This guide consists of a set of best practices or "rules of thumb" that will help maintain quality and consistency on websites.
Titles
Web pages have a defined hierarchy concerning page headings.
h1 - appears in the header of each page and is defined in the website template
h2 - article title
h3 - major subtitles
h4 - minor subtitles
h5 - lower-tiered subtitles
Avoid Copying and Pasting from Word Processor Directly into the Editor.
Copy text into NotePad and then copy and paste the text into an editor.
Images
Image size should not exceed 300kb in size and 900px in width as a general rule. All non-background images should have an associated alt tag description.
Photographic images should be saved in .jpg or .jpeg format. Line Art images (relatively few solid colours) should be saved in gif format and images with a transparent background in png format.
Lists
To create an unordered list of items in the editor, separate items into individual paragraphs, select the items that will form the list and click the bullets button.
(Press the Enter or Return key to create a new paragraph; Shift/Enter or Shift/Return to create a line break).
Links
External links should be set to open in a new tab; internal links should be set to open in the same window. Use descriptive text in the link instead of a web address or a generic term such as "click here". Email addresses do not need to be linked. JavaScript creates automatic links.
Creating a New Content Item
Provide Title, Title Alias is automatically the same
Allocate the item to a Category
Key Points
Text copied into the editor from NotePad is formatted as one paragraph with line breaks in between. For correct formatting delete line breaks and then press Enter to create properly formatted paragraphs.
Refer to Joomla Documentation for information about how to carry out routine tasks.
