult throughout the University and provide training on topics related to copyright and intellectual property in research, teaching, publishing, and other creative contexts.
University of Minnesota students must be aware of the digital copyright compliance information linked below.
Article that covers top questions that should be asked before starting to create a website.
An introductory article from Smashing Magazine explainig what tone of voice is and why it's important to consider when writing text for the web.
This short article and template from Kapost covers the basics of using page tables for strategic content management.
For the required FAE login, use this link to login using your University of Minnesota Internet ID and password.
Google Help Center for Google Sites
Article covering financial cost of website upkeep, and why it is important to evaluate benefit of website compared with cost.
This site, maintained by University Relations (URelations), provides downloadable files containing offical University of Minnesota logos, wordmarks ("Driven to Discover"), seals, and other official branding elements s
University Relation's web page on University of Minnesota web standards, and usability and accessibility related to the Univesity of Minnesota web templates.
This site, maintained by University Relations (URelations), provides downloadable images for social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+; as well as common icons for RSS feeds and
This is a form/checklist to help you with your content quality.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Designated Agent Notification Procedures
Notification of alleged copyright infringement should be directed to:
An in-depth article from Moz covering all the basics of Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
A brief overview from Kendall Copywriting on how to create effective links to improve Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
A short article from Velocity Agent on how to effectively organize your text content.
Provides information on US Copyright Laws.
Summary of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998.
Developers create the systems for publishing web pages. These systems could be a server and file structure or a content management system. They may also set up the basic template to be used with each page.
Headings communicate the organization of page content to everyone. Appropriate headings improve accessibility because web browsers, plug-ins, and assistive technologies can use them to provide in-page navigation.
An in-depth article from Meet Content on how to effectively use web analytics in a content strategy project.
A brief article from About Technology on effective web analytic use for content strategy.