About Your Site
Production URLs:
The Writing@UW website is built and supported by the Web Services team in the College of Arts & Sciences. The site uses features and components from the main CAS website, artsci.washington.edu. Writing@UW faculty, staff, and students are responsible for managing the site content, while the Web Services team manages the software, site infrastructure, and site support.
All the content is organized into four main sections: About, For Students, For Faculty, and News. Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the content that lives in each section, as well as the content that lives on the front page. It will help you understand the context of your editing.
Requesting Help or Advice
Use the Arts & Sciences web team support email asweb@uw.edu for ALL web-related inquiries and bug reports. These messages go into our ticketing system so all team members can view them, allowing for timely answers to questions. Do not write directly to the person who trained you.
If you need additional assistance with marketing or fundraising strategies, social media, or email newsletters, please contact CAS Marketing & Communications.
University Guidelines
Content editors are responsible for complying with guidelines for accessibility, information security, privacy, copyright, records retention, and branding. This applies to any content they create, including images and uploaded documents. Please visit Web Guidelines for links to relevant policies and guidelines.
Content Management System Key Concepts
The following terms will help you understand the website’s capabilities:
- Drupal 11 software
- Roles and permissions: admin and editor
- Content types
- Views and blocks
Content Types
Content types used on your site include:
- External News
- News Story
- Page
- Pathway Page
- Staff Profile
Editing Process and Tools
Log in to the site and look for the toolbar across the top. This toolbar offers shortcuts to common editing tasks. After this training session, you will know how to:
- Add new content
- Edit existing content
- Attach images, media, and files to content
- Avoid images with embedded text (for accessibility and searchability)
- Use the visual text editor
- Use headings and lists (good for accessibility and search ranking)
- Add links – relative vs. absolute
- Relative on your own site: /about
- Absolute for external sites: http://artsci.washington.edu/about
- Choose and sort front-page slider and marketing area content
- View page revision history
- Request changes to the main menu from the web team