Web Services top stories of 2022

21 Dec 2022

Over the past year we've worked hard to ensure our websites are accessible and inclusive for all audience members. We prepared for Drupal 9 in the WMS. And beyond the WMS, the launch of McGill DS ...

Thanks for sharing

28 Oct 2022

It might be, as Jon Stewart says, that the Internet is just the world passing around notes in a classroom, but there are some notes you don’t want the whole class to see. What should site managers...

Backstage pass: Web Services 2022 year-end presentation

26 Oct 2022

Registration is now open for Web Services ever-popular year-end presentation.

Discontinuation of Nivo Sliders on WMS websites

25 Oct 2022

The time has come to bid farewell to our old acquaintance, the WMS Nivo Slider slideshow tool. Nivo Slider doesn't allow us to enter alt text for images, so it violates our accessibility standard....

Transforming forms

24 Aug 2022

Many of you have spent your summer pruning the virtual garden that is your website, preparing for the upcoming upgrade to Drupal 9. Webforms are one of the items you may want to clean up, deleting...

Time to get off the carousel?

8 Jun 2022

Summary: Remove or reformat slideshows to ensure your content is accessible for all audience members....

When an accordion sounds the right note

2 Jun 2022

As anyone who has listened to polka will tell you, accordions are a wonderful thing in moderation. And so it is with the accordions available in the WMS. The key to knowing when to use them is to...

Where to get help with web accessibility updates

30 Mar 2022

As of July 2022, McGill's websites must meet web accessibility requirements outlined by the Government of Quebec in the Standard sur l'accessibilité des sites Web (SGQRI 008 2.0). Here are some...

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