Training and Support Resources
You can locate and print the most recent version of this manual on the Learn page. The core of People.ua.edu is powered by Weebly. Their training and videos are located at http://help.weebly.com/. When referring to their site, you will see references made to both Free and Pro Service accounts. UA has purchased the Pro Service accounts for all our faculty members. However, not all features shown on their support site are available to faculty. The ‘Revenue’ feature may not be used without written permission by University Relations.
All sites are bound by Weebly's Terms of Service. Review them at http://www.weebly.com/terms-of-service/.
Your site will come preloaded with the UA template. The images in this guide are not UA images. Weebly does a great job at explaining their product so we chose to use most of their online guide as-is with a few modifications.
All sites are bound by Weebly's Terms of Service. Review them at http://www.weebly.com/terms-of-service/.
Your site will come preloaded with the UA template. The images in this guide are not UA images. Weebly does a great job at explaining their product so we chose to use most of their online guide as-is with a few modifications.
UA World Wide Web Policy
1.0 — General
Unofficial University Web Sites may not be used for commercial purposes or for personal financial gain or benefit. The University of Alabama is not responsible for any liability resulting from any such activities prior to their discovery and appropriate remedy.
Read the full policy at https://www.ua.edu/about/policies/web/.
- This Policy governs documents (Web pages) appearing on the World Wide Web from University of Alabama Web servers.
- Both Official and Unofficial University Web Sites, must comply with all copyright laws of the United States, all other applicable local, state, and federal laws, and applicable policies, rules, and guidelines of The University of Alabama, including those defined herein.
- The dominant theme of any Web site, whether an Official or Unofficial University Web Site, must not appeal to prurient interest to the average person applying contemporary community standards.
- This Policy will be periodically revised in response to pertinent legal and/or technological issues in consultation with the appropriate entities.
- Any questions, comments, or suggestions concerning this Policy should be addressed to the Office of Web Communications (webmaster@ur.ua.edu).
- Unofficial University Web Sites are defined as Web sites or Web pages created by University of Alabama entities including, but not limited to, individual University employees, faculty, staff, students, and student organizations to represent individuals, groups, or organizations.
- All Unofficial University Web Sites must carry the following disclaimer or similar: "The views, opinions, and conclusions expressed in this page are those of the author or organization and not necessarily those of The University of Alabama or its officers and trustees. The content of this page has not been reviewed or approved by the University of Alabama, and the author or organization is solely responsible for its content."
- The University of Alabama will not undertake to pre-approve or review the content of Unofficial University Web Sites. However, any pages discovered in violation of this Policy are subject to immediate removal from University of Alabama Web servers.
Unofficial University Web Sites may not be used for commercial purposes or for personal financial gain or benefit. The University of Alabama is not responsible for any liability resulting from any such activities prior to their discovery and appropriate remedy.
Read the full policy at https://www.ua.edu/about/policies/web/.
UA Logos and Images
Your website must have a University of Alabama logo in the header. Each site comes with a properly placed logo in the header as well as all the required text and links in the footer. This information must remain.
- The University Seal is reserved for Presidential use only. You may use a photograph of one.
- UA’s visual identity guide can be found at https://strategiccommunications.ua.edu/resources/logos-wordmarks.
- UA Web Guide can help with Web Images using Photoshop and provide detailed information about developing web sites. This includes an extensive list of resources and tutorials.
- UA’s Social Media Guidelines including YouTube video, Twitter, and LinkedIn can be found at https://strategiccommunications.ua.edu/standards/social-media.
ADA Compliance
All websites should comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. What does that mean for you? If you use good organization methods when constructing your website, chances are the site will be accessible.
- Titles – only use the title asset for true titles. If you want text to be larger and bold, then use the appropriate methods in the toolbar (increase font size with the + key, use the B icon for bold).
- Alignment – Use the left, center, or right alignment rather than adding in extra spaces or tabs.
- PDF files uploaded – make sure that all PDFs have been run through the OCR feature in Adobe Acrobat or some other software. The purpose is to make sure the text appears as text and not an image. OCR will scan an image and extract the text.
- Photos- Add Alt text to every photo. Do not embed text in a photo. It is unreadable by screen readers. See Accessibility Guidelines for further details.
- Video – Should be captioned. If not captioned, provide a transcript. YouTube can help. UA also offers DocSoft which is a very good captioning tool. Contact the Faculty Resource Center for assistance with DocSoft.
- Audio –Should have a written transcript.
- Avoid Flash files. They do not translate well with screen readers.
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