Web Style Guide

About this Guide

One of the best ways to ensure that our website is user-friendly is to follow industry best practices, keep the content focused on key user tasks, and keep our content up-to-date at all times. This guide was written specifically for “library website” content (that lives on the WordPress platform) but may apply to other types of library content as well.

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Planning, creating, and managing quality web content isn’t as easy as it might seem. It’s hard work to make things simple.

Sources and Acknowledgments

This guide reflects industry standards and best practices and is informed by the following:

Credit & Reuse

Originally created by Suzanne Chapman May 2016.
Copyright © University of Illinois Library 2016.
Available for reuse via Creative Commons By 4.0.