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Managing PDFs and Other Documents in WordPress

From UMaine Digital Communications Do you upload PDFs or other documents to your website? If so, you will benefit from using our website’s “resource” feature. Resources are files and web links (URLs) intended for reuse across the site. They can be associated with a specific page, and a link can be displayed in a page […]

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Accessibility and Color

From UMaine Digital Communications Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and Digital Communications has been increasing efforts to improve the accessibility of web content on umaine.edu. The term “accessibility” refers to our efforts to remove barriers that prevent access to websites by people who have a disability. This month, we discuss […]

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“How To” Tips for UMaine Extension Web Managers

Tip Sheets (CMS) 12 best practices for UMaine Extension web managers How to prepare images for the web, using Preview on Mac How to embed a Google Map into a web page How to upload a PDF or Word Docs as a Resource How to design/build a web page using Content Blocks How to create […]

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Rethinking Newsletters: How to Use the CMS to Get Information to Our Clients

Are you currently creating traditional for-print newsletters in Word or Publisher and then mailing them out as hard copies or e-mailing them as PDFs? If so, the Content Management System (CMS) offers an easier, more effective way to communicate with our customers that can save you time and help reduce operational expenses. Find out how.

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