WordPress Red Sites
Introduction
LAS has a few customized templates available which speed up the process of getting a new Red site together. We will help you request the appropriate one and make some basic adjustments to get started.
These templates include:
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- LAS Department Template
- LAS Lab Template (appropriate for labs and research groups)
- UIC Course Template (appropriate for course where there is a desire to share content with the broader public)
Relevant Tools
LAS WordPress Red Resources
- Header Image Selection – Guide To Choosing And Altering Header Images For Red Websites
- How To Resize and Crop with Photoshop – this PDF is the guide to image preparation created by LAS Graphic Designer, Myrna Romero
- Image Resolution and Sizing – How to Find Resolution and Image Sizes of Graphics Files
- LAS Red Website Guide – this PDF is the overall general background migration guide provided during our department kickoff meetings.
- LAS/UIC Photo Shelter – this PDF gives you some details about using the UIC Marketing Photo Gallery as well as some rules of the road for gathering and using images on your website.
- LAS WordPress Red Recommendations for Research – are guidelines for requesting a Red site for something like a research group, a lab or other group under a particular department or program.