Web Services

Registration now open! Attend the 2025 Web Services Conference

joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:40:22 +0000

Registration is now open for our annual Web Services Conference! Join us for a morning of learning and discussion with experts from ��’s unified Web Services team, Digital Experience & the Web Services Group.

What's SUP?! Conversations with our 2024/25 Student Usability Panel

joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:23:46 +0000

A little over a year ago, we invited students to apply to join our new Student Usability Panel. We were looking to form an advisory group of students to participate in activities and discussions to evaluate ��’s websites and services.

A panel of 13 students with diverse representation from across ��’s student body was formed from the over 100 applications received. A big thank you to all who applied!

Best practices for AI-generated images on �� websites

joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:51:05 +0000

Summary: When using generative AI (GenAI) to create images for your website, adhere to ��'s general guidelines for using AI-generated images.

Costs and responsibilities of custom websites (sites not built on the WMS)

joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:38:43 +0000

Summary: If you choose to create a custom website you're accepting responsibility for compliance with Quebec laws, such as requirements for web security and accessibility.

How to avoid the costs and responsibilities of custom sites

For most web projects, ��'s WMS is a great platform choice. It's free, easy to use and comes with access to a robust support system.

Clearing the way forward: Archiving and deleting sites in the WMS

joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:39:52 +0000

Summary: We want to work with you to archive and remove outdated, unmaintained websites as part of the new WMS migration.

Protect your site: A guide to reviewing and updating user permissions

joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:07:32 +0000

As part of our ongoing efforts to maintain a secure and optimized web environment, we are asking all site managers and editors to review and update user permissions for their WMS websites. This task is a key item on our WMS update pre-migration checklist.

Head to the bottom of this article to see a video explanation on how to use the page.

Web Services Digest, February 2025 edition

jaylen.gordon@mcgill.ca — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:54:03 +0000

Read the February 2025 edition of the Web Services Digest, featuring:

Web Services Digest, January 2025 edition

jaylen.gordon@mcgill.ca — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:16:30 +0000

Read the January 2025 edition of the Web Services Digest, featuring:

Ever wanted to change the size of your headings? Now you can!

Heidi Strohl — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:56:15 +0000

Ever wanted to change the size of your headings? Maybe you wanted to create more dramatic layouts, or have better proportions in your pages or blocks? Now you can increase or decrease certain heading levels to fit your design needs.

Why we added this feature

TL;DR?

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Video explanation of the feature

We created this feature to address a contradiction between our accessibility requirements and our visual design recommendations.

Enhancing user experience: Check out our revamped UX at �� training course

joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:28:25 +0000

Learn to build the best possible websites by applying user experience (UX) principles.