/web-services/taxonomy/term/113/all en /web-services/article/presentations/web-services-mid-year-conference-recordings <p>Did you miss out on the 2024 Web Services Conference? No worries! We've got you covered. You can now watch all the sessions and catch up on what you missed.</p> <p>The presentations were led by our experts on the Web Services team, some of the topics covered:</p> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:31:21 +0000 daniel.zhang@mail.mcgill.ca 6578 at /web-services /web-services/article/editoria11y-tip-are-yellow-alerts-driving-you-bananas <div> <p>As a WMS site manager or editor, you're probably familiar with the Editoria11y accessibility checker. This handy tool automatically highlights items that may present accessibility issues on your web pages.</p> <p>The steps to addressing and removing red alerts are pretty straightforward. Simply follow the directions displayed in the alert, save and publish the web page.<em> <span>Et voilà!</span></em> The alert should be gone. But what about those yellow alerts?</p></div> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 20:02:31 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 5422 at /web-services /web-services/article/news/exorcise-awkward-layouts-ghost-buttons <p>Is your site haunted by empty call-to-action blocks that contain nothing but buttons? Do you find yourself using bold text, heading styles, or (gasp) images masquerading as buttons in order to give important links prominence in text layouts? </p> Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:59:55 +0000 heidi.strohl2@mcgill.ca 4785 at /web-services /web-services/article/news/answering-callto-update-our-call-action-blocks <p>As mentioned a few weeks ago, we're moving forward with redesigned WMS call to action blocks (including the "enhanced" call to action block style).</p> <h2>What's changing</h2> <p>The new blocks will have a more open, brand-aligned style; limited use of the ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û red; and more deliberate use of left-aligned versus centred text. We also added new options for button and heading styles, and put some thought into how to improve the mobile experience with the blocks.</p> Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:05:21 +0000 heidi.strohl2@mcgill.ca 4725 at /web-services /web-services/article/news/fresh-palette-and-new-look-text-links <p>As you know, we're making <a href="/web-services/article/news/how-were-rebranding-and-rethinking-wms">gradual updates to the WMS' design</a>. Our next update will be simplifying the WMS colour palette, aligning it with our new brand and our accessibility obligations for text contrast. We anticipate the impact overall to be visible, but minor - we're not changing how the WMS works, just how it looks! Above, you can see a comparison of the old palette (left) with the new (right). </p> Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:53:44 +0000 heidi.strohl2@mcgill.ca 4712 at /web-services