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Publishing Checklist
Style Rules
- Side Navigation view is turned on
- Your guide has assigned subjects & tags
- Fonts, colors, and styles are standard (no custom font sizes or colors)
- Text that was copied-and-pasted into the guide conforms to style (remove formatting)
- All boxes, pages, and guide titles are named simply and clearly
- Profile Box is used on the left sidebar of every page
- every page has a friendly URL
- every page uses proper names for the libraries, resources, and services
- content adheres to tone guidelines
Accessibility
- Images have appropriate alt-text. See WebAim's Guide to alt-text.
- Step-by-step directions or processes are presented as numbered lists
- Linked text is descriptive (eg. not “click here” or “more”). See Writing Hyperlinks.
- Links do not open in new tabs unless it is necessary. See Opening Links in New Browser Windows and Tabs.
- Headings for sections clearly describe what the user will find in that section. (Heading 3 is used to subdivide boxes)
- Colors are not used to convey meaning. Use the Colorblind Web Page Filter to test the page.
- Text and images of text have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1. Use WAVE or the WCAG Contrast Checker Firefox plugin to test the page.
- Transcripts and captions are provided with audio and video media respectively.
- all media players have volume controls.
- media players are not set to play automatically when the page loads.
- Your LibGuides page does not show any errors when you search the url in the WAVE Accessibility Evaluation Tool.
