Guidelines and Reference

• Accessibility Guidelines (PDF)
  • Use this guide to learn how to create accessible links, images, tables, and PDF’s. This document contains step-by-step tutorials but is not a replacement for policies outlined in the official Governance Document.
• Assets: Image Size and File Guide (PDF)
  • Outlines the proper file dimensions, sizes and types that may be used within the CMS. 
• Component Padding (PDF)
  • Learn how to set padding on each embedded component and ensure that the padding is consistent throughout your site.
• Digital Accessibility Resources & Tools (myKUMC intranet)
  • Assistance request form
  • How-to guides for making accessible documents and PDFs
• General Tour of the CMS (PDF)
  • Quick reference of layout, icons, workflow, search and how to get to your pages and assets. 
• KU Medical Center Website Governance 
  • Current KU Medical Center policies and governance for the CMS and website. 
• Working with Tables (PDF)
  • How to style tables and make table headers that are ADA compliant. 

How-To & Tutorials

• Assets: Uploading and replacing files (PDF)
  • How to use the asset workflow to add and replace documents and other files. 
• Components: Guide to adding and editing (PDF)
  • How to add, edit and remove components from pages. 
• Editing Unit Home Page (PDF)
  • How to edit the features specific to departmental homepages: Gold buttons and rotating banner images.
• Guide to Checking and Fixing PDF Accessibility Using Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • A step-by-step guide for using Acrobat Pro's Guided Actions tool to make PDFs accessible, including tips for saving backups, fixing accessibility issues, and verifying basic compliance.
    • Download guide as a PDF
• Remove Line Breaks
  • Pasting from an email or pdf and getting odd line breaks. Use this handy tool to remove them before copying/pasting them into the CMS. 
• Resizing or cropping photos
  • Pixlr X - Free photo editing tool that does not require an account to edit your photos online.
  • View Tutorial on Pixlr X (PDF)

PDFs

• Creating Accessible PDFs from Word (PDF)

  • Tips for creating Word documents to facilitate accessible PDF creation.