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Web Policies and Resources

Resources for maintaining your unit’s website

Web policies and guidelines

All web editors are expected to comply with Brown University policies. Note that you will see a list of resources when you login to your website.

Web Accessibility Policy

Note important use of "alt" tags on all images.

Social Media Guidelines & Best Practices

Departments and centers are responsible for their own social media presence, and are expected to follow university guidelines.

Brown Image Use Policy

Do you have permission from that student to use their photo? Do you need permission to use their photo? Don't guess, find out which situations require permission, and which do not.

Brown University Editorial Style Guide

Did you know?
• Use Ph.D., not PHD or PhD; but do use MPH;
• use 10 a.m., not 10AM or 10am;
• use the title Dr. only when referring to a medical doctor;
Those and more in the Editorial Style Guide.

Web resources

Training materials, online tools, resources, and more. Note that you will see a list of resources when you login to your website.

Introduction to Drupal Cloud

Comprehensive online course from University Communications

Utility Classes

"Secret" codes? Not exactly, but you can use these styles in the source code to do advanced formatting within a Rich Text Editor field. Create colored boxes, buttons, and more. Some understanding of HTML is required.

Drupal cloud training / reference (PDF)

Quick reference of Drupal Cloud training points

Google Analytics

When you login to your website (at /user ), you will find a custom link to Google Analytics for your website. Just scroll down the /user page a bit.

Other web solutions and systems

Sites dot Brown

Sites.brown.edu is a self-service platform for Brown faculty and staff who wish to host individual, lab, conference or other non-departmental or non-administrative organization websites on the brown.edu domain. Sites.brown.edu facilitates the creation of accessible, secure websites within the Brown web environment. Every site on sites.brown.edu is based on WordPress.

Getting Started With The Divi Builder

Divi is a highly flexible visual builder which is available as an optional theme in "Sites dot Brown." This video will help you get started using Divi.

Digital Scholarship at Brown

Digital Scholarship at Brown is your place to share digital research, engage in public scholarship and experiment with new platforms on the web. Students, faculty and staff may acquire a domain and web space to install software and create content. Digital Scholarship at Brown is provided by the Center for Digital Scholarship in the Library to support teaching, learning, and research activities at Brown.

University Events Calendar Tutorials

The University Events Calendar provides feeds which populate many websites and digital signs. Of particular note is the section on "sharing events." Never duplicate events; instead, share them.

Researchers@Brown (Vivo)

Frequently asked questions about Vivo. Who gets a profile, how you do get one, and more.

Online tools

Request a self-service “go” URL shortener

Is your page URL too long to share on social media or elsewhere? Use this Brown-provided self-service URL shortener. It only works with brown.edu and google URL's.

Free QR Code generator

Note that you must create a “static code” not a “dynamic code” if you want the free QR Code option. The dynamic code utilizes a forwarding service which you must pay for. (This service is external to Brown)

Qualtrics Survey Tool

Neither Drupal Cloud more sites dot brown support forms or surveys. Qualtrics is a web-based tool for the creation and distribution of online survey which Brown University Communications recommends.

Zoom Backgrounds and Support

Resources for your online video conferencing

Full list of OIT tools

Full list of over 200 tools and services available from Brown's Office of Information Technology

Find out more

Images & Multimedia

Resources for imagery, photography, audio, and video production

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