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  • Accessibility

    June 3, 2025

    Harvard University’s official Digital Accessibility Policy outlines our roles and responsibilities as web editors, as well as the standards to which our website adheres.

  • How to use the Media Library

    June 3, 2025

    The WordPress Media Library can be accessed from your dashboard, in the menu to the left. The library houses all multimedia on your site, including…

  • Linking

    May 15, 2025

    The pages you link to and how you link to them are important from an accessibility, user experience, SEO, and HLS branding perspective.  Link Text…

  • Best Practices: Writing for the Web

    May 15, 2025

    Save the academic writing for the classroom because your main goal with web content is to be easily understood and help users accomplish their goals.

  • How to Edit Headers and Menus

    May 15, 2025

    The header of your WP Engine website is customizable using Astra, giving you the option to change the menu, site title, logo, and search location. …

  • Getting Started: Access and Training

    May 6, 2025

    If you or one of your direct reports needs access to WordPress and training on how to use the platform, please submit a ticket on…

  • Langdell Hall

    December 2024 Service Milestones

    November 13, 2024

    Congratulations to our employees hitting service milestones this month!

  • November 2024 Service Milestones

    October 18, 2024

    Congratulations to our employees hitting service milestones this month!

  • How to Create a Working Copy (Revision)

    August 6, 2024

    The Working Copy function is useful when you want to make edits to an existing page but do not want to publish it right away.

  • Logging In and Changing Your Password in WP Engine

    July 11, 2024

    Logging In How to change your password: Adding Users

  • WP Engine Blogs

    July 11, 2024

    Adding a blog to your WP Engine site is a great way to chronicle updates in your research, keep a record of cases in your…

  • Adding and Editing Pages in WP Engine

    July 3, 2024

    Editing an existing page If editing, go to the page you wish to edit, by either: Adding a new page If adding a page, go…

  • How to Perform a Content Review

    May 9, 2024

    It’s important to review your pages on a regular basis to ensure content is not out of date or redundant. When you have a slow…

  • Informational Blocks

    April 18, 2024

    Strategic use of the custom-built blocks in the HLS site can make your content easier to read, scan, and understand. They can also help draw…

  • Block Basics

    April 18, 2024

    What is a block? Each element on your page—from a simple paragraph to a bulleted list to a set of Visual Cards—is known as a…

  • Tables

    April 3, 2024

    WPDataTables is a WordPress plug-in that allows you to create a searchable and/or sortable table. This is meant to organize large amounts of information, making…

  • Image Blocks

    April 2, 2024

    Images The image block is exactly what it sounds like—a block for images, including photos, illustrations, and other png or jpg files. The humble image…

  • Events

    April 1, 2024

    How to Create an Event Event Ticketing and Bookings At the bottom, you have the option to cap the number of people who can RSVP…