Checklist for web editors

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CMS pre migration checklist

Please note that to support the migration of LSE websites into the new Content Management System (CMS), web editors are required, prior to their site being migrated, to carry out the tasks on the Pre-migration checklist. This checklist is part of the new website explaining the migration of websites to the CMS and the new LSE website structure - please visit the new website to gain a full understanding of the migration, the migration schedule that will affect your website, and the new structure: CMS: migration.

Thank you

Stephen Emmott
Head of Web Services
stephen.emmott@lse.ac.uk

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Checklist for websites in FrontPage

This checklist has been designed to help web editors ensure that their web pages meet the standards set out in this Best Practice Guide. It is for web editors' own use, but reflects the categories that will be used in any quality assurance reviews.

  1. Do your pages comply with legal and regulatory requirements? (See Legal and regulatory compliance)
  2. Are you using the navigation boxes on the page correctly?
  3. Do your pages include the mandatory template components? (See Types of pages)
  4. Are your content pages correctly formatted? (See Content pages and text formatting)
  5. Are your FAQ pages correctly formatted? (See Frequently asked questions (FAQs) style)
  6. Are your A to Z pages correctly formatted? (See A to Z of services style)
  7. Are your Who's who pages correctly formatted? (See Who's who style)
  8. Are your headings correctly structured?
  9. Do all your links have the same name/ title as the page or section to which they link? (See Referencing and hyperlinks)
  10. If you have used 'more' links, have you included alternative text for them? (See Referencing and hyperlinks)
  11. Are all your links working? (See Referencing and hyperlinks)
  12. Are all non-HTML links flagged up as such? (See Referencing and hyperlinks)
  13. Are all email links displayed as email addresses? (See Referencing and hyperlinks)
  14. Are lists and headings in sentence case?
  15. Does your content conform to the Editorial web style guide?
  16. If you use tables, are they used only for tabulated data?
  17. Is your text written so that it's suitable for reading online? (See Writing for the web)
  18. If you use images:
    • Do they all have alternative text?
    • Are they the correct size?
    • Are they either JPEGs or GIFs?
    • Do all images of people have the depicted person's permission for use?
  19. If you use objects and applets or scripts, do you provide alternative access to the same information/functionality to users who cannot use them?
  20. If you use forms:
    • Does each one have an introduction?
    • Is the purpose and use of the form clear to the user?
  21. Does your page include the required metadata?

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