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Spring cleaning: site content auditing!

27 Apr 2020

Making sure that your website’s content is robust and in good shape will drive the right kind of traffic to your site. A content audit will do just that. It’s an achievable goal that every Site...

Alternative text versions of images and diagrams

13 Feb 2020

Accessibility is an important aspect of web design, and in section 1.1 of the WCAG 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) guidelines states that site content must: “Provide text alternatives...

Agile isn't only for IT

4 Nov 2019

It’s been a decade since the McGill web development team began using Agile, and looking back, we have come a long way strengthening team collaboration and improving our ability to deliver work...

Text me maybe

3 Oct 2019

Ask a millennial to call you and you might be waiting for a while. Digital natives generally prefer texting over talking and Short Message Service (SMS) is one of the most widely used forms of...

Dos & don'ts of McGill ID numbers in WMS webforms

4 Sep 2019

The next time you're about to add a McGill ID field in your webform — STOP!...

Time travel and revisit authors in WMS articles

4 Sep 2019

"Who's your favourite author?" It can be interesting to find out how someone answers this question because it gives you a glimpse into who they are through their likes and dislikes. Authors whom we...

A (very simple) sample menu

20 Aug 2019

If all goes well, your menu (or "information architecture") might look a bit like this when you're done:...

Build for your users

20 Aug 2019

Get to know your audiences...

The paradox of choice

20 Aug 2019

For each menu, sub-menu, etc., aim for a maximum of six to eight menu items. Research shows that our brains can generally process roughly 7±2 items at once. More than that, and we tend to get...

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