Editors

Accessibility in short is the process of making websites and website content percievable and usable by people with disabilities.

If your site is using the Drupal 7 GT Theme, and has had the custom Georgia Tech Page Layouts package installed, then when adding a new block, or editing an existing block, you can make your blocks look fancier than a standard Drupal block.  This is done by selecting a custom style via the checkboxes under the "STYLING" section at the bottom of any block configuration page.  The available styles are:

If your site is running on Drupal 7 with the official GT Theme and the GT Editor module, then you should have a Styles drop-down option in the toolbar of your WYSIWYG (GUI) text editor (AKA CKEditor) with the following formatting styles.  If you are not using both the official theme and the GT Editor module, then you will not see any of these styles (and may not even see the Styles drop-down option).

TWO simple things you can do, which make your web pages easier to use for people who are losing their eyesight or are blind.

Eyes vs. Software

People who cannot see your actual page often use software called screen readers, which reads that page read aloud. This software reads pages differently than one might visually. But TWO simple changes in the way we edit web pages can make that difference easier to manage.

If you have access to manage blocks on your Drupal site, the following tips and tricks may help you achieve better positioning of your blocks.

Automatic Re-Sizing and Regions

Blocks that are placed within the main content regions of a horizontal, vertical or multipurpose page (only available if you have installed the custom Georgia Tech Content Types package) will automatically resize, based on number of blocks in that region. Regions whose blocks behave this way include:

If you run into a problem editing your Drupal website and need to get help from the community, please use the following guidelines to best share and explain the problem you have encountered.

This section describes some of the more advanced tasks you might need to accomplish when editing a Drupal-powered website.

Advanced Topics

Basic Content Types (Built Into Drupal)

Basic Page

A web page has unique content that should usually have a link from the main menu (the top, gold menu in the new design). A page may contain documents, images, or just regular text. Use basic pages for your static content, such as an 'About us' page.

Roles are used by Drupal to apply a set of permissions to a group of user accounts.  Some roles are built into Drupal, and some are automatically created by different Georgia Tech community modules and distributions, such as Drupal Express.

Drupal Provided Roles

Anonymous user

Automatically applies to anyone visiting your site who is not logged in.

The sub topics below provide information on how to make use of images/photos and videos on your Drupal websites. 

Of course, the first step to adding photos or videos is obtaining good quality content. While just about anyone can take high resolution pictures quickly and easily these days with a cell phone, you may wish to look through the Georgia Tech Digital Image Portal, which contains professional quality photographs for which Georgia Tech owns the copyright.